Neptune Orient Lines Ltd. v. JVC (U.K.) Ltd. (The Chevalier Rose) - Q.B.D. (Com.Ct.) (Parker J.) - 29 June 1983

Whether onward carriage of goods from delivery terminal to inland address governed by terms of bill of lading

The defendants were the “notify party” on a bill of lading relating to the carriage of a cargo of television sets in containers from Japan to Southampton in the plaintiffs’ vessel Chevalier Roze. The place of delivery was stated to be Southampton Container Yard. The containers were discharged at Berth 201. The defendants’ agents, Anglo Overseas, surrendered a duly endorsed bill of lading in exchange for a delivery order addressed to the Manager for the British Transport Docks Board at Southampton Docks requesting that the container be delivered to Anglo Overseas. This document stated: “Shipping and forwarding is undertaken subject to the standard trading conditions of the Institute of Freight Forwarders Ltd.”