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Ed Floyd

Ed Floyd

Partner at Floyd Zadkovich LLP; maritime and trade law specialist advising on cross-border disputes and sanctions compliance.

Jun 4, 2026

18:31
Sorry.
18:32
No, m- most definitely it does, and then there's also a legal factor to keep in mind.
18:38
Statutory consideration, which is COGSA.
18:41
And again, for anyone not listening, for anyone listening, hopefully you are not not listening, um, who's not from the shipping industry or familiar with these terms, COGSA is essentially, it's a US statute, uh, that adopts, to keep it simple, the Hague Rules regarding carriage of goods by sea.
19:02
An important part of that, other aspects are covered, but is limitation of liability for the carrier.
19:09
And COGSA applies where a bill of lading or other document of title, uh, is the relevant contract.
19:21
And a Seaway bill, as we were just covering, is not a document of title, nor is it a bill of lading.
23:18
Um, so if you're interested in kind of visually what this is looking like, you can a- you actually see part of it, um, in the decision itself.

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