| Award 1136

Award N°1136 – B/L used with a Gencon c-p – Legal action before a Tribunal lacking jurisdiction interrupts the time bar. Consignee a subsidiary of the charterer – Carrier not liable for damages to steel products cargo. The action brought before a US Tribunal lacking jurisdiction interrupts the time bar. When the consignee of the cargo is a subsidiary of the charterer which signed the c-p, the consignee is not allowed to claim as third party holder of the bill of lading which is not the only relevant contract of carriage, it must take into account c-p terms, especially discharging terms. When damages are ascertained at the premises of the clients of the consignee, it has to show that damages are attributable to the maritime carrier.