Adry Poelmans

Adry Poelmans graduated from the Vrije Universiteit Brussel in 1981 and, following a period of training, was called to the Antwerp Bar in 1984.
He worked as a trainee and associate at the law firm of Mr E. Boonen, President of the Antwerp Bar Association and Editor-in-Chief of the ‘Rechtskundig Weekblad’.
Since the start of his career as a solicitor, Adry has specialised in transport law, specifically freight forwarding, inland waterway transport and maritime transport, for leading clients both at home and abroad, including their insurers and P&I Clubs.
Since 1992, he has also represented local port organisations and national freight forwarding organisations.
He has been a member of the Belgian Association for Maritime Law from 1994 to the present and, during the revision of the Belgian Maritime Code, chaired the sub-committee on agency, cargo handling and freight forwarding.
In 1998, he was appointed deputy judge at the Commercial Court of Antwerp, now the Antwerp Commercial Court, Antwerp Division. In 2022, he became an honorary deputy judge.
In 2000, he was appointed treasurer of the Belgian Association for Maritime Law and remained in that post until 2014. He is a member of the General Council of this Association.
From 2004 to 2012, he served on the board of the North Sea Operators Claims Conference (NSOCC).
In 2020, he was appointed by the Antwerp Commercial Court, Antwerp Division, as liquidator of maritime compensation funds (LLMC – CLC).
Diplomas
Master of Laws, VUB, 1981
Bar
Bar of Antwerp
Publications
1998: Polis "Arex - Pool Arex - Comarex", een nieuwe verzekeringspolis voor de logistieke sector.
2001: "De commissieovereenkomst", A. Poelmans en F. de Clippele Handboek voor distributierecht -Antwerpen, Kluwer, 2001, p. 11-70.
2003: "The Freight Forwarding B/L: More in particular the Fiata B/L", Europees Instituut voor Zee- en Vervoersrecht - UIA, Maklu 2003, blz. 169-224.
2008: De Fiata B/L (FBL) in 1. De Weerdt, Zeerecht, Grondbeginselen van het Belgisch en Europees Zeerecht, Europees Vervoerrecht, 2008, p. 63-134.
2013: Overzicht van rechtspraak: Vervoersrecht van 1976 tot 2012, in TPR, 2013-3, p. 1607-2453.
2017: "Een expeditieovereenkomst - Tussen opdracht en aanvaarding - en daarna", in Rhidian Thomas en Simone Lamont-Black, Current issues in Freight Forwarding: Law and Logistics, Lawtext, 2017, p. 148-170.
2019: Review van het Proefschrift van mevrouw Susan Niessen ter verkrijging van de graad van doctor aan de Erasmus Universiteit: "The Legal Position of Terminal Operators in Hinterland Networks" in Tijdschrift Vervoer en Recht, april 2019.
2021: Overzicht van rechtspraak: Vervoersrecht van 2012-2020, in TPR, 2021-2/3, p. 727-1466.
2024: Expeditie: naar bekende en minder bekende wegen vragen in: Over verzekerings- en vervoersrecht te land, ter zee en in de lucht. Liber Amicorum Kris Bernauw, 2024, p. 375 e.v ..
2026: Overzicht van rechtspraak: Vervoersrecht van 2020-2025 - under construction
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