Transport & Shipping Newsletter - March 2017

03 / 30 / 2017

Publication edited quarterly in Spanish, Portuguese and English language by the Department of Shipping and Transport Law of Garrigues is focused on the Maritime Law in the EU, Spain and Portugal.

1. EUROPEAN UNION AND INTERNATIONAL

1.1 Legislation and legislative developments

1.1.1. Top news of 2017

1.2 Recent case law

1.2.1. Carriers’ liability for handing over the goods at customs is limited from when they are left when this is properly completed

2. SPAIN

2.1 Legislation and legislative developments

2.1.1. Stevedore royal decree-law not endorsed by Lower House of Parliament
2.1.2. Minimum services determined for the announced stevedore strike
2.1.3. New public tenders held on the Algeciras-Ceuta, Malaga-Melilla and Almería-Melilla shipping lines
2.1.4. The procedure for revalidating the certificates of competency certificates under the Convention on Standards in Training Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers (STCW)

2.2 Recent case law