by Rene van Leeuwen | Jul 12, 2019 | Carriage of goods, Liability, Limitation of liability, Maritime Law
Publication: Supreme Court of The Netherlands: HR 22-06-2018, ECLI:NL:HR:2018:981 The push tow combination “Arcturus” and the split hull barge “VW VI” loaded with wet sand capsized as a result of a contact of the VW VI with the sluice wall when entering the sluice...
by Rene van Leeuwen | Jul 10, 2019 | Carriage of goods, International sales, International trade and distribution of products, Maritime Law
After the introduction of the last version of the Incoterms® 2010 the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) announced to introduce a new version of the terms, referred to as the Incoterms® 2020. A new version of the Incoterms® is being drafted by a committee of...
by Rene van Leeuwen | Mar 4, 2019 | Carriage of goods, Litigation, Maritime Law
Publication: Court of Justice EU 11th July 2918 ECLI:EU:C:2018:558 The carriage of a mobile cone (also referred to as a cylindroconical) crusher from Pori (Finland) to Sheffield (UK) by ALS subject to instructions of Metso. The crusher was loaded on a...
by Rene van Leeuwen | Feb 28, 2019 | Carriage of goods, Litigation, Maritime Law
Publication: Rotterdam Court 05-09-2018, ECLI:NL:RBROT:2018:7350; MBI buys a quantity of cement from Holcim. Holcim instructed Binnenlloyd to carry the cement From Duisburg (Germany) to Kampen (the Netherlands). Binnenlloyd subsequently fixed the inland barge “Sailing...
by Rene van Leeuwen | Feb 28, 2019 | Judicial sales of ships, Litigation, Maritime Law, Ship arrest
Publication Rotterdam Court 01-08-2018, ECLI:NL:RBROT:2018:6254 Delivery of bunkers to the m.v. “Tequila” owned by Barker Hill. The bunkers were ordered by the manager of Barker Hill, NGM from OWB (Malta), who subsequently instructed OWB (Netherlands) to deliver the...
by Rene van Leeuwen | Feb 28, 2019 | Limitation of liability, Maritime Law
Publication: Rotterdam Court 9th October 2018 ECLI:NL:RBROT:2018:9174 On her way to the assigned berth for loading in the Rotterdam Port, the Bow Jubail made contact with the jetty and accidentally ruptured the hull. This caused a release of about 217 tons of heavy...