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Freight Claims in Plain English is now available again in this completely revised and updated Fourth Edition. This edition is scheduled to be released in March 2009. The book is in two volumes: volume one contains the text and index and is 592 pages; volume two contains the appendices and is 705 pages.

The 4th Edition of "Freight Claims in Plain English" is also available in CD-ROM format. This new format will facilitate use when traveling, when using laptops and notebooks, home computers, etc. The price for the CD-ROM is $285 (same price as the book). Or, Buy both the Hardbound Text and the CD-ROM Text both for $425 and save $145

The text has been expanded to cover many new subjects, recent developments and court decisions affecting transportation in general and claims for loss and damage to cargo in particular, including developments in international ocean and air transportation, intermodal, and cross-border trade with Canada and Mexico. The book is in two volumes: volume one contains the text and index; volume two contains the appendices.

Major topics include:
• Surface Carrier Liability
• Common Carrier Liability
• Beginning and Ending of Carrier Liability
• Contracts of Carriage and Bills of Lading
• Burdens of Proof
• Carrier Defenses to Liability
• Damages
• Limitations of Liability
• Time Limits (Surface Modes)
• Claims Procedures and Administration
• Specific Claim Problems
• Aids to Claim Recovery • Liability of Surface Freight Forwarders and Intermediaries
• Warehouseman’s Liability
• The Impact of Deregulation
• Air Carrier Liability
• Water Carrier Liability
• Intermodal and Multimodal Liability
• Canadian Annotations by Catherine A. Pawluch
• Mexican Annotations by Arcie Izquierdo Jordan
Since its first publication in 1979, Freight Claims in Plain English has become THE BOOK for transportation and logistics professionals throughout the country who are involved in claims for loss or damage in transit. It is used as a text for students of transportation and as a reference for attorneys and paralegals involved in claim problems.

The original text was revised and republished in the Second Edition in 1982. The Third Edition, which was published in two volumes in 1995, was reissued in a soft cover edition and has now been sold out.

** Also available in CD-ROM format.

Like the first edition, a real-world, practical approach on how to deal with the twin problems of freight damage and freight loss. Author Colin Barrett discusses both the law and the reality of freight claims--understandably and succinctly--so that shippers and carriers alike can understand their rights and their responsibilities in dealing with loss and damage problems. In this new and expanded edition, Barrett has updated key areas in accordance with changes in the law and court decisions, and has added a wealth of further information. Written in clear, descriptive language; the plentiful legal references appear as footnotes. The meat of the book is easy to get to, and the footnotes are there when you need them.

Too often legal discussions seem to be (to coin a phrase) of the lawyers, by the lawyers and—most regrettable of all—for the lawyers. Even those that purport to be in “plain English” wind up so riddled with legalistic phrasings and case citations that the lay reader is soon gasping with the effort to keep up. The law is important to everyone. And understanding the law is important to everyone. This book can help promote that understanding.

6 × 9", 400 pages
Hardcover, 100 lb. lithocase.
ISBN: 1-893846-60-1.
Author: Colin Barrett
Subject: Business; Transportation; Law

It is the only text covering the laws, regulations and court decisions governing transportation and logistics in the current deregulated environment under one cover! It covers real-world experiences during the author’s 50 years of practicing transportation law, during which he counseled shippers and their trade associations, carriers, brokers and freight forwarders on a wide variety of problems, including:

- Loss, damage and delay claims and suits
- "Shippers" xposure to double payment
- Negotiating contracts and rate agreements
- "Off-bill discounts"
- Classification rating proceedings
- Drafting a corporate bill of lading
- Carriers limitations of liability
- Complying with DOT and STB regulations - Department of Transportation (DOT), Surface Transportation Board (STB)
- Corporate procedures to prevent losses
- Undercharge and overcharge claims
- Latest text and material on statutes and regulations for transportation and logistics professionals.
- The book covers hundreds of new court decisions since September 11, 2001 (the closing date for text material in the first edition).
- New sections on Cargo Insurance, Broker Liability, Importing and Exporting.
- The Homeland Security Department's jurisdiction over Transportation Security.
- The government's reaction to the threat of new terrorists' attacks, and terrorists' use of transportation vehicles to deliver those attacks.
- It contains an introduction to Hazardous Materials by Richard Custer, retired from Corning, Inc. and now a consultant on Hazardous-Materials and Transportation.
- An expanded section on Railroad Regulation by Fritz R. Kahn, Esq., former General Counsel for the Interstate Commerce Commission.
- And much more!

AVAILABLE IN CD-ROM ONLY
Quantity discounts: For more information, please contact us DIRECTOR@CCPAC.COM.

Indispensable information, in a format that builds knowledge that every transportation manager must have. Questions and answers from Traffic World and Distribution Q&A columns. Useful, instructive analyses of problems in contracting, contract requirements,
undercharges, interstate vs intrastate carriage, brokers and other third parties, bill-oflading notations, `inadvertence' clauses, discounting practices, more. This remarkable series has been published for 70 years. Table of cases, detailed index

6 × 9", 546 pages
Hardcover.
ISBN: 0-893846-53-9.
Author: Colin Barrett

20 years in the making! The only such resource available today!!
This is a contract form book with complete contract templates and a CD-ROM designed for easy use by shippers and their attorneys.
The contracts include optional provisions with comments and instructions on how to use, allowing the user to tailor the contracts for individual clients or situations.

Why spend valuable time and money to “reinvent the wheel”?

Overview of Motor Carrier Contracting:

Prior to 1980, virtually all transportation provided by motor carriers moved according to the terms and conditions of the Uniform Bill of Lading as contained in the National Motor Freight Classification. This is why the Bill of Lading was often referred to as the “contract for carriage.” After 1980, shippers and carriers began to negotiate individual contracts. The primary motivation for shippers to negotiate individual contracts is to avoid the “unintended consequences” and tariff “surprises and traps” which are typically found in a carrier’s private tariffs, terms and conditions, service guide, etc. These could relate to limits of liability for loss and damage, accessorial charges, or other “special charges”, late payment penalties, and other items which a shipper would not knowingly agree to prior to doing business with a carrier. The drafting philosophy of the Contract template is to be “shipper friendly” in that its terms are generally more favorable to a shipper than those that would be found in a carrier’s own tariffs or terms and conditions. However, at the same time it is drawn so as to not be so onerous for a carrier that a carrier would automatically reject it.

New 2011 Edition with Updated Graphics and Diagrams to Help You Make Strategic Decisions
…based on the just released INCOTERMS 2010 updated

U.S. Domestic Terms of Sale and INCOTERMS 2010 updated
Learn the legal significance of "FOB Origin", "FOB Destination", and the other terms of sale commonly used in US Domestic transactions

Learn about the Terms of Sale used in international transactions --- Incoterms 2010 updated--- developed by the International Chamber of Commerce

Learn how Incoterms 2010 updated can benefit you and your company when developing international business contracts and agreements