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Partner Dirk Noels will give a lecture on 29 November 2022 at the Colloquium 2022: The New Shipping Code, Penalties and Liabilities, organised by UNIVERSHA, the Royal Belgian Association of Transport Insurers, the Professional Association of Insurance Brokers, the Studiekring der zeeverzekeringen and the Belgian Association for Maritime Law.

Recently, the Belgian Supreme Court ruled on the question of whether a "converted barge intended as a public bathing facility" is, under Belgian law, a vessel (or similar craft) that can invoke the limitation of liability under the LLMC Convention.

The Belgian legislator has implemented the international HNS Convention 2010 in the Belgian Shipping Code. It concerns the international convention on liability and compensation for damage in connection with the carriage by sea of hazardous and noxious substances. "hazardous and noxious substances" (HNS).

On 1 June 2022, the brand new Flemish Shipping Decree entered into force. The Decree contains a general regulatory framework for inland waterways and shipping in Flanders.

Since 26 February 2022, European exporters are prohibited from shipping various dual-use goods and goods related to dual-use to Russia. Some points of attention.

Will it change the position of Belgian Custom Agents and Freight Forwarders in criminal customs proceedings?