Conditions of carriage

Conditions of carriage

1) Terms of business defined by a haulage contractor to limit his liabilities for loss or damage to goods entrusted to his care. Hauliers may devise and publish their own conditions or, if members, trade under the standard conditions of the Road Haulage Association.

The same applies to passenger vehicle operators in respect of passengers carried and their personal belongings and chattels. Similarly, the railways have always had conditions of carriage for their freight, parcels and passenger traffic - the terms usually being referred to on passenger tickets and other documentation and invariably displayed on wall posters. The conditions must be communicated (ie made available on request) to customers prior to the negotiation of any business. See also Common and Private carrier. Passenger carriers and carriers by sea and air operate under conditions of carriage the details of which are usually shown on passenger tickets or freight documents, etc.

Source: David Lowe. The Dictionary of Transport and Logistics. Kogan Page, 2002. – P.46-47 (288 p.)