Geneva Consensus Declaration is only one of those three things
Following a virtual gathering based in Washington D.C. on 22 [...]
Container Shipping Returns to Great Lakes
On 20 October 2020 the containership Claude A Desgagnés departed Montreal en [...]
Contractual Choice of Law in Quickie Convenience
The Ontario Court of Appeal recently addressed an interprovincial commercial [...]
Ontario Limitations Resumed September 14th
The Emergency Order dated 20 March 2020, suspending the running of most [...]
Federal Court Time begins to run July 14th
Following the March 17th practice direction, suspending all time periods [...]
US FMC issues Interpretive Rule on Carrier Billing Practices
The US Federal Maritime Commission's Interpretive Rule on Carrier Billing Practices (85 FR [...]
COVID-19 UPDATE
Please be advised that our office will be closed and [...]
The Pith and Substance of Marine Engine Supply
A recent Supreme Court of Canada decision in respect of [...]
Montreal Convention Limits Increase for 2020
Most international carriage of goods and passengers by air falls [...]
CN announces tentative labour deal
CN Rail announced today that "a tentative agreement has been [...]
Special Update: CN Labour Dispute
As of noon Tuesday, November 19th, CN has provided the [...]
FIATA publishes Prevention of Bribery guidelines
The Advisory Body - Legal Matters (ABLM) of FIATA has [...]
Applicability of Hague-Visby limitations to undeclared on deck cargo
In this claim for loss of cargo en route from [...]
Arbitration Clause unenforceable: Heller vs Uber
Ref: Heller v. Uber Technologies Inc., 2019 ONCA 1 In [...]
Forum of Necessity Exception
Ref: Mohammad v. Tarraf et al, 2019 ONSC 1701, Gray [...]
Time-Bar incorporated through CIFFA STCs results in Summary Judgment
A recent decision of the Federal Court of Canada provides [...]
Canada Passes BC Tanker Moratorium
On June 18th the Senate of Canada passed Bill C-48, [...]
ILWU begins limited work action at Vancouver Ports
Limited work actions by the International Longshore and Warehouse Union [...]
Yantian Express Finally Calls at Halifax
As Stan Rogers might have said, it's been six long [...]
Canada – US reach agreement on Steel + Aluminum Tariffs
Canada and the USA have reached an agreement that will [...]
FIATA Publishes Best Practices on Quality of Containers
In April 2019 the FIATA Working Group Sea Transport published a guide [...]
Transport Canada invites comments on Marine Insurance Fee
Transport Canada (TC) has invited public comment on their proposal [...]
Blockchain Comes to Town
Last week CargoX launched its CargoX Smart B/L™ blockchain product [...]
Forwarders Face Increased Risk from Switch Bills
Several organizations, including WCA and iContainers, have warned forwarders about [...]
1st Train Reaches Churchill MB
Readers will recall that Omnitrax LLC, the owners of the [...]