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Freight forwarders that have taken over container supply chain management for blue-chip shippers could face a massive increase in liabilities their existing insurance policies may not cover.

Matthew Wilmhurst, an associate at UK law firm Holman Fenwick Willan, told the JOC’s Container Trade Europe event in ...

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  • Andres Guerra-Mondragon

    October 02, 2015 at 7:10 pm

    Automated processing of cargo can and does lower the exposure to human error due to failures in operations and pricing.

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