News / Court ruling could see shippers face $300m bill from Hanjin creditors

10/10/2016

Shippers and forwarders could face multi-million-dollar bills from Hanjin if its creditors sue customers which failed to deliver all the cargo stated in the Minimum Quantity Commitment (MQC).

According to consultancy SeaIntel, shippers could face claims for between $40m and $300m.

The potential claims follow similar action involving The ...

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Alex von Stempel
October 16, 2016 at 1:40 pm
If if can be proved that most parties (shippers and carriers) can be found to have persistently ignored Minimum Quantity Commitments in Service Contracts, how can HANJIN creditors hope to win such a case against HANJIN customers who may have fallen foul of MQCs in the past? If moreover it can be proved that despite of some customers having not fulfilled MQCs that some of the same customers had been offered subsequent discounts what chance would HANJIN Creditors have that courts might rule in their favour?

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