Throwing the book at abandoned cargoes
BETWEEN September and late October 2008, a total of five 40ft containers over three bills of lading and different vessels originating from India were discharged for delivery in Melbourne.
ORPHANED CARGO: Need for systems to deal with unwanted containers.
These containers were declared to contain “lined exercise books”.
After the first container had not been uplifted, the named consignee, a well-known forwarder said it did not own the cargo and effectively abandoned the first container. It also refused to...
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