Contents
Legal bases of the forwarding, freight and warehousing business
- National and international regulations at a glance
- Standard market terms and conditions in the transportation industry
- Transportation law terms
- Regulation of typical contractual disruptions
Overview of transport law contract types
- Contract of carriage
- Forwarding contract
- Storage contract
- Logistics contract
Legal relationships between consignees, freight forwarders and carriers
Obligations of the client towards the transport service provider
- Duty to inform
- Packaging and labeling requirements
- Loading obligation
- Necessary transportation documents
- Liability of the client towards the transport company
Liability of the transport service provider towards the client
- Principles of liability
- Questions of evidence
- Exclusions of liability
- Limitations of liability
Enforcing claims for damages correctly
- Claiming damages in due form and time
- Statute of limitations
- Place of jurisdiction/applicable law
Importance of transport insurance/warehouse insurance for the owner of the goods
- Nature and function of transport insurance
- Nature and function of warehouse insurance
Importance of liability insurance for freight forwarders, carriers and warehouse keepers for clients
Learning environment
In your online learning environment, you will find useful information, downloads and extra services for this qualification measure after you have registered.
Your benefit
An experienced expert will provide you with practical, immediately applicable knowledge that you can use even without prior legal knowledge.
- be able to confidently assess the legal and liability bases for freight, forwarding and warehousing transactions,
- quickly recognize potential risks and liability gaps,
- are in a position to take appropriate countermeasures,
- Safely enforce claims for damages and
- be able to draft legally compliant contracts.
Methods
Practice-oriented, interactive lecture with many case studies and tips.
Recommended for
Specialists and managers from shipping, logistics and purchasing who deal with contract design and claims processing.
Attendees comments
"Very good speaker, very good organization and on-site support."
"The learning content was presented in a very practical and interesting way."
"Outstanding expertise of the speaker, good response to questions."
"Expert, likeable speaker."
Seminar evaluation for "Transport law for practitioners"
The speaker Horst-Dietrich Thonfeld on the topic:
"In negotiations about transport damage, I repeatedly find that employees of shippers or consignees in particular are not aware that the transport law provisions in the German Commercial Code (HGB) contain serious deviations from similar provisions in the German Civil Code (BGB) to the detriment of the injured party.
When reviewing contracts between shippers and transport companies, I also often discover that there are inadmissible deviations from mandatory legal provisions, which can lead to unpleasant surprises in the event of a claim.
With my training "Transport law for practitioners", I would like to provide you with information for your daily practice based on cases from my daily work so that you do not suffer any legal disadvantages later on."
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Start dates and details
Friday, 12.09.2025
09:00 am - 5:00 pm
The participation fee includes
- one joint lunch per full seminar day,
- Catering during breaks and
- extensive working documents.
The participant will settle the hotel accommodation costs directly with the hotel. You will find a reservation form for hotel bookings in your learning environment.
Tuesday, 04.11.2025
09:00 am - 5:00 pm
Monday, 01.12.2025
09:00 am - 5:00 pm
The participation fee includes
- one joint lunch per full seminar day,
- Catering during breaks and
- extensive working documents.
The participant will settle the hotel accommodation costs directly with the hotel. You will find a reservation form for hotel bookings in your learning environment.
Friday, 06.02.2026
09:00 am - 5:00 pm
Wednesday, 25.03.2026
09:00 am - 5:00 pm
The participation fee includes
- one joint lunch per full seminar day,
- Catering during breaks and
- extensive working documents.
The participant will settle the hotel accommodation costs directly with the hotel. You will find a reservation form for hotel bookings in your learning environment.
Monday, 18.05.2026
09:00 am - 5:00 pm
Thursday, 09.07.2026
09:00 am - 5:00 pm
The participation fee includes
- one joint lunch per full seminar day,
- Catering during breaks and
- extensive working documents.
The participant will settle the hotel accommodation costs directly with the hotel. You will find a reservation form for hotel bookings in your learning environment.
The next booking ensures this course will take placeThe participation fee includes
- one joint lunch per full seminar day,
- Catering during breaks and
- extensive working documents.
The participant will settle the hotel accommodation costs directly with the hotel. You will find a reservation form for hotel bookings in your learning environment.
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