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Old Nov 17th 2014 | 12:14 am
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Originally Posted by Brains1983
nae likely, master bill of lading will simply state "shipper load, stow and count", shipping line rarely knows how many pieces are inside a container, let alone what is actually inside (if you tell them it's a car, they'll write "a car" tell them it's 500 suitcases, they'll write "500 suitcases").

Even if you could attribute the loss to the line - nae likely - they would be limited to 2 "Special Drawing Rights" per Kg (approx 11 AED p/Kg)
either that or the BL will state "said to contain"
no chance of getting anything out of them
 
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Default Re: Removal from UK to UAE issue

Originally Posted by Brains1983
nae likely, master bill of lading will simply state "shipper load, stow and count", shipping line rarely knows how many pieces are inside a container, let alone what is actually inside (if you tell them it's a car, they'll write "a car" tell them it's 500 suitcases, they'll write "500 suitcases").

Even if you could attribute the loss to the line - nae likely - they would be limited to 2 "Special Drawing Rights" per Kg (approx 11 AED p/Kg)
the packers will do an inventory and that is recorded (how many boxes inside the container etc)
 

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