Supreme Court: Only COGSA Applies to Import Shipments on Through Bills of Lading
The Supreme Court ruled in Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha v. Regal-Beloit Corp. that the Carmack Amendment does not apply to a shipment originating overseas under a single through bill of lading. Therefore the shippers whose Chinese origin goods were damaged in…
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a Union Pacific derailment in Oklahoma must seek redress in Tokyo, as stipulated in the ocean carrier’s standard terms on its single through bill of lading.