EZ LOGISTICS INC

EZ Logistics LLC is one of the leading logistics service providers for global trade. We serve our customers through trucks, railcars, river barges, coastal feeders, ocean-going ships, and air freighters as multi-modal transportation solutions worldwide. We also provide customs brokerage, documentation, warehousing, Insurance, and other kinds of services to satisfy the specific requirement of our customers. ​. We have been approved and licensed by both M. O. C in China and F. M. C in the United States as a Class A International Freight Forwarders and Non-Vessel Operating Common Carriers (NOVCC) respectively. We have built a company around delivering customer success. We are committed to delivering tailored solutions and quality services that align with every customer’s changing business needs in an increasingly competitive and dynamic market to help clients continue to evolve and grow for future success. We have served many clients worldwide from our offices in Asia and North America through partnerships with our valuable agents worldwide. means the whole or any part of the operations and services whatsoever undertaken by the Carrier in respect of the Goods covered under this Bill of Lading. means the present document, whether issued as a Bill of Lading or a Sea Waybill, and whether issued in paper or electronically. "Subcontractor" includes owners，managers, operators and charterers of vessels (other than the Carrier), stevedores, terminal, warehouse, depot and groupage operators, road and rail transport operators and any independent contractor employed by the Carrier in the performance of the carriage and any sub-Subcontractor thereof. means for limitation purposes the largest unit into which the Goods are packaged or consolidated by the Merchant including any palletized and/or assemblage of cartons for the convenience of the Merchant. includes any Container, open top, trailer, transportable tank, flat rack, platform, pallet, and any other equipment or device used for or in connection with the transportation of the Goods. Particular attention is drawn to the Terms and Conditions contained therein, including, but not limited to, free storage time, Container and vehicle demurrage and detention etc. Copies of the relevant provisions of the applicable Tariff are obtainable from the Carrier or its agents upon request. (1) The Carrier shall be entitled to sub-contract at any time and on any terms whatsoever the whole or any part of the carriage with any Subcontractor and/or to substitute any other vessel or means of transport for the Vessel, including liberty to further sub-contract. (2) The Merchant agrees that no claim or legal action whatsoever shall be made or brought against any person by whom the carriage is performed or undertaken (including, but not limited to, the Carrier's servants, agents or Subcontractors) other than the Carrier. If box 4, box 5 and/or box 9 without any inserted, or the place(s) or port(s) indicated therein is/are same as the place(s) or port(s) that indicated in box 7 and box 8 on the front of this Bill of Lading, this Bill of Lading is a Port-to-Port contract. The Carrier shall be responsible for the Goods as Carrier from the time when the Goods are received by the Carrier at the Port of Loading until the time of delivery thereof at the port of discharge to the Merchant or to the Authority as required by local laws or regulations, whichever occurs earlier. All claims arising from the combined transport carriage must be filed with the Carrier within 9 months after the delivery of the Goods or the date when the Goods should have been delivered, failing which the Carrier shall be discharged from all liabilities whatsoever in respect of the Goods. The exemptions from liability, defenses and limitation of liability provided for herein or otherwise shall apply in any action against the Carrier for loss or damage or delay, howsoever occurring and whether the action be founded in contract or in tort and even if the loss, damage or delay arose as a result of unseaworthiness, negligence or fundamental breach of contract. Scheduled or advertised departure and arrival times are only expected times and may be advanced or delayed if the Carrier shall find it necessary, prudent or convenient. If the stage of the combined transport during which loss or damage occurred cannot be determined, the Merchant and the Carrier agree that it shall be deemed that the loss or damage occurred aboard the Carrier’s Vessel. In either case, clauses 6(2) and 8 shall apply. The value of the Goods shall be determined by the lowest price with reference to the commercial invoice, customs declaration, any prevailing market price (at the place and time they are delivered or should have been delivered), production price or the reasonable value of goods of the same kind and/or quality. (a) this Bill of Lading shall be subject to the provisions of the law as provided for in Clause 27(1). The Carrier shall in no event be or become liable for any loss or damage to or in connection with Goods in any amount exceeding the limits in an amount equivalent to 666. 67 SDR per package or other shipping unit, or 2 SDR per kilogramme of the gross weight of the Goods lost or damaged, whichever is the higher, unless Clause 8(2)(b) applies; (b) where carriage includes carriage to or from or through a port or place in the United States of America, this Bill of Lading shall be subject to the provisions of U. COGSA, as provided for in Clause 27(2) hereof. This declaration if embodied in this Bill of Lading shall be prima facie evidence, but shall not be binding or conclusive on the Carrier. If not so enumerated, the Goods in such article of carriage shall be deemed to be one package or one shipping unit. (1) Goods received in break bulk will be stuffed by the Carrier in Containers and the Carrier shall have the right to carry any Containers, whether or not stuffed by the Carrier, on deck or below deck. All such Goods shall participate in General Average, Salvage charges and/or special charges. Should a Container not be returned within the aforesaid time, the Merchant shall be liable for any detention, demurrage, loss or expenses which may arise from such non-return. It is understood by the Merchant that the Carrier has not verified the contents, weight or measurement of a sealed Container, and the Carrier makes no representation as to the contents of a sealed Container, van, crate or box hereunder, nor its weight or measurement, nor the value, quantity, quality, description, condition, marks or number of the contents thereof. (3) The Merchant's attention is drawn to the stipulations concerning currency in which the Freight is to be paid, rate of exchange, devaluation and other contingencies concerning the Freight in the applicable Tariff or as agreed otherwise. The Carrier shall be entitled to recover the cost of such opening, unpacking, inspection, and repacking from the Merchant. The Carrier may exercise its lien at any time and any place in its sole discretion, whether the contractual Carriage is completed or not. Where the Carrier elects to use an alternative route under Clause 20(1) or to suspend the carriage under Clause 20(2), same shall not prejudice its right subsequently to abandon the carriage. However, nothing contained in this Clause shall deprive the Carrier of any of its rights provided for elsewhere, if any. (2) In case of a refrigerated Container stuffed by or on behalf of the Merchant, the Merchant undertakes that its thermostatic, ventilating or any other controls have been correctly set by the Merchant and that the temperature of the Goods and the refrigerated Container has been brought to the required temperature level before stuffing and that the Goods have been properly stowed in the Container before the receipt thereof by the Carrier. (1) General Average shall be adjusted, stated and settled at any port or place at the Carrier’s option according to the York-Antwerp Rules 1994 except Rule XXII thereof and as to matters not provided for by the York Antwerp Rules 1994, according to the laws and usages in London, this covering all Goods carried on or under deck. (2) In the event of the Master considering that salvage services are needed, the Merchant agrees that the Master shall act on its behalf to procure such services to Goods and that the Carrier may act on its behalf to settle salvage remuneration. The NVOCC further warrants to indemnify the Carrier, its servants, agents and Subcontractors against all consequences of its failure to do so. (1) Except as provided in Clause 27(2) below, all claims against the Carrier must be brought and heard exclusively in the Shanghai Maritime Court of P. R. China. China shall apply to such claims. (2) Where the shipment covered by this Bill of Lading is to or from the United States of America (including its districts, territories and possessions), all claims arising hereunder must be brought and heard exclusively in the state or federal courts in Los Angeles, California. Except as otherwise set out herein, the United States law, including the Carriage of Goods by Sea Act 1936, shall apply to such claims. Where U. The Shipper accepts all said Terms and Conditions, including but not limited to the per package and other limitations of liability contained therein, on behalf of the Consignee and the Owner of the Goods and warrants that he has authority to do so The Consignee or other receiver of the Goods, by presenting this Sea Waybill and/or requesting delivery of the Goods, shall undertake all liabilities of the Shipper under this Sea Waybill and the Carrier’s current Combined Transport Bill of Lading, such undertaking being additional and without prejudice to the Shipper’s own liability