## [Transport and Shipping Newsletter - May 2021](/en_GB/new/transport-and-shipping-newsletter-may-2021) # Transport and Shipping Newsletter - May 2021 Spain - 05 / 26 / 2021 - - [](https://www.linkedin.com/sharing/share-offsite/?url=https://www.garrigues.com/en_GB/new/transport-and-shipping-newsletter-may-2021) - []() - []() Previous Next ![](/sites/default/files/noticias/img/newsletter_transporte_y_maritimo_mayo_2021_3.jpg) ## [**Government proposes amendments to basic shipping and ports laws**](https://www.garrigues.com/en_GB/new/government-proposes-amendments-basic-shipping-and-ports-laws) Some of the projected changes are aimed at making the Canary Islands Special Register of Vessels and Shipping Companies more competitive, removing the minimum amount for arresting vessels or the regulations of unmanned ships. [**KEEP READING**](https://www.garrigues.com/en_GB/new/government-proposes-amendments-basic-shipping-and-ports-laws) ## [**The potential liabilities for the ‘Ever Given’ incident presages claims worth millions**](https://www.garrigues.com/en_GB/new/potential-liabilities-ever-given-incident-presages-claims-worth-millions) Determining the causes of the accident will make it clear who can claim from whom, where, what procedure to use, and the applicable law. Parallel claims are foreseeable including possible action for recovery from the various insurance companies involved. Currently, the ship and its cargo are under arrest. [**KEEP READING**](https://www.garrigues.com/en_GB/new/potential-liabilities-ever-given-incident-presages-claims-worth-millions) ## [**Recreational craft: royal decree on safety and pollution prevention equipment published in Official State Gazette**](https://www.garrigues.com/en_GB/new/recreational-craft-royal-decree-safety-and-pollution-prevention-equipment-published-official) On May 19 the Official State Gazette published Royal Decree 339/2021 of May 18 on the safety and pollution prevention equipment of recreational craft. [**KEEP READING**](https://www.garrigues.com/en_GB/new/recreational-craft-royal-decree-safety-and-pollution-prevention-equipment-published-official) ## [**Supreme Court endorses bringing of direct action by carrier against main shipper in carriage by land**](https://www.garrigues.com/en_GB/new/supreme-court-endorses-bringing-direct-action-carrier-against-main-shipper-carriage-land) The Supreme Court has endorsed the bringing of direct action by the carrier against the main shipper, even if a court insolvency order has been issued on the intermediary that contracted it. In this judgment, delivered on March 3, 2021, the court reiterated the case law on direct action by the actual carrier against the shipper and the participants in the subcontracting chain. [**KEEP READING**](https://www.garrigues.com/en_GB/new/supreme-court-endorses-bringing-direct-action-carrier-against-main-shipper-carriage-land) ## [**Spain leads the way in groundbreaking R&D&I projects on aeronautical logistics using drones**](https://www.garrigues.com/en_GB/new/spain-leads-way-groundbreaking-rdi-projects-aeronautical-logistics-using-drones) The future of mobility features the aeronautical industry which, with its constant concern for R&D&I, is becoming a vector for sustainable growth in the medium and long term with groundbreaking and innovative projects. 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