GENERAL CONDITIONS
1. Definition
Authority means a duly constituted legal or administrative person, acting within its legal powers and exercising jurisdiction within any nation, state, municipality, port or airport.
Carriage means the whole or any part of the operations and services of whatsoever nature undertaken by the Company in relation to the Goods, including but not limited to the loading, unloading, storage, warehousing and handling of the goods.
CMR Convention means the Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Goods by Road, signed at Geneva on May 19, 1956.
Company is Qain Logistics
Container includes, unless otherwise indicated, any vehicle, container, flat, pallet, trailer, transportable tank and similar items used for the Consolidation of goods as well as mobile plant and timber packages.
Customer means any person, whether themselves an agent or a principal, at whose request or on whose behalf the Company provides a service.
Dangerous Goods includes goods that are or may become of a dangerous, inflammable, radio-active or damaging nature, goods liable to taint or affect other goods and goods likely to harbour or encourage vermin or other pests.
Goods includes the cargo and any container not supplied by or on behalf of the Company, in respect of which the Company provides a service;
Hague Rules means the provisions of the International Convention for the Unification of certain rules Relating to Bills of Lading signed at Brussels on 25th August 1924.
Hague-Visby Rules means the Protocol to Amend the International Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules of Law relating to Bills of Lading, signed at Brussels on February 23, 1968.
Instructions means a statement of the Customers specific requirements.
Montreal Convention means the Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules for International Carriage by Air, signed at Montreal on May 28, 1999.
Owner includes the owner, shipper and consignee of the Goods and any other Person who has or may have a legal or equitable relationship to the Goods at a relevant point of time and anyone acting on their behalf.
Person includes persons or anybody or bodies corporate.
Heading of clauses or groups of clauses in these conditions are for indicative purposes only.
The Customer’s attention is drawn to the Clauses hereof that exclude or limit the Company’s liability and those that require the Customer to indemnify the Company in certain circumstances.
