Following a series of news items shared to support members navigating the current disruption in the Middle East, BIFA is once again sharing further guidance with its members.
Links to previous guidance shared by BIFA so far:
In addition there has been an extended BIFA TV episode released this week, looking at the issues stemming from the current Gulf situation and some of the remedial steps that can be taken:
This information will be supplemented in the April edition of BIFAlink – available April 1st.
In the meantime the global freight forwarding organisation FIATA has shared the following guidance with BIFA regarding the current Middle East conflict:
This document looks in some depth at the challenges being experienced, and in particular the sections on quay rent/demurrage make interesting reading.
However, the reader should recall that the information is for FIATA’s broad global membership, and BIFA members may not be affected in the same way as overseas businesses because of differing legal systems.
The incorporation of the BIFA STCs into all contracts protects BIFA members from some of the contractual issues that have been quite rightly highlighted within FIATA’s guidance – for instance delays, re-routing of cargo and consequences such as “consequential loss.”
If BIFA Members have any questions please contact the BIFA secretariat.
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