Nanjing Maritime Court Conducts Joint Research with JiangSu International Freight Forwarders Association

Update: 2025-09-19 Views: 5

On September 19, Taizhou Tribunal of Nanjing Maritime Court, together with JiangSu International Freight Forwarders Association, visited relevant freight forwarding enterprises in Taizhouin order to optimize judicial services of dispatched tribunals, assisting freight forwarders in legal risk prevention and resolution.

During the research, the Strategy and Risk Management Department of Sinotrans Changjiang Co., Ltd., and its Taizhou Branch, Jiangsu Unibr Carbon Neutrality Logistics Technology Co., Ltd. outlined common issues in legal practice, such as liability for delivery of goods without original bills of lading, identification of multimodal transport operators, freight forwarders' lien, and recovery of cross-border logistics costs.

The judges analyzed legal risks in different dispute scenarios, shared adjudication approaches and mediation experiences from similar cases, offered suggestions to help freight forwarders reducing legal risks at the beginning.

Discussions were also held on topics such as the implementation scenarios of "shifting from land to water transport" to integrate sea, river, and canal logistics, and the operation of empty container management agency rights.

JiangSu International Freight Forwarders Association stated that it would continue leveraging its platform advantages, propogate judicial policies and enterprise demands in time, and collaborate with judicial branch to provide precise services.

In the near future, Nanjing Maritime Court will further optimize maritime judicial services, deepen communication by using "judiciary + association + enterprises" framework, and provide maritime judicial support to help enterprises enhancing their risk prevention and resolution capalbilities,better adapting to the new situations and requirements of "going global".