Safeguarding trucking’s reputation and compliance — Taking The Hire Road

Jeremy Reymer, CEO and founder of DriverReach, was joined Thursday by a champion for the industry, Doug Marcello, chief legal officer of Bluewire and shareholder with Saxton & Stump law firm.

Truck drivers take risks each day delivering food to grocery stores, medical supplies to pharmacies, fuel to gas stations and just about everything else that’s required to keep society running smoothly.

But, when accidents occur involving semi-trucks, too often those same truck drivers are almost...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/safeguarding-truckings-reputation-and-compliance-taking-the-hire-road

DAT, Convoy drop lawsuits against each other

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Load board DAT Solutions and digital freight brokerage Convoy have agreed to drop their lawsuits...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/dat-convoy-drop-lawsuits-against-each-other

Negligently Prepared Passage Plan Renders Vessel Unseaworthiness

  • International law aims to apportion risk in the transport of goods between the ship interests and cargo interests.
  • Shipowners are responsible for cargo claims caused by unseaworthiness of the ship.
  • But are exempt from liability for cargo claims caused by certain risks, including navigational errors.
  • The decision in Alize 1954 v Allianz Elementar Versicherungs AG (The “CMA CGM LIBRA”) [2020] EWCA Civ 293 shifts the boundary between “seaworthiness” and “navigation”.
  • As a result shipowners happen...

https://mfame.guru/negligently-prepared-passage-plan-renders-vessel-unseaworthiness/

COVID-19: Business as unusual? Litigating in England during the coronavirus pandemic

COVID-19: Business as unusual? Litigating in England during the coronavirus pandemic

Parties experienced in international trade will be generally familiar with the sort of economic events that can increase market volatility and counterparty risk. Inevitably, such market shocks tend to drive a spike in litigation, often on an urgent basis, as parties take steps to preserve and enforce legal remedies. The economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic causing widespread disruption across the world...

https://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2020/05/13/covid-19-business-as-unusual-litigating-in-england-during-the-coronavirus-pandemic/

Shipping Litigation and Arbitration expert John Simpson joins Stephenson Harwood (Singapore) Alliance

John Simpson

Shipping Litigation and Arbitration expert John Simpson joins Stephenson Harwood (Singapore) Alliance

 Law firm Stephenson Harwood (Singapore) Alliance has strengthened its marine and international trade practice with the appointment of John Simpson as partner. Simpson joins the firm from Ince & Co, where he was the Singapore office managing partner.

 Simpson has nearly 20 years’ experience advising on marine-related disputes, offshore oil and gas, and international trade. He advises...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2019/05/02/shipping-litigation-and-arbitration-expert-john-simpson-joins-stephenson-harwood-singapore-alliance/

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