Tianjin Maritime Court Accepts 144 Foreign Related Cases

With the implementation of the strategy of "one belt and one road" and the strategy of maritime power, the demand for judicial protection for maritime trial is increasingly prominent. Take the city as an example, with the construction of Tianjin Free Trade Zone, The Belt and Road Initiative With the implementation of the strategy, the foreign economic activities in Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei have increased significantly, and foreign disputes have increased significantly. In 2015, the Tianjin maritime court handled 144 cases involving foreign-related cases throughout the year, including 15 cases involving Hong Kong, an increase of 180% compared with 2014, and the number of cases increased significantly.

Our hospital has always attached great importance to the trial of foreign-related cases, and has always adhered to the principles of equal protection, legal system unification, trial independence and transparency, accurately applied laws and international practices, and equally protected the legitimate rights and interests of the parties.

In order to adapt to the dynamic changes of the trial in the new situation, our hospital has set up the working methods for the cultivation and identification of the fine cases in Tianjin maritime courts, with judicial standardization as its starting point. Implementation standards "Standards for trial of ship collision cases" and "work rules of collegiate bench" and other documents have been improved through standardization work. Foreign related cases The trial quality has speeded up the trial cycle of foreign-related cases and achieved remarkable results. In order to sum up our experience in the trial of foreign-related cases and lead the healthy development of the shipping industry, we are announcing the typical foreign-related cases in our hospital in recent years.

Among the five typical cases reported, four are foreign-related cases, involving one case involving Hong Kong. The case covers disputes over liability for personal injury, disputes over contracts for carriage of goods by sea, and disputes over crew labor contracts. The five cases are mainly related to the application of foreign laws, the principle of "same life with the same price" for death compensation, the adjustment standard of high cost of detention boxes, and the legal regulation of goods without bills of lading. The handling of the five cases not only follows the yardstick of judicial judgment based on facts and takes the law as the criterion, but also reflects the precise grasp and reasonable interpretation of the judges' application of international law and the problems of law. These five cases have a certain reference value for the handling of the same type of contradictions and disputes in the legal effect; on the social effect, they have effectively protected the healthy development of the shipping industry and foreign trade and trade, and the ship leasing industry; at the same time, they are of great significance for establishing a good image of China's maritime justice and enhancing the international credibility and influence of China's maritime trial. It is of great significance for foreign parties to choose litigation and arbitration in China, consolidate the status of China's maritime judicial center in the Asia Pacific region, promote the construction of "one belt and one road" and implement the strategy of maritime power.

Zhang complained of a maritime company's liability for compensation for personal injury at sea.

Dispute between a company and four companies on contract of carriage of goods by sea

Dispute over contract of carriage of goods by sea between a company and two defendant company

A Shanghai international freight forwarder sues the defendant, a shipping company in Chile, on the contract of carriage of goods by sea.

A seafarer management company sues a ship management company's crew labor contract dispute case.