Logistics Providers

December 1, 2009
Nigeria Begins Mandatory Registration of Forwarders

September 2, 2009
New Reference: Goods in Transit and Freight Forwarding

April 1, 2009
By Land or By Sea . . . A Comparison of the Fundamentals of the Carmack and COGSA Liability Regimes

February 6, 2009
Hardship clauses for hard times

December 1, 2008
Comparative Fault: How U.S. maritime law carves out liability apportionments

October 1, 2008
Offset: Carmack doesn’t preclude shippers from deducting lost cargo value from outstanding freight charges.

September 1, 2008
Exclusively economic damages are not recoverable in maritime tort, but they may be under state law.

February 18, 2008
Third Party Suppliers of Logistics Services

February 1, 2008
Ocean Transportation Intermediaries may not operate through “agents”: the U.S. Federal Maritime Commission outlaws unlicensed OTI deputies.

January 1, 2008
10+2: Customs and Border Protection’s simple math creates complex problems

December 1, 2007
Cleanup costs: the San Pedro Bay Clean Air Action Plan sets off dirty dispute

February 22, 2007
Attorneys’ Fees: When can you get them back?

November 2, 2006
CIFFA Standard Trading Conditions Upheld by Quebec Court

June 1, 2006
Higher pump prices don’t fuel transportation company profits, at least not much

March 1, 2006
Warehouseman Liability: It May Be Limited, but the Details Must Be Clear

February 1, 2006
We Finally Have the Answer! Federal Law Does Not Require Cargo Insurance Coverage for Contract Motor Carriage

November 1, 2003
No Class Act: A bad survey lands a classification society in hot water

1999-09 Intermodal Infighting: Carriers Clash Over Container Conveyances