Category: Trading Assistance

In many cases the reefer download doesn’t tell us whether the carrier properly controlled air temperatures in transit. We'll look at what a reefer download tells us, and just as importantly, what a reefer download does not tell us.

No two carrier claims are identical, but there are recurring themes. For example, when presented with a warm temperature report from a portable recorder, carriers find themselves in an unfavorable position.

The Problem: Negative return from price-after-sale (PAS) transaction.

Here’s Part 2 of our quiz on dealing with Technical Traders, which digs deeper into damages.

Are you prepared to do business with a technical trader? Let’s find out with some true/false questions based on Blue Book’s Trading Guidelines.

You receive damaged product but the carrier's insurance denies the claim. Who has the liability?

Fred Webber plans to retire as CEO of the Fruit and Vegetable Dispute Resolution Corporation at the end of the year, and the new CEO should be familiar to the industry.

An employee’s actions within the scope of employment are binding under the concept of apparent authority.

The produce industry is unique in that it requires a great deal of trust, kind of like a teeter-totter.

“Force majeure” refers to certain unforeseen and unavoidable events—“acts of God,” in legal language—that prevent a party from fulfilling its side of the contract.