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Blacklist: 260 vessels called at the Crimean ports during annexation 

Periodic publication “Yurydychna Gazeta” keeps up announcing pleasant news on its innovations. It provided a new rating of the Ukrainian law firms, based not only on financial and other statistic data for 2015, but also on reputation of the companies engaged in legal services.

Monitoring group of the Public Association “The Maidan of Foreign Affairs” and BSNews publishing center drafted the blacklist of vessels called at the Crimean ports of Yevpatoria, Sevastopol, Yalta, Feodosia and Kerch after annexation of the Crimea by Russia.

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Interlegal notes a positive trend in case proceedings on ship arrest in Ukraine

Interlegal partner has been elected as the Chairman of the Nautical Institute of Ukraine

In view of the latest practice, the judges keep unanimous position in strict compliance with the current national legislation and the 1952 International Convention for the unification of certain rules relating to the arrest of sea-going ships (the Convention) ratified and been in force in Ukraine starting from 16.05.2012...

Nikolay Melnykov, Interlegal partner, member of the Nautical Institute of Ukraine Committee, was elected unanimously as the next Chairman of the NIU at the election meeting of the NIU Committee held on 01.07.2016. This fact confirms the NI of Ukraine members’ approval of large-scale cooperation between the NIU and Interlegal.

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Publications

Ukrainian freight forwarder’s liability in international cargo transportation by road

Enforcement of commercial (maritime) foreign arbitral awards in Ukraine

FIATA states that freight forwarding companies get involved in nearly 80 % of international transportations by all types of vehicles. The official concept of “freight forwarding and logistic services” adopted on 29.10.2004 jointly by FIATA (International Federation of Freight Forwarders Association) and CLECAT (European Association for Forwarding, Transport, Logistic and Customs Service) includes the following...

Resolution of maritime disputes by reference to international commercial arbitration is a typical situation in a modern globalized world. Under the reference in Clause 1 of Article 1 of the UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration (1985), with amendments as adopted in 2006, the term commercial arbitration should be given a wide interpretation and covers maritime arbitration...

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Black Sea region practice: Cargo Shortage Fines – Turkey

Black Sea region practice: Vessel arrest in Romania

We set our advice regarding the Cargo shortage fines imposed by the Turkish Custom in respect of short delivery. When cargo is short-delivered, Custom will serve a notice to the local agent of the vessel declaring the commencement of the claim with regard to the shore figure scale and will request a proper explanation as to why there is a difference between a bill of lading figure and an outturn figure.

A recent case that was discussed before the Constanta Court of Appeal-Maritime Section-clarified the conditions in which the provisions of art. 3(4) of the 1952 International Convention Relating to the Arrest of Sea-Going Ships can apply.

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