Moderators of the round table, Artem Skorobogatov and Nataliya Myroshnychenko, proposed the following issues for discussion: modes of liability limitation related to the parties of the carriage, problems of retention of the shipping documents by sub-contractors/agents, claims in case of detention/delay of the transport (containers), status and application of the House (Through) Bill of Lading, liability insurance of the parties to the carriage.

Taking into account that the format of the workshop was based on real cases of International Law Offices, all outlined issued became subject to a vivid discussion of all participants.

The most active were the following persons: Alexander Lazarev (Damko Ukraine), Alexander Zhakharov (Promtex), Vadim Tereschuk (GPK Ukraine), Alexander Chebotarenko (Maersk Ukraine), Dmitriy Balaban (Alfatrans).

A claim of the line to secure storage and demurrage payment in the port was quite an interesting issue of the event. This issue was commented in details by Alexander Chebotarenko, Head of the Legal Department of Maersk Ukraine.

Dmitriy Balaban, Director of Alfatrans, touched upon operation of the forwarding company as NVOCC. He shared his experience related to organization of through carriages and passed his opinion as for advantages and disadvantages related to issuance of the House Bill of Lading.

Essence of NVOCC activity as any other multimodal carrier is to carry the goods from door to door. It means that the whole process of carriage is controlled by one carrier. It is an essential advantage as for the ship owner as well as for the very carrier.

Upon termination of the workshop the participants continued their communication in an informal atmosphere at standing buffet.

International Law Offices would like to thank all participants of the event for interesting speeches. ILO advises to follow recommendations and assistance of legal consultants to avoid any possible risks and, as a result, incurrence of liability and risks.

One can say for sure that the annual meeting of participants of the transport process organized by International Law Offices becomes a traditional event of December.

International Law Offices also thanks information partners of the event:

GLAS TV channel, journals: Transport and Ports of Ukraine and Yuridicheskaya Gazeta, information portals: Transport Business of Ukraine, Maritime Business News of Ukraine, Istontransinfo, RISE Maritime Law.