Module 1

This module is designed for colleagues to gain a basic insight into Carriage of Cargo by Air - its regulations, liability aspects and claims handling.

The Module 1 training encompasses all the basic information which would be necessary to understand “the air waybill” which denotes the legal basis for transportation of cargo.

It would familiarize the colleagues with the various terms which form an integral part of shipments’ transportation by air.

Cargo Transportation By Air

  • The Air Waybill
  • Explanation of the transportation contract and terms on the air waybill
  • Laws governing Air Transportation
  • Liability – limited; unlimited
  • Claims in cargo transportation

Familiarizing colleagues with the air waybill document – face of the AWB

  • What is an air waybill?
  • What are the Conditions of Contract?
  • Who are the contractual parties in the Contract of Transportation
  • Transportation contract vs. Sales Contract
  • What is the meaning of a shipper, consignee, agent?
  • What is “declared value for carriage”?
  • What is “declared value for customs”?
  • “Handling Information” – its importance and connotation
  • “Said to contain” – explanation and connotation
  • “Prepaid charges” / “collect charges”
  • Chargeable weight – actual weight vs. volume weight
  • What is the “Shipper’s letter of instructions

Familiarizing colleagues with the air waybill document – the back of the AWB

  • Carrier’s liability …… Claims by a customer
  • International laws governing Carriage of Cargo by Air

Short introduction of the laws governing air transportation

  • Warsaw Convention
  • Hague Protocol
  • Montreal Protocol
  • Montreal Convention

And More ...

  • Which law would be applicable for cargo being transported from point A to point B?
  • What is the importance of local law – law of the land?
  • Onus of responsibility to comply with local law, embargoes, government restrictions-  Whose is it?  Carrier, consignor or consignee…..
  • What are Special Drawing Rights?
  • What is Maximum Liability?
  • How is maximum liability calculated?
  • Liability is governed by weight? Which weight?
  • Can maximum liability be increased?  How?
  • What is a claim?
  • When does a customer feel the need to file a claim?
  • Explanations of the terms – damage, loss, delay.
  • Difference between damage to ‘outside” packaging and impairment to value of goods
  • Is the carrier liable for both?
  • How is “loss” in a shipment determined?
  • Explanation – “loss” to be excluded if the shipment was delivered with no impairment to outside packaging
  • What constitutes delay?
  • What is “reasonable dispatch”?
  • Payment of freight charges – responsibility of consignor/consignee
  • What is the meaning of freight charges “paid in vain”?
  • Who has the right to file a claim?
  • Who has the right to receive compensation for the claim?
  • What is a “deed of cession”?
  • What is a “release form”?
  • What is meant by “recourse”?
  • Explanation of the term “without prejudice”
  • What are the time limits to file a claim?
  • What is preclusion time?
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