Timberwest Forest Corp. v. Pacific Link Ocean Services Corporation, 2009 FCA 119

In Carriage of Goods by Sea on (Updated )

This was a subrogated claim for the loss of approximately C$1 million worth of logs. The logs were lost from the deck of a barge while en route from Vancouver to California. The issues in the case were: first, whether the cargo was sufficiently described as deck cargo to remove it from the application of the Hague-Visby Rules (thus denying …

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