Peter Jones reports a recent South African case on his Forwarderlaw website, where the issue was whether a company could rely on its trading conditions to limit or exclude liability for consignments stolen by its staff.
With only nine weeks left before Christmas stores in high streets and shopping malls are now well into the process of stocking up for the expected sales rush. Warehouses are beginning to fill up and greater amounts of consumer goods are on the move. While consumers are urged to start their shopping early to avoid the last-minute rush, so criminal gangs are also getting ready for their seasonal attacks on goods in transit.
We are grateful to Peter Quinter of the law firm of Becker & Poliakoff for drawing our attention to the decision of the US court of international trade in the case of United States v Pan Pacific Textile Group Inc.
Ms Alicia Chin from Canada has been judged the 2005 winner of the Young International Freight Forwarder of the Year at this year's FIATA World Congress in Moscow. The prize, sponsored by TT Club together with FIATA and IATA, is worth in excess of US$35,000 to the winner.
Speaking at the Terminal Operators' Conference TOC 2005 held recently in Antwerp, Belgium, Alan Wilkins - the Club's Business Development Director - highlighted the risks that transport companies are being increasingly asked to accept in the name of logistics and supply chain management.
TT Club, the leading mutual insurance provider for the transport industry, has appointed Chee Teng Joo as an underwriter in its Singapore office. Mr Chee, a Malaysian national, joins the Club from a background of broking and marine underwriting in the Malaysian market.
