Thomas Miller has decided to amalgamate and concentrate mainland Chinese resources on Shanghai to broaden and deepen the range and type of services available to Members. This concentration of resource will also enable future growth of the office in terms of both size and capability.Accordingly, the TM Representative office in Beijing will close on 31st December 2015, and the Representative, James Zhang, will relocate to Shanghai from January 2016. James will continue to be responsible for relationships with those members based in the Beijing region and he will be present in Beijing on a very frequent basis. Accordingly, from 1st January 2016 please use the following contact details for James:-
James Zhang Shanghai representative office Work Unit 905, Ascendas Cross Tower, 318 Fuzhou Road, Huangpu District, Shanghai 200001 Tel: +86 21 6321 7001 Mobile: +86 1381 0395 924 E-mail: james.zhang@thomasmiller.com
The issue of incorporation of charterparties into bills of lading is debated by the English courts on a fairly frequent basis; most recently in the Anna Bo (2015) and the Magellan Spirit (2016). So what's all the fuss about really and how do you avoid getting caught out?
A webinar organised by the Thomas Miller managed insurance mutuals, container freight specialist TT Club and protection & indemnity insurer, UK P&I Club, revealed the diverse range of factors important to safe container ship operations and the security of the container stacks they carry.
