Publications

Getting the Deal Through - Shipping - 2012

Van Steenderen MainportLawyers contributed to the 2012 Shipping issue of this international comparative analyses for corporate counsel and legal practitioners. Read the contribution here.

Accreditation: "Reproduced with permission from Law Business Research. This article was first published in Getting the Deal Through - Shipping 2012, (published in October 2011; contributing editor: Jonathan Lux of Ince & Co). For further information please visit www.GettingTheDealThrough.com." 

Getting the deal through – Insurance & Reinsurance - 2011

Van Steenderen MainportLawyers contributed to the 2011 Insurance & Reinsurance issue of this international comparative analyses for corporate counsel and legal practitioners, which was issued in September 2011.

Accreditation: "Reproduced with permission from Law Business Research. This article was first published in Getting the Deal Through - Insurance & Reinsurance (published in August 2011; contributing editor: Paul Kanefsky, Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP). For further information please visite www.GettingTheDealThrough.com)."

Link: www.gettingthedealthrough.com.

Modulaire heftplatsforms: vreemde (bad)eenden in de bijt
Article by Judith F. van der Vlies, commenting on the legal position of modular jack-up barges. 
Tijdschrift Vervoer & Recht 2011-04

Business CORP - 2009

In November 2009 Van Steenderen MainportLawyers contributed to the international sector panel of Corp INTL. The contribution "Ensure the insurance time bar" concerned the applicable time bar to insurance claims governed by the "new" insurance law since 1 January 2006. As per 1 July 2010 the relevant provision has been amended once more. Van Steenderen MainportLawyers will publish a new article on these latest developments in the near future.

Link: www.corp-intl.com

The Yacht Report

The focus of Issue 115 of The Yacht Report is "The Yard"; The Yacht Report therefore canvassed all key yards – as well as all key lawyers – about the issues that affect the superyacht yard today. On page 134 you will find Arnold van Steenderen's contribution.

Click on the image above to open the article.

TopNautic

On a regular basis we write an article in TopNautic highlighting topics relating to the yachting industry.

  • TopNautic – Juni 2011 (link)
  • TopNautic – May 2011 (link)
  • TopNautic – December 2010 (link)
  • TopNautic – August 2010 (link)
  • TopNautic – April 2010 (link)
  • TopNautic – December 2009 (link)
  • TopNautic – September 2009 (link)
  • TopNautic – May 2009 (link)

HISWA Magazine

The HISWA Magazine focuses on watersport companies as their main public. Arnold van Steenderen contributed to their section called "De Varende Rechter" (translation: "The Sailing Judge") in the issue of May 2010.

Lexology news feed publications

  1. Before 1 January 2006 contracts of insurance were governed by certain provisions of the Dutch Commercial Code and certain general provisions of the Dutch Civil Code. As per 1 January 2006 Book 7 of the Dutch Civil Code was augmented by a new Title. This is Title 17, which contains new provisions regarding insurance contracts and sets aside the aforementioned former provisions. (...) Read the full article here.
  2. Veka Scheepsbouw B.V. v. Zandtrans, Tekholl and the Dutch State (District Court Breda, 16 July 2010) Liability of naval architect for faulty design of barge. Position of the Dutch State's Shipping Inspectorate which approved drawings.
  3. On 6 October 2009, the Court of Justice of the European Communities rendered an important judgment on the interpretation of art. 4 Rome Convention in the case of ICF v. Balkenende Oosthuizen B.V. and MIC Operations B.V. Please apply this link for a case study of the judgment by Arnold J. van Steenderen.
  4. Storage of Dangerous Goods: to intervene or not to intervene? - Article written by Merlijn Hijzen, May 2011.
    The international trade in chemicals frequently involves storage of dangerous goods. Under Dutch law, the possessor of dangerous goods is strictly liable should the particular damage materialize. This strict liability shifts to the professional storage facility once it stores the goods and the (original) possessor is released from potential liability. Or is it?

The Rotterdam Rules

The official signing ceremony of the International Convention on the unification of certain Rules relating to the carriage of Goods (wholly or partly) over sea was held in sptember 2009 in the city of Rotterdam. Initially 16 countries (the Netherlands included) signed the convention. For more detailed information about this important new convention we refer you to our special website: www.rotterdamrules.com.

Super Yacht Industry – September 2009

Building state-of-the-art luxury megayachts can sometimes encounter unpleasant surprises in terms of cost overruns, delayed delivery and disturbed relationships between the owner's team and the yard's project manager and management. Van Steenderen MainportLawyers has been involved in advising owners for two decades.

Please find here an article in the Monaco issue of the well-known Dutch leading business magazine Super Yacht Industry discussing the contract management of a super yacht project and the legal significance of the Protocol of Delivery and Acceptance.

Offshore Industry – Spring 2009

This issue contains a company profile of our firm and discusses Knock-for-Knock Clauses (link).