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Carrier and forwarder liability
Which convention applies, what the cap is, and whether the Matter Pack writes a higher limit the carrier will sign. Licensed local counsel reviews the term against CMR or Hague-Visby before the first booking.
The industry
The container moves under a limit you did not write.
A freight forwarder, a customs broker and a carrier each sit under a different liability cap. A missing power of attorney or a sanctions hit on one named party can hold the box as firmly as a damaged seal.
Orbid turns those appointments into a Matter Pack built from fixed-fee modules before anyone bills an hour. Licensed local counsel in the destination market reviews the pack, so the cap, the authority and the sanctions screen sit in the same file.
- CMR / Hague-Visby
- Road and sea carriage sit under statutory liability limits unless the contract writes a higher figure and the carrier accepts it.
- Customs authority
- A broker can file in your name only with a written power of attorney that the destination customs office will accept.
- Sanctions
- A named vessel, bank or consignee on a sanctions list can stop the shipment after the box has already left.
What we scope
Four things that decide whether the box moves.
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Customs broker appointment
Who may file, how far the power of attorney runs, and what happens if a declaration is wrong. The Matter Pack prices that authority before the first entry is lodged.
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Sanctions and export-control screen
Which lists apply, who is screened, and what the contract does if a party is added after booking. Counsel reviews the screen against the destination and origin rules.
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Warehouse and last-mile terms
Who bears loss in the shed, who may release cargo, and how a delay is priced. The Matter Pack puts those terms next to the ocean or road booking.
Contract clusters we name first
Sales and services
A warehouse or freight MSA the destination operator will sign, with SOWs that still get their own Matter Pack.
Employment
EOR or local hires when staff sit in the destination without an entity.
Data privacy
Shipment and customer data crossing back to the origin — name the path.
Corridors that show up
- 01China → Philippines. BPO-style services and EOR sit next to freight. Listed.
- 02China → Singapore. English service paper. Listed: scope accepted.
- 03China → Germany. Agency and warehouse terms face destination habit. Live.
Logistics matters we have scoped
Anonymised corridor work. Demo data for internal review.
China → Southeast Asia
Cross-border distribution network setup
A distribution network across Southeast Asia.
Get my priceChina → Germany
Forwarder liability under CMR and Hague-Visby
The applicable cap written into the booking terms before the first container was loaded.
Get my priceSingapore → Vietnam
Customs broker power of attorney
A written authority the destination customs office would accept, scoped before the first entry.
Get my priceQuestions
Does each warehouse SOW need its own Matter Pack?
Yes, inside an annual module. A first site is a single matter.
Is EOR in the same pack as the freight MSA?
Only if you name both as a defined set. Unnamed headcount is a change order.
Who reviews destination customs forms?
Licensed local counsel, against the facts in the pack. Orbid does not give customs advice.
Bring us a deal.
A contract, a distributor, a supplier, a first hire or a new market.
Orbid will tell you what it takes and what it costs.