CIFFA takes the lead in delivering the nuances and intricacies of the CBSA’s eManifest program. Explore some of the important questions, considerations, and decisions that every forwarding organization will need to make.
This paper is intended to provide the reader with a survey of the legal framework for freight intermediaries in Canada. It is intended to update and supplement the “Doing Business as a Freight Broker in Canada” white paper jointly published in 2016 by the Transportation Intermediaries Association and the Canadian International Freight Forwarders Association.
The decision of the US Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) in its Final Rule on Demurrage and Detention has been welcomed by FIATA as a landmark decision in laying out key considerations to assess the reasonableness of demurrage and detention practices.