https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=329679 After endorsement of the bill of lading or issuance of the delivery order, liability for demurrage and related port charges shifts from the steamer agent to the consignee. The port authority may enforce its statutory lien under the Major Port Trusts Act against the goods or the person liable, but not against the steamer agent for post-endorsement storage charges. On the facts, the delay in removal of cargo was attributable to port-side process and the consignee's conduct, so post-endorsement demurrage was unrecoverable from the agent. The same reasoning applied to destuffing charges for the containers, which were also held not recoverable from the steamer agent. en-us Thu, 30 Jun 2016 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 25 Aug 2017 13:15:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=329679 After endorsement of the bill of lading or issuance of the delivery order, liability for demurrage and related port charges shifts from the steamer agent to the consignee. The port authority may enforce its statutory lien under the Major Port Trusts Act against the goods or the person liable, but not against the steamer agent for post-endorsement storage charges. On the facts, the delay in removal of cargo was attributable to port-side process and the consignee's conduct, so post-endorsement demurrage was unrecoverable from the agent. The same reasoning applied to destuffing charges for the containers, which were also held not recoverable from the steamer agent. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 30 Jun 2016 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=329679