Category: Shipping
VeraLaw contributed to The Shipping Law Review 8th edition providing an article on maritime law and developments in the Philippine Shipping Industry
July 1, 2021Click to download The Shipping Law Review 2021 8th Edition – Philippines
How to Initiate a Ship Limitation Action in the Philippines
December 1, 2020DO THE ADMIRALTY RULES ON LIMITATION ACTIONS NEED CLARIFICATION? Last 01 January 2020, Administrative Matter No. 19-08-14-SC, otherwise known as “The Rules of Procedure for Admiralty Cases” (the “Admiralty Rules”), took effect. The Admiralty Rules is the Philippines’ first procedural issuance specifically…
VERALAW contributed to the SHIPPING LAW REVIEW 2020 providing an article on maritime law and developments in the Philippine Shipping Industry
July 14, 2020Click to download The Shipping Law Review 2020 7th Edition – Philippines
VERALAW contributed to the SHIPPING LAW REVIEW 2018 providing an article on maritime law and developments in the Philippine Shipping Industry
August 3, 2018Click to download Shipping Law Review 2018 PHILIPPINES I COMMERCIAL OVERVIEW OF THE SHIPPING INDUSTRY There are two sides to the Philippine shipping industry, and both can only be described in superlative terms. The Philippines is an archipelagic country of more than…
Aye Aye, Captain!
March 19, 2018Premised on a scenario that a cargo vessel was hijacked by pirates, Atty. Valeriano del Rosario, together with some of the experts in the Maritime Law in Asia, provided a lively and engaging 90-minute discussion on the impact of piracy in insurance…
VERALAW contributes to the SHIPPING LAW REVIEW providing an article on maritime law and developments in the Philippine shipping industry
September 18, 2017Click to download Shipping Law Review 2017 I COMMERCIAL OVERVIEW OF THE SHIPPING INDUSTRY There are two sides to the Philippine shipping industry, and both can only be described in superlative terms. The Philippines is an archipelagic country of over 7,000 islands…
THE SEAFARER HAS THE BURDEN TO PROVE CAUSAL CONNECTION BETWEEN HIS WORK AND HIS ILLNESS
August 16, 2016In Doehle-Philman Manning Agency, Inc., Dohle (IOM) Limited and Capt. Manolo T. Gacutan vs. Henry C. Haro (G.R. No. 206522, 18 April 2016), the Supreme Court ruled that the seafarer must prove that his illness is work-related when such is not classified…
FORFEITURE OF THE SEAFARER’S CLAIM RESULTING FROM NON-COMPLIANCE WITH THE 3- DAY POST-EMPLOYMENT MEDICAL EXAMINATION REQUIREMENT
August 16, 2016Will the seafarer’s failure to submit himself to a post-employment medical examination before a company-designated doctor within three working days upon his arrival result only in the forfeiture of his sickness allowance claim but not his disability benefit claim? The Supreme Court…
LIABILITY OF ARRASTRE OPERATORS
August 16, 2016What is the liability of arrastre operators in case of loss or damage of the goods ? In Asian Terminals, Inc. v. Allied Guarantee Insurance Co., Inc. (G.R. No. 182208, 14 October 2015), a shipment 72,322 lbs. of kraft linear board were…