Multimodal Transport Act 2021 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 4 · Liabilities of Multimodal Transport Operator
17. Limit on liability of multimodal transport operator
Feedback & supportSubject to subsection (2) and sections 18, 19, 21 and 22, a multimodal transport operator of a multimodal transport contract is not liable under section 15 for any loss of or damage to the goods that are the subject of the contract, in an amount exceeding the higher of the following:
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;
the equivalent of 666.67 SDR per package or shipping unit of the goods lost or damaged;
2.00 SDR per kilogram of gross weight of the goods lost or damaged.
Subsection (1) does not apply if the nature and value of the goods have been declared by the consignor of the goods before the goods are taken in charge by the multimodal transport operator, and inserted in the multimodal transport document.
goods
“goods” means any property (including any container, pallet or similar article of transport or packaging not supplied by a multimodal transport operator), whether such property is or is to be carried on or under the deck of a conveyance;