The road haulage industry is subject to licensing for transports with motor vehicles with a gross vehicle weight of over 3.5 tons. The requirements to be met to obtain a road haulage license are outlined below.
The freight business is mass business. The industry is therefore reliant on being able to “shelve” individual freight orders promptly. For this reason, international freight law, which aims to protect the freight industry, provides for a much shorter limitation period for transport law claims than the standard limitation period. It is not easy to answer the question of which limitation period for freight claims actually applies in a specific case. 1, 2 or 3?
The limitation period under transport law in accordance with Section 439 HGB is only one year from delivery, which is significantly shorter than the 3-year standard limitation period in Section 195 BGB.
The question of liability for registered mail sent by Deutsche Post is becoming increasingly important, as in the real world of amazon, ebay & Co. goods are increasingly being sent as e.g. registered maxi letters. This is when the question of whether and, if so, to what extent liability on the part of the postal service can be considered comes into play. This is the subject of the following article.
Handling agents are the exotic in the transport chain.