Question: QUESTION 2- DOCUMENTATIONS Review the case scenario below and advise a solution in each scenario [20 MARKS] a) A consignee is complaining that a carrier
| QUESTION 2- DOCUMENTATIONS Review the case scenario below and advise a solution in each scenario | [20 MARKS] |
| a) A consignee is complaining that a carrier refused to show commercial information relating to | |
| the cargo on the bill of landing. | [4 marks] |
b) The Namibian customs has confiscated ARV's from China allegedly because the paperwork for the import of the drugs are under question and the limited laboratory test has shown that the medicine may be substandard. Read the article uploaded on eLearning platform (also available on the Namibian website, https://www.namibian.com.na/189376/archive-read/Chinese-HIVmedicine-row-lingers#) for further details. What documentations should the buyer consider to avoid the above scenario in future? [10 marks] c) A company brought 25 tons (one container) of aluminium scrap from a supplier in China. The supplier supervised loading the scrap in the container, placed seals on the container doors themselves, and delivered it to the shipping company's warehouse at the Port of Xingan on July 16. The shipping company loaded the container onboard on July 20. Upon arrival, the container was weighed and found to be 2.9 tons light. However, all seal were both intact. The Namibian Customs and Pest Inspection agents upon inspection noticed that there was no aluminium scrap inside but bricks. The aluminium scrap cargo must have been removed and replaced with bricks at the shipping company warehouse or the dock sometime during the four days before loading. The transaction used the CIF incoterm. Is there any realistic expectation for the consignee to recover the consignment, approximately $40,000 loss? [6 marks
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