TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF CARRIAGE.

The terms and conditions below are meant for carriage. Local variation may exist and apply depending on the country of origin of shipment. Please contact the nearest GFS office to obtain the copy of local terms and conditions.

These terms and conditions are the definition of our full Terms and Conditions.


1. Definitions

The following definitions apply to the terms and conditions set out below that governs this contract of carriage between you and us.
"we"," us" and "our" means subsidiaries, affiliates of GFS, or GFS express and the respective employee, agents and independent contractors;
"You" and Your" means the sender, consignor or consignee of the shipment, holder of this consignee note, receiver and owner of the contents of the shipment or any other party having a legal interest in those contents;
"Carriage" means and includes the whole of operations and services undertaken by us in connection with the shipment;
"Shipment" means any envelop, document, package, parcel, satchelor piece of freight given to and accepted by us for carriage and transported under our consignment note, airway bill or bill of lading.
"Prohibited items" means any goods or materials the carriage of which is prohibited by any law, rule or regulation of any country in which the shipment travels.

2.Your contract

Your contract with GFS or subsidiaries or affiliates, of GFS or GFS Express that accepts the shipment from you. You agree that we may subcontract the whole or any part of carriage on any terms and conditions we decide.

3.Your acceptance

By giving us your shipment you accept our terms and conditions set out in this contract of carriage on behalf of yourself or anyone else who has an interest in the shipment, irrespective of whether you have signed the front of our consignment note or not. Our terms and conditions also cover any one who uses to collect, transport or deliver your shipment. None of our employees, agents or subcontractors are authorised to waive, alter or modify these terms and conditions. When you give the shipment with oral or written instructions that are in contrast with our terms and conditions, we shall not be bound by such instructions.


4.Dangerous goods/security

4.1 Dangerous goods 

a) Except in the circumstances shown in paragraph 4.1(b) below we do not carry dangerous goods including those specified in the International Civil Aviation (ICAO) technical instructions, the International Air Transport Association dangerous goods regulations, the International Maritime Dangerous Goods (IMD) code the European Agreement concerning the international carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road (ADR) regulations or any other national or international rules applicable to the transport of dangerous goods.

b) We may at our discretion accept some dangerous goods for carriage in some countries if you have been accorded the status of an approved customer and this must be given to us in writing before your shipment can be accepted. Your dangerous goods will only be accepted if they comply with the applicable regulation (see clause 4.1) and our requirements. Detail of our requirements together with the procedure for applying for approved customer status are available from our nearest office, and dangerous goods surcharge will be invoice to you upon acceptance of your shipment.

4.2 Air Cargo Security Regulations

a) You must ensure and you hereby certify by completing our consignment note or tendering a shipment to us that your shipment does not contain a prohibited article as specified in ICAO Annex 17 or other national or international regulations that governs aviations security. You must give us a full description of contents of the shipment on our consignment note and your liability is not over by providing this information. Shipment carried by us may be subject to security screening which could include use of X-ray equipment and you accept that the contents of your shipment may be examined in transit for security reasons.

b) You declare that you have prepared the shipment in secure premises using reliable staff employed by you and that the shipment has been safeguarded against unauthorised interference during preparation, storage and transportation immediately prior to hand over by you to us.

4.3 Prohibited Items
We do not accept prohibited items.

5. Address, Collection & Delivery
If we are unable to deliver or collect a shipment because of an incorrect address we will make all reasonable efforts to find the correct address. We will notify you of the correction and deliver or attempt to deliver / collect the shipment to / from the correct address although additional charges may apply if the address is different to one shown on the consignment note or the label affixed to your shipment. For any change of address for collection / delivery the customer agrees to give us a written instructions and may be required proof of signature if needed.

It is Customers duty to provide equipments for loading and unloading at no cost or fees to GFS or its Contractors, if the delivery or collection can not be made due to unavailable such equipments, GFS can not take responsibility for any loss or damage to Customer for none delivery / collection and may invoice in full to customer for charges

Deliveries to post office box no. are accepted if the telephone no. of consignee is also provided and you agree that in the event that we are unable to deliver the shipment at the first attempt then we may post the shipment to consignee and proof of posting is sufficient proof of delivery.

6. Our liability

Subject, the liability for any loss, damages or delay of your shipment or any part of it follows as : GFS will make every effort to collect / deliver the shipment but can not guaranteed time of collection / delivery and accept no damages for any delay.

The liability of GFS for any loss or damage to shipment (which term shall include all document or parcel consigned to GFS under Consignment Note) is limited to: USD $50.00 (in any where in the world) or the amount of loss or damage to document / parcel actually sustained, which ever is lesser

a) Carriage by air

In case of loss damage or delay, the carrier's liability will be limited to $20.00 per kg provided the negligence of the carrier is proved and is subject to Warsaw convention.

7. Exclusions

7.1 - We are not liable for any consequential or special damage or loss (including of income, profits, markets, reputation, use of content or loss of an opportunity) or other indirect loss arising from the loss, damage, delay miss delivery or non delivery of your shipment, even if we had a knowledge that such damages or loss might arise.

7.2 - we are not liable if your shipment or any part of it is lost, damaged, delayed or miss delivered or not delivered at all, as result of

a)*Circumstances beyond our control such as (but not limited to
b)*Acts of God including earthquakes, cyclone, storms, flooding, fire, disease, fog or frost;
c)*Force majeur including war, accidents, and acts of public enemies, strikes, embargoes, local disputes or civil commotion
d)*National or local disruption in air or ground transportation networks and mechanical problems to mode transport or machinery;
*Latent defects or inherent vice in the contents of shipment
e) *Your acts or omission or those of third parties such as;

*You being in breech of (or any other party claiming an interest in shipment causing you to breach) your obligation under these terms and conditions and in particular those warranties set out in clause 10 in the long form of version;

*An act or omission of any custom, airline airport or government official.

f) The contents of shipment consisting of any article that is a prohibited item even though we have act shipment by mistake

8.Claims procedure

In case of loss or damage resulting in a claim you must notify the concerned Airline or Shipping Line for air cargo or sea cargo or see freight respectively. Please notify our nearest office in case of courier.

9. Rates and payment

You agree to pay our charges for the carriage of shipment between the location specified on the contract and any value added taxes for carriage, the charges will be calculated on weight or volume which ever is greater. All payments are due at the time of booking / collection as no booking / collection / deliveries are confirmed without full payment or if the Client has an account with GFS and the payment shall be made within 7 days of the date of the invoice for all account Customers. The storage charges may apply for all shipments held for any reason or due to non payments after 1st 24hrs. The storages charges are subject to weight / volume at the rate of minimum £15 per day, £4.50 per piece or 12p per kg which ever is greater.

The UK urgent Same day and Next day deliveries are subject to full payment in advance as no collect charges are accepted and shipper must make such arrangements to avoid any delay / storage charges. The day collections / deliveries are subject to vehicle availability in the area and surcharge apply for time / evening and special collection / delivery minimum £45 and subject to distance and time. 

The waiting time will be applied after 1st 15 minutes @ £10 per every 15 minutes or thereafter. The shipper must please make sure that all documents / parcel are ready for collection when GFS courier or its subcontractor arrivers for collections. 

Our carriage charges are in accordance with the rates applicable to your shipment as set out in our current rate sheet / card / on-line. The shipper or its authorized representative undertakes the responsibility of payment of all charges levied on the shipment at destination, in case the consignee fails / refuses to pay the same.

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