https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=187283 The Madras Port Trust Act, 1905 was read as authorising the Port Trust to provide landing, receiving, removal, transport, storage and delivery services at the request of the ship-side party, and to recover sanctioned rates with statutory force. On that construction, the Port Trust was not acting as agent of the consignee when the disputed idle-shore-labour and multiple-hook charges arose. The charges were treated as service-related rates, not damages, because they arose from the vessel's requirements and the labour arrangement for quicker discharge of cargo. The Act's lien and rate provisions supported recovery from the master, owner or agent of the vessel, and payment could validly be required from the steamer agent. en-us Tue, 11 Dec 1962 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 17 Oct 2016 14:14:18 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=187283 The Madras Port Trust Act, 1905 was read as authorising the Port Trust to provide landing, receiving, removal, transport, storage and delivery services at the request of the ship-side party, and to recover sanctioned rates with statutory force. On that construction, the Port Trust was not acting as agent of the consignee when the disputed idle-shore-labour and multiple-hook charges arose. The charges were treated as service-related rates, not damages, because they arose from the vessel's requirements and the labour arrangement for quicker discharge of cargo. The Act's lien and rate provisions supported recovery from the master, owner or agent of the vessel, and payment could validly be required from the steamer agent. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 11 Dec 1962 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=187283