WHY C. HARTWIG GDYNIA S.A.?
To ensure protection of every load, and to avoid wasting our partners’ valuable time, C. Hartwig S.A. offers its clients a unique solution – cargo insurance included in a standard service. Special benefits of this solution include:
- automatic insurance coverage of a load upon placement of a forwarding order
- no additional fees or formalities
- widest insurance coverage
- compensation payable within 30 days of reporting a damage
- recovery of the customs duty in the case of damaged goods
- loss settlement proceedings carried out by the forwarder
BENEFITS FOR CLIENTS
Cargo insurance solution constitutes an additional protection of the value of transported goods. Unlike other forwarding and transport companies, C. Hartwig Gdynia S.A. has included it in its offer. It means that clients are covered by insurance automatically (with certain exclusions specified in the agreement), without having to go through any additional formalities, fill in additional forms, or make additional payments. Thanks to this solution, cooperation with C.Hartwig Gdynia S.A. is of great convenience to our clients as it
- minimizes transport-related risks
- helps decrease transport costs
- saves time thanks to no additional formalities
Insurable value up to which insurance is included in a standard service is the real value of a load in the place and at the time of loading, specified on the deliverer’s invoice, plus 10% and a customs duty paid by the insurance holder in the target country or in transit. Moreover, subject to an additional fee, freight, VAT or excise tax may be included in the insurance amount. Top line of a damage is the sum of insurance, which, depending on the type of transport, amounts to:
- truck transport: USD 500 000
- sea transport: USD 1 000 000
- other means of transport: USD 500 000
WIDE INSURANCE COVERAGE
Another special benefit for the clients of C.Hartwig S.A. is the wide insurance coverage. The cargo insurance offered by the company includes institute cargo clauses “A”, the so called “all risk” clauses ensuring the widest possible insurance coverage. “A” clauses provide for insurance of goods against all risks, with some exceptions specified therein, while clauses “B” and “C” cover only risk specified therein.
