Multimodal Transport Act 2021 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 4 · Liabilities of Multimodal Transport Operator
14. Multimodal transport operator to ensure delivery of goods
Feedback & supportA multimodal transport operator of a multimodal transport contract for the international multimodal transport of any goods is taken to have given an undertaking to the following persons to perform, or to procure the performance of, all acts necessary to ensure the delivery of the goods:
multimodal transport operator
“multimodal transport operator” means any person who —(a)on the person’s own behalf or through another person acting on the person’s behalf, concludes a multimodal transport contract for the international multimodal transport of any goods;(b)acts as a principal (and not as an agent of or on behalf of the consignor or of any carrier participating in the international multimodal transport of the goods);(c)assumes responsibility for the performance of the multimodal transport contract; and(d)is under the register of the Singapore competent national body or the competent national body of an ASEAN member country;
where the multimodal transport document relating to the contract is issued in a negotiable form to bearer — to the person who surrenders to the multimodal transport operator one original of the document;
multimodal transport document
“multimodal transport document” means a document which evidences —(a)a multimodal transport contract for the international multimodal transport of any goods;(b)the taking in charge of the goods by the multimodal transport operator of the contract; and(c)an undertaking by the multimodal transport operator to deliver the goods in accordance with the terms of the contract;
where the multimodal transport document relating to the contract is issued in a negotiable form to order — to the person who surrenders to the multimodal transport operator one original of the document duly endorsed;
where the multimodal transport document relating to the contract is issued in a negotiable form to a named person — to the person (upon proof of the person’s identity) who surrenders to the multimodal transport operator one original of the document;
where the multimodal transport document relating to the contract is issued in a negotiable form to a named person and has been transferred to order or in blank — to the person if that person surrenders to the multimodal transport operator one original of the document duly endorsed;
where the multimodal transport document relating to the contract is issued in a non-negotiable form — to the person named as the consignee of the goods in the document upon proof of the person’s identity;
consignee
“consignee”, in relation to any goods that are the subject of a multimodal transport contract, means the person entitled under the multimodal transport contract to receive the goods from the multimodal transport operator of the contract;
where no document is issued — to a person as instructed by the consignor of the goods or by a person who has acquired the consignor’s or consignee’s rights under the multimodal transport contract to give such instructions.
consignor
“consignor”, in relation to any goods that are the subject of a multimodal transport contract, means the person who concluded the contract with another person under which the other person is to be the multimodal transport operator;