Freight Forwarders’ Liability Insurance

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Freight Forwarders

In summay Freight Forwarding Services are to include following sectors:

·   Ocean freight forwarder / NVOC

·   Air freight forwarder / air cargo agent

·   Customs Agent

·   Road haulier

·   In transit warehousing

·   Packing / Consolidating

So Many Claims

Getting goods from point A to B usually involves numerous parties in the supply chain. When things go wrong and substantial losses are incurred, who will be held liable?

Any number of parties can instigate legal proceedings:

·         The cargo owner – your customer

·         Sub-contractors

·         Owners or operators of the vessel, aircraft or truck carrying the cargo

·         Authorities

·         Third parties to whom you owe a duty of care

Claims can be made under a contract, standard terms of trade, ocean bill of lading or airway bill. Additionally, third party claims in tort, bailment and statutory liabilities can catch you unaware. It is even more difficult when a customer brings a claim against you. After all, the success of your business depends on customer relationships.

What risks do we insure?

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Freight Forwarders’ Liability Insurance

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Freight Forwarders


Menurut situs GAFEKSI (Gabungan Forwarder & Ekspedisi Indonesia) atau INFA (Indonesian Forwarders Associations) -www.infa.or.id-; Jasa Ekspedisi Angkutan Barang (Freight Forwarding Services) merupakan jasa yang berhubungan dengan penerimaan, angkutan, pengkonsolidasian, penyimpanan, penyerahan, Logistik dan atau distribusi barang beserta jasa tambahan dan jasa pemberian nasehat yang terkait dengannya, termasuk kegiatan kepabeanan dan perpajakan, kewajiban pemberitahuan tentang barang untuk keperluan instansi pemerintah, penutupan asuransi barang dan pengutipan atau pembayaran tagihan atau dokumen yang berhubungan dengan barang tersebut.

 

Secara garis besar Freight Forwarding Services meliputi:

·  Ocean freight forwarder  /NVOC

·  Air freight forwarder /air cargo agent

·  Customs Agent

·  Road haulier

·  In transit warehousing

·  Packing / Consolidating

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