Description

Slowly, but surely, the shipping world is making its way towards a paperless future. In fact, several terminals in ports worldwide have already adopted so-called ‘electronic release systems’. How do these systems work, how does the release relate to the actual delivery of the goods, and how does the PIN code relate to the delivery order? These are a few of the questions to be discussed at the seminar, against the background of Mediterranean Shipping Company SA v Glencore International AG [2017] EWCA Civ 365; [2017] 2 Lloyd’s Rep 186.

About The Speaker

Dr Michiel Spanjaart was a Post-doctoral Fellow at NUS from August 2013 to July 2015 and he taught an intensive elective course on Multimodal Transport Law as a Visiting Professor in 2018. He obtained his LLB at the University of Utrecht in 1996 and his PhD at the Erasmus University, Rotterdam, in 2012. His thesis, Vorderingsrechten uit cognossement (‘Title to sue under bills of lading’), was published as a book by Paris Uitgeverij in 2012. His most recent book on Multimodal Transport Law was published by Routledge in 2017. Dr Spanjaart teaches maritime law at the Erasmus University. He is an advocate with Trains & Co in Rotterdam and before that he was partner with Kneppelhout & Korthals Advocaten, Padberg Spanjaart Advocaten and DLA Piper. His practice areas include trade, transport, and insurance.

Who Should Attend

Maritime lawyers, in-house counsel and legal officers in the shipping industry and affiliated with shipping