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The Plaintiff (freight forwarder) sued the Defendant (shipper) for container demurrage, landing charges incurred at the port of destination. The Defendant claimed that the Plaintiff failed to prove that the goods were not accepted after their arrival at the discharging port. The Court found in favour of the Plaintiff, holding that the Defendant had the obligation to pay the fees. However, the Court also held the Plaintiff as ashipper should have estimated the maximum container demurrage based on the value of a container when entering into the contract. Thus, the amount of fees was adjusted according to the market value of a container.
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Davies, M., Lin, J. (2021). China Transport Groupage International Limited (Shenzhen) v. Guangzhou Index Shipping Ltd.. In: Davies, M., Lin, J. (eds) Chinese Maritime Cases. Chinese Maritime Cases Series. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-63810-1_3
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