Droit maritime

In brief · updated 4 October 2026 A freight forwarder acting as commissionnaire de transport guarantees that the goods arrive

In brief · updated 4 October 2026 The bill of lading raises a presumption that the goods were received as

In brief · updated 4 October 2026 Time-charter hire runs from the day the ship is placed at the charterer’s

In brief · updated 4 October 2026 Under the ICC Uniform Customs and Practice (UCP 600), the bank has at

In brief · updated 4 October 2026 The pilot is not liable to third parties for damage caused during pilotage;

In brief · updated 4 October 2026 The opening judgment stays individual proceedings and bars enforcement by prior creditors (Commercial

In brief · updated 4 October 2026 The employer organises and pays for the seafarer’s repatriation (Transport Code, Arts. L.

In brief · updated 4 October 2026 The abandoned-vessel regime applies to any ship or floating craft abandoned in maritime

In brief · updated 4 October 2026 The holder of the bill of lading can sue the carrier, which is

New vehicles loaded in Belgium arrive damaged in Korea. The carrier is Korean, and the back of its bills of