https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=259529 The steamer agent remains liable for demurrage and port charges on goods taken charge of by the port trust, because the statutory scheme treats the port trust's custody as creating a bailor-bailee relationship with the steamer agent. Liability shifts only when the bill of lading is endorsed or a delivery order is issued, at which point the consignee or endorsee becomes liable. The earlier decision on consignee liability was treated as fact-specific, as the consignee had already entered the transaction. The ship owner's limited lien does not extend to demurrage and port charges, and the Act permits recovery of port dues from goods in custody. en-us Wed, 03 Dec 2014 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 09 Oct 2017 17:52:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=259529 The steamer agent remains liable for demurrage and port charges on goods taken charge of by the port trust, because the statutory scheme treats the port trust's custody as creating a bailor-bailee relationship with the steamer agent. Liability shifts only when the bill of lading is endorsed or a delivery order is issued, at which point the consignee or endorsee becomes liable. The earlier decision on consignee liability was treated as fact-specific, as the consignee had already entered the transaction. The ship owner's limited lien does not extend to demurrage and port charges, and the Act permits recovery of port dues from goods in custody. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 03 Dec 2014 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=259529