GISTnet Tips: 21 Dec 2006 GISTnet Tips: 21 Dec 2006
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General When you give a shipment to a trucker, especially where you have negotiated a particular rate for the shipment, are you aware of what the carrier's legal liability is for loss or damage to the cargo? See "Carrier-to-Shipper Relationship" (Common Carriage vs. Contract Carriage) at http://www.gistnet.com/sub/text/2:q90.html, and in particular "Common Carriage Masquerading as Contract Carriage." Freight Forwarder In the context of U.S. export regulations, when does a forwarding agent assume responsibility as the principal party in interest (PPI)? See the glossary definition at http://www.gistnet.com/sub/glossary/principal_party_in_interest.html, and then use the link at the bottom of the definition to further explore this question elsewhere in the GISTnet Library. Customs Broker Are personal effects aways entered free of duty? See the GISTnet glossary at http://www.gistnet.com/sub/glossary/personal_effects.html.