07/07/2009
Four regional finalists representing the future of the freight forwarding industry are preparing to travel to Geneva for the FIATA World Congress - 21st-25th September. The four, from South Africa, Mexico, Singapore and Germany, will each be hoping for selection as the overall Young International Freight Forwarder of the Year and a prize that includes hands-on training experience at one of TT Club's regional centres in London, Hong Kong or New Jersey.
02/07/2009
Transport & logistics insurer, TT Club, explains the process of "telex release' for freight forwarders in relation to bills of lading. Find out more.
On 11 June 2009 the 'Intergovernmental Agreement on the Trans-Asian Railway Network' came into force in Cambodia, China, India, Mongolia, Republic of Korea, Russia and Tajikistan (another 15 countries are currently simply signatories).
15/06/2009
The other big issue in the Hong Kong case of Carewins v Bright Fortune Shipping was the carrier's attempt to exclude liability for misdelivery.
The Court of Final Appeal of Hong Kong SAR has held on 12 May 2009 in Carewins v Bright Fortune Shipping that the 'presentation rule' applies to 'straight' bills of lading like it does to 'order' bills. This confirms the judgments by Stone J (2006) and the Court of Appeal (2007) (TT Talk Editions 90, 93 and 100). The 'presentation rule' means that, for delivery of the goods, the consignee must surrender the 'straight' bill to the carrier.
28/05/2009
Specialist insurance mutual, TT Club has long sought to guide those involved in international supply chains through the complexities of owners' and carriers' liability for goods in transit. Logistics operators and freight forwarders in particular will benefit from TT Club's latest advisory handbook
30/04/2009
ICHCA International recently published Information Paper 38a/2009 as an addition to the paper on Split Rim Wheels which was included in TT Talk Edition 115 (item 2) of 27 January 2009. The new Information Paper is as follows:
TT Talk Edition 117 (item 1) of 25 March 2009 reported the deregulation in the UK of retail cargo insurance that can be offered by freight forwarders and storage firms.
26/03/2009
Announcing satisfactory financial results for 2008 amidst very challenging market conditions, TT Club reports on actions taken to counter the tough market last year and initiatives to meet the serious business challenges of the future
24/03/2009
HAFFA, the Hong Kong Association of Freight Forwarding and Logistics, revised its 1997 Standard Trading Conditions and has produced the 'HAFFA Form of Trading Conditions' (December 2008 Edition).
We believe the following 'Applied law briefing No.24' (of February 2009) by Nick Hutton and Craig Neame, partners in the logistics & multimodal transport team at Holman Fenwick Willan (London), is of great interest to forwarders in the UK.
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