A recent decision of the English commercial court in Datec Electronic Holdings Ltd v United Parcels Services Ltd raises some important issues for freight forwarders and carriers dealing with high-value consignments.
In the April edition of its bulletin Cargo World, ICHCA International reports on an incident where a trainee dockworker was killed when he was crushed and fell from a container crane.
In recent months a number of claims have been reported to the Club arising from collisions involving cranes, RTGs, straddle carriers, fork-lift trucks and other handling equipment. In several of them, it is thought that the driver had been distracted by using a mobile (cell) phone in the cab; in one instance, unbelievably, in composing a text message.
The shipping and maritime law community is beginning to pay more attention to an issue that arises from ISPS and the enforcement of other security legislation: who pays when a ship and its myriad cargoes are delayed by government officials acting on suspicion of some danger which turns out to be unfounded?
