Activities per year
Abstract
The freight forwarder is a profession, which has many guises. In has developed historically from its origins, comprising the organisation of transport on behalf of a principal, with or without additional provision of services for border clearances and documentation. This may still be the core business for some freight forwarders nowadays, yet others offer all-in multimodal transport and logistics operations services. Adding to the difficulty in determining the exact service that was agreed under such a wide business concept is that different legal systems categorise the freight forwarding business differently, thus emphasising different roles and resulting duties.
This paper provides an overview over these different legal categorisations of the freight forwarder and his business activities. While most systems give consideration to the manner in which the freight forwarder presents his services and performs his duties including the documents he uses, the initial categorisation and starting point from which this analysis is conducted is significant. Irrespective of the legal system, the freight forwarder can drive legal certainty by carefully matching the documents to the service arrangements made.
This paper provides an overview over these different legal categorisations of the freight forwarder and his business activities. While most systems give consideration to the manner in which the freight forwarder presents his services and performs his duties including the documents he uses, the initial categorisation and starting point from which this analysis is conducted is significant. Irrespective of the legal system, the freight forwarder can drive legal certainty by carefully matching the documents to the service arrangements made.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | Innovation et mobilités |
| Subtitle of host publication | Où va le droit? Colloque 50ème anniversaire de l'IDIT |
| Place of Publication | Rouen |
| Publisher | Institut du Droit International des Transports |
| Pages | 73-78 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Publication status | E-pub ahead of print - 8 Apr 2020 |
Publication series
| Name | Revue Transidit, Recueil de jurisprudence et d'information en droit des transports et de la logistique |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Institut du Droit International des Transports |
| Number | 75 |
| ISSN (Print) | 1254-8537 |
Fingerprint
Dive into the research topics of 'A comparative overview of the concept of the freight forwarder'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.Activities
- 1 Participation in conference
-
Colloque International, 50ème Anniversaire de L’IDIT: Innovation et mobilités : où va le droit ? Innovation and Mobility: Where is the Law going?
Simone Lamont-Black (Invited speaker)
11 Oct 2019Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference