Announcement on Arbitration Service of Hangzhou Court of International Aviation and Maritime Arbitration

2025/04/29 17:34:25

To thoroughly implement Xi Jinping Thought on the Rule of Law, promote the significant deployment of the CPC Zhejiang Provincial Committee and the People's Government of Zhejiang Province regarding building Zhejiang into a strong province of transportation and a world-class port, support the development of the three "No.1 Projects", harness the safeguard functions of arbitration in advancing international shipping, aviation and logistics hub development, and make Hangzhou a preferred location for resolving international aviation and shipping disputes, HZAC has decided to establish the Hangzhou Court of International Aviation and Maritime Arbitration. The service details of this unit are as follows:

I.Since May 26, 2025, all aviation and shipping arbitration cases that meet HZAC's acceptance criteria will be accepted by the Case Filing Hall and handled by the Hangzhou Court of International Aviation and Maritime Arbitration. This change will not affect aviation and shipping arbitration cases that were previously accepted by HZAC.

II.Address of the HZAC Case Filing Hall: 1st Floor, Block A3, CECEP Xixi Center, No.588, Wenyi West Road, Xihu District, Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province

Tel.: 0571-88395924; 0571-88170772

Address of the Hangzhou Court of International Aviation and Maritime Arbitration: 2nd Floor, Block A3, CECEP Xixi Center, No.588, Wenyi West Road, Xihu District, Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province

Tel.: 0571-88383226; 0571-88324978

III.The Hangzhou Court of International Aviation and Maritime Arbitration will specifically handle domestic and international disputes related to aviation and maritime, which mainly include:

(1)Aviation disputes, including but not limited to contractual disputes over air transportation of passengers and cargo, aircraft manufacturing, sales, maintenance, leasing, as well as contractual disputes related to airport construction, aviation logistics services, aircraft financial leasing, aviation insurance, airline agency and services;

(2)Shipping disputes, including but not limited to contractual disputes over maritime and inland waterway transportation of passengers and cargo, ship building, sales, repair, leasing, as well as contractual disputes related to port terminal construction, storage, financial leasing, insurance, shipping agency and services;

(3)Any other aviation and shipping disputes as the HZAC deems appropriate shall be handled by the Hangzhou Court of International Aviation and Maritime Arbitration.

IV.Apart from the above-listed commercial arbitration cases handled by the Hangzhou Arbitration Court of Intellectual Property, other commercial arbitration cases will remain to be handled in the same address.

V.HZAC will adhere to the core value of "Impartiality, Efficiency and Harmony" in arbitration services and make efforts to provide highly efficient arbitration services for parties, party representatives and arbitrators. Please note the above announcement and disseminate it as appropriate. Thank you for your attention and support.

Hangzhou Arbitration Commission

April 29, 2025

Direction for transportation to the new office of HZAC:

Subway: take Metro Line 5 to Zijingang Campus, Zhejiang University Station, exit by Exit A, walk southward along Chongren Road for 450m before turning right at Zixia Road, then walk 120m and turn left, you will be arriving at CECEP Xixi Center, then go directly to Block A3.

Bus: take Bus No. 199 or No. 7267M and get off at "Zixia Street and Hongde Road Intersection" station, or take Bus No. 1303M and get off at "Zixia Street and Chongren Road Intersection" station.

Self-driving: Navigate to "Block A3 of CECEP Xixi Center", enter CECEP Xixi Center by the north gate at Zixia Street, park your car in parking area A3 at B1 or B2 basement parking, then go by elevator to the lobby on the ground floor.