- Acknowledgement of fact of deviation by the freight forwarder from client’s instructions, including choice and type of transport vehicle, route of carriage, stages of transportation.
- Recognition of legality of actions to withhold cargo until payment of reward and expenses or until presentation by the client of proper security of execution of obligations in future.
- Forced sale of cargo to satisfy a claim for payment of reward and expenses for carriage or withhold of such cargo.
- Acknowledgement of fact of non-fulfillment by the client of obligation to present necessary documents and information about nature of cargo, terms of carriage and other data, which is necessary for execution of duties by freight forwarder.
- Protection of freight forwarder against demand to present information about progress of carriage of cargo.
- Protection of freight forwarder from client’s claim for damages for loss, non-delivery or damage to cargo after its acceptance by the freight forwarder and before delivery of cargo to receiver, as per terms of freight forwarding services contract, or to receiver’s representative.
- Justification of loss, non-delivery or damage to cargo based on circumstances which freight forwarder could not have predicted or eliminated.
- Protection of freight forwarder from a claim to return paid reward to the client.
- Evaluation of notice of loss, non-delivery, damage to cargo.
- Protection of freight forwarder from a claim for damages for breach of deadline for execution of obligations under freight forwarding services contract.
- Annulment of agreement to change liability limit of the freight forwarder.
- Objections against a claim brought against the freight forwarder with breach of procedural order, including loss of deadline to bring claims and lawsuits.
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