China Relaxes Access Conditions and Scope of Business for Wholly Foreign-owned Shipping Companies
The Circular Strengthening the Administration of the Wholly Foreign-owned Shipping Companies Examination and Approval was issued by the (Chinese) Ministry of Transport on August 22, 2011. The Circular relaxes the access conditions and scope of business for Wholly Foreign-owned Shipping Companies. Beijing Editor George Wang provides a comparison of the key differences between the old (2000) regime and the new:
http://www.forwarderlaw.com/library/view.php?article_id=787

The Intersection of Admiralty's Limitations - of Liability and Right to a Jury Trial
Following historic trends established by English Courts of Admiralty centuries ago, an exception is carved out for maritime matters to the U.S. Constitution’s Seventh Amendment right to trial by jury. The water carriage industry's issues are just too specialized and complex for a salty dog's landlubber peers to grasp ... but we have US West Coast editor Steve Block to help us with the finer points:
http://www.forwarderlaw.com/library/view.php?article_id=786

Carriers' "Cargo Incident Notification System" goes live
The Cargo Incident Notification System, known as "CINS", is a venture of CMA-CGM, Evergreen, Hapag Lloyd, Maersk, and MSC. The TT Club and International Group also participated. The system went live in September and is intended to track cargo incidents of all kinds affecting containerized cargo. General Editor Gavin Magrath provides a brief note here:
http://www.forwarderlaw.com/library/view.php?article_id=785

Ukraine Accedes to the International Convention Relating to the Arrest of Sea-Going Ships (1952)
On 7 September 2011 the Verkhovna Rada (the Parliament) of Ukraine passed the Law ‘On Ukraine’s accession to the International Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules Relating to the Arrest of Sea-Going Ships (Brussels, 1952). Ukraine correspondent Alexander Chebotarenko provides a brief note here:
http://www.forwarderlaw.com/library/view.php?article_id=784

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