Members are referred back to Circular 01/23 by which the International Group approved TradeGo User Agreement (2022.12.15) (‘the User Agreement’). The User Agreement remains approved for the purposes of Club cover.
This circular informs Members of the approval by the International Group of P&I Clubs (the Group) of the BRITC eBL system, provided by BRITC ETRADE SOLUTION Co., Ltd.
The coming into force of the Electronic Trade Documents Act last week in the UK is a potentially transformational moment in the development of electronic bills of lading.
The Electronic Trade Documents Act (“the Act”) comes into force today in the United Kingdom, giving legal recognition in English law to electronic trade documents, including electronic bills of lading.
The International Group (“IG”) Standard Form Letters of Indemnity (given in return for delivery of cargo without production of an original bill of lading and/or delivery of cargo at a port or place other than stated in the bill of lading) were last reviewed in 2010.
This circular confirms approval by the International Group of an updated version of the Secro Customer and User Agreement dated 16th March 2023 as well as use of the Secro Customer e-billls of lading in conjunction with the said User Agreement
The Club's guest authors, Jeremy M Joseph and Matthew Van Huizen of JOSEPH & PARTNERS, discuss the different limitation of liability regimes applicable to Peninsular Malaysia and to East Malaysia.
Court of Appeal clarifies warranty obligations in bill of lading disputes, the master's obligation to sign a bill of lading must be performed upon his own judgement
There has been a change in ownership of the E-TITLE electronic trading system and its underlying legal framework to software technology firm, R3; There has been a change in trading name of the E-TITLE electronic trading system to Corda eBL; Members are invited to take note of how the Corda eBL software will operate.
