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US court decisions could shake-up Hague Rules impact, warns Gard

Development could significantly reduce carriers’ limitation exposure

RECENT US court decisions rewrite the definition of “package” under the 1936 Carriage of Goods by Sea Act, the domestic iteration of the Hague Rules, according to the world’s leading marine insurer.

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