Transport & Shipping Newsletter - November 2016
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. Towards sustainable shipping
- 1.1.2. The International Convention for the Control and Management of Ships’ Ballast and Water Sediments (BWM Convention) will enter into force next year
- 1.1.3. Measures against antidumping practices and injurious pricing of vessels
1.2 Recent case law
- 1.2.1. The CJEU examines the scope of the directive on the systems of chartering and pricing in inland waterway transports
- 1.2.2. An unscheduled stopover on a flight cannot be treated as a cancellation if its places of arrival and departure match the planned schedule
2. SPAIN
2.1 Legislation and legislative developments
- 2.1.1. Amendment to the information to be notified by ships for the receipt of ship-generated waste and cargo residues
2.2 Recent case law
- 2.2.1. Discharging cargo at an unsuitable dock falls within the sea leg of the carriage and is subject to the time limits for bringing action in that sea leg
- 2.2.2. A lease agreement on port facilities cannot be renewed after termination of the concession that conferred the authority to lease them
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