Amount of Freight
NSAB Section 20 a. Delay
If the goods are delivered too late under § 6, first par., the freight forwarder shall compensate the customer for such direct and reasonable expenses that could have been foreseen as probable consequences of the delay at the time of the conclusion of the contract, with an amount not exceeding a sum corresponding to the amount agreed upon in the contract concerning freight or other compensation.
SSV Section 25
Limitation of the amount of liability
In the event of the goods being lost or damaged, the liability of the forwarder as a carrier shall be limited as follows:
For loss or damage due to delay, the forwarder's liability shall not exceed the amount of the freight.
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Peter Jones' Commentary:
The first of these clauses assumes that the goods arrived in sound condition, but not within the time stipulated in the contract, causing expense to the consignee. For example, the consignee may have mitigated its losses by obtaining replacement goods at a higher price. If these losses were foreseeable, the consignee can recover these amounts subject to the limitation of liability in these clauses.
The second clause applies only to loss or damage caused by delay. The Conditions of the Swiss Freight Forwarding and Logistics Association has another provision that applies to economic losses caused by delay where there is no loss of or physical damage to the goods.
Some Forwarding Conditions provide for a limitation amount twice the amount of freight, as in the FIATA FBL See FIATA Legal Handbook (3d) at pp 55-56.