Insurance

Expert Insurance and risk assessors for your merchandise

Merchandise insurance should cover the adverse circumstances that may occur during transport, that is why, at MERZCARGO, we offer and advise on insurance that best suits your needs.

At MERZCARGO, we offer advice on the most suitable insurance service, depending on the means of transport that our client will use, the destination country and the characteristics of the merchandise. We draw up an insurance plan according to the needs of the client and their goods. To minimize damage that may result from transportation, we advise you on the insurance and the packaging of the goods.

MERZCARGO has created its own insurance department, attending to and advising clients directly and externally linked with a commercial partner company, the insurance group Cobertis, who are specialist in our sector.

Our Services

Class 1: Insurance for damage to merchandise

Division 1.1 Voyage policy
Division 1.2 Term policy
Division 1.3 Floating policy
Division 1.4 Policy per billing

Class 2. Maritime and transport liability. Transport operator liability. Coverage:

Division 2.1 liability for the load
Division 2.2 Third party liability
Division 2.3 Liability for errors and omissions

Class 3. Fleet insurance

Division 3.1 Fleet Insurance with basic coverage
Division 3.2 Fleet Insurance with optional coverage

Class 4. Insurance for merchandise warehouses.

Class 5. Advice on insurance and packaging of goods

Definitions

Freight Forwarder: means the person/Multimodal Transport Operator who issues this Waybill (FWB) and is named on the face of if and assumes liability for the performance of this contract as a carrier.
Merchant: means and includes the shipper, the Consignor, the Consignee, the Receiver and the Owner of the Goods.
Consignor: means the person who concludes this FWB with the Freight Forwarder.
Consignee: means the person named in or identifiable as such from this transport contract.
Taken in charge: means that the Goods have been handed over to and accepted for carriage by the Freight Forwarder at the place of receipt evidenced in this FWB
Goods: means any property including live animals as well as containers, pallets or similar articles of transport or packaging not supplied by the Freight Forwarder, irrespective of whether such property is to be or is carried on or under deck.