Professional Development Workshop - Risks Forwarders Face

The Risks Forwarders Face:  Understanding Legal Liability, Errors and Omissions and the Standard Trading Conditions             

*** New and Revised Version of the 2005 Standard Trading Conditions workshop ***

Duration:

• ½ Day (3.5 Hours)

This interactive workshop:

• Highlights important issues of forwarder liability in a rapidly changing market
• Provides guidance on structure and process needed to meet increased risk in today’s marketplace
• Directs participants towards building a culture of awareness in their organizations.
  
  

Attendees will:

• Participate in an interactive class-room style of instruction based on question and answer
• Reinforce new learning in practical, small group workshops
• Return to the workplace fully aware of the risks forwarding companies face and of roles and responsibilities under the STCs and prepared to put their knowledge to practical use

Topics covered include:

• Legal Liability Insurance & Errors and Omissions Insurance – What are they and how do they work?
• Assessment of Monetary Penalties (AMPS) Export Reporting, ACI Marine & Air –When might forwarders be liable and to what extent?
• Obligations, Roles and Responsibilities of the Customer and the Forwarder under the STCs
• Notification of Claims, Limitations to Liability, Right of Detention and Lien, Time Bars and the STCs

A Must Attend For:

• International Freight Forwarders: General Managers, Operations Managers, Customer Service & Sales Managers
• Customers of CIFFA Forwarders -- Canadian Exporters & Importers: Managers involved in International Sales, Purchasing, Procurement, Finance, Logistics, Shipping

Rewards Include:

• Better perspective and understanding of the company’s liability under AMPS
• Improved relationships between CIFFA forwarders and their customers due to clearly stated and well communicated trading conditions
• Improved risk management
• Improved customer relationships

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