Carriers' and forwarders' liability clauses
Freight forwarders are exposed to a broad variety of liabilities in respect of the services they provide to their customers. Different liabilities are applicable for transit by sea, air, road or rail.
Road transportation
Regulation of road hauliers responsibility is issued both in shape of international regulation as well as national legislation. Below we have gathered the most common rules on the area. So far we only provide the documents in the respective language as far as it is local legislation and in English concerning international legislation.
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Domestic Legislation
Legislation in Denmark
Faerdselsloven, Alm. danske regler om erstatningsansvar
Legislation in Finland
Tiekuljetussopimuslaki (TKSL)
Legislation in Norway
CMR
Legislation in Sweden
CMR
Rail transportation
Here we have gathered the most common laws concerning transportation by train. Please observe that the laws are not
updated automatically, so please use the documents as an information only.
If is not responsible for the correctness of the laws and rules issued on these pages either is If responsible for losses referring to the documents on this site.
Domestic Legislation
Domestic legislation in Denmark
Lov om jernbanevirksomhed
Domestic legislation in Finland
Rautatiekuljetuslaki
Domestic legislation in Norway
NSB's Standard Conditions of Carriage for Domestic Rail Freight
Domestic legislation in Sweden
SJ Cargo Normal Conditions for Railway
The international rail transport law
(passenger CIV and freight traffic CIM)
CIM (Uniform Rules concerning the Contract for International Carriage of Goods by Rail)
Sea transportation
A lot of regulation is prevailing in the fields of sea transportation. The local Nordic legislation is in many ways identical. National legislation is often based on international conventions, and some agreements issued by Non Governmental Organizations (NGOs) is also quite common. Below we have gathered the most common legislation, conventions and agreements prevailing in the field of sea transportation.
By a diplomatic convention in 1978 the Hamburg-rules were issued. They are a bit more strict towards the shipowners' liability and is intentionally meant to be the successor of Hague-Visbye Rules but is until now only ratified by a limited number of nations.
Hamburg Rules
Forwarders' Liability
Nordiskt Speditörforbund, NSF, organizes Nordic freight forwarders through their national associations. NSF looks after its members interests by coordinating the national points of view and representing its members before Nordic, European and international bodies by safeguarding the General Conditions of the Nordic Association of Freight Forwarders (NSAB) and by developing new intranordic trade projects.
NSAB contains conditions relating to the forwarder's assignment, the performance of the assignment, the liability of the forwarder as a carrier, as a provider of services and in connection with storage, the liability of the principal, complaints, prescription and the procedure in the event of disputes.
NSAB 2000 is the latest edition of the general conditions. As in all previous versions its basic theme is that the forwarder has an obligation to act professionally and with due care. Like the previous three versions, it has been developed by negotiation with the organisations of the freight shippers. In addition, NSAB 2000 deals with liability in cases of transport with a time guarantee and the forwarders obligations when performing warehousing.
NSAB 2000 contains the rules of liability to which freightforwarding jobs in the Nordic countries are subject. Thus the rules are a private agreement and therefore must be agreed between the freight forwarder and the shipper.
If P&C Insurance is not responsible for the correctness of the laws and rules issued on these pages either is If P&C Insurance responsible for losses referring to the documents on this site.
General conditions
Denmark
Finland
Finnish Freight Forwarding and Logistics Assosiation