Nau Newsletter

In our course of work, we have been involved in many claims for which the cause of the loss appeared to be due to the fault / negligence of the cargo owners (generally the Shipper under the contract). However, recovery…

Article for Container Operators / NVOCC discussing the advantages of becoming a Slot Charterer Download Now In our last article on calculating cargo exposures, we did suggest that it may be worthwhile for Container Operators / Intermediaries to consider becoming…

This article focusses on International transport intermediaries / operators acting as contractual carriers (who in turn, contract with an overlying or the actual/performing carrier, for the performance of the actual carriage). The aim of the article is to draw attention…

This article focuses on Detention and Demurrage. As the target audience includes Bulk and Liner Operators (a majority of which is in containerised trade), we will initially discuss on how they arise separately and then focus on the common issues.…

The first question to ask is what abandonment of cargo is and why does this happen?Abandonment of cargo refers to the action taken by the cargo interests to avoid / deny their interests in the cargo and thereby avoid liability…

This is a topic which has been discussed in many newsletters. However, we felt that it might be worthwhile to relook at this particularly as this was the topic of our discussions in the very recent past with one of…

There have been many articles written on Deck Cargo.Our purpose in looking at this topic is to focus on the specific issues relating to Deck Cargo. The first question we need to ask is what is Deck Cargo? Deck cargo…

Many a times, cargo interests request the Shipping Agents / Carriers to mention the value of the cargo in the body of the Bill of Lading. Often this request is passed to us so that we could comment on the…

Non Vessel Ocean Common Carrier (“NVO”) have been in the Asian Region for quite some time. They initially were focused in niche trades (ISC – ME Trade, Inter Asian Trade) and are now involved in almost all trades. Frequently,as is…

We have come across many requests made by the consignee that they would wish to inspect the cargo inside the container prior to taking delivery. For this, the consignee would take the appropriate permission from the custom authorities to conduct…

Bills of Lading are issued by the Carrier (Ocean Carrier, Shipping Line, Freight Forwarder, etc) on receipt of goods from the consignor / shipper and perform the following functions: Receipt  Evidence of contract of carriage Negotiable document of title (Sea…