"Freight forwarder" adalah salah satu mata rantai penting dalam rangkaian pemasok jasa logistik.
Sejauh ini tidak ada definisi standar mengenai "freight forwarder".
Menurut definisi Federasi Internasional dari Asosiasi-Asosiasi "Freight Forwarder" atau FIATA (Fédération Internationale des Associations de Transitaires et Assimilés) yang bisa dilihat di situs resminya (terjemahan bebas), "freight forwarding" berarti pekerjaan jasa ...
Full story ASEAN-China Free Trade Area (ACFTA), tapi banyak juga yang menyebut CAFTA semata karena singkatannya lebih mudah diucapkan, adalah salah satu skema kerja sama antara negara-negara ASEAN dengan China, dalam hal perdagangan bebas.
CAFTA merupakan tindak lanjut ...
Full story Tanggung jawab perusahaan Freight Forwarders anggota GAFEKSI/INFA telah mengadopsi Limit of Liability yang setara dengan International Conventions yang umumnya sbb:
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1. Prinsip tanggung jawab berdasarkan kesalahan (fault liability)
2. Prinsip tanggung jawab berdasarkan praduga (presumption of liability)
3. Prinsip tanggung jawab mutlak (absolute / strict liability)
Full story What is a Bill of Lading?
1) It is a Document of Title (bukti kepemilikan barang)
2) It is an evidence of a contract of affreightment (kontrak pengangkutan)
3) It is an evidence of cargo being carried onboard a ship,
Full story Protocol (SDR Protocol) amending the International Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules of Law relating to Bills of Lading of 25 August 1924 (The Hague Rules) as amended by the Protocol of 23 February 1968 (Visby Rules), 21 December 1979 (SDR Protocol 1979)
The limit under SDR Protocol 1979 - 2 SDRs per kg or 666.67 SDRs per package, whichever is higher
What is the value of an SDR?
How can one calculate the value of an SDR?
What is today's value of the SDR?
Where can I get more information?
Full story Paramount Clause under “Bill of Lading” is very important to establish your Limit of Liability (Carriers Responsibility). Please check your reversed side B/L and see what’s your “Paramount Clause”. In respect of carriage of goods by sea, there are currently four international conventions:
Full story The Rotterdam Rules 2008 is scheduled to be opened for signature (ratification) by state parties to the United Nations on 23 September 2009.
The key points to The Rotterdam Rules 2008:
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