SECTOR INTELLIGENCE / LOGISTICS
Freight and logistics debt collection involves CMR conventions, bills of lading, demurrage claims, multimodal transport disputes, and a chain of subcontractors where everyone points at someone else. We follow the chain. We collect from the party that owes.
WHY LOGISTICS DEBT IS DIFFERENT
A shipper contracts a freight forwarder who subcontracts a haulier who uses a port agent. The invoice goes unpaid. Who owes? Under the CMR Convention, liability follows the contract chain โ but identifying the correct debtor requires tracing every link. We trace them.
Bills of lading, CMR notes, air waybills, warehouse receipts, proof of delivery โ logistics debt is documentation-heavy. The debtor who claims 'goods not received' when you hold a signed CMR note with their warehouse stamp is not disputing in good faith.
Container demurrage and truck detention charges accumulate daily. Debtors dispute these charges more than any other logistics cost โ 'the port was congested,' 'customs clearance was delayed,' 'we had no notice.' Our team analyses the timeline, the terms, and the evidence.
Freight crosses borders. Payment obligations do not cross with it. A shipment from Rotterdam to Istanbul involves Dutch, Belgian, German, Austrian, and Turkish jurisdictions. The debtor's registered office determines collection jurisdiction โ not the route.
HOW WE HANDLE LOGISTICS CASES
We map the contractual chain from shipper to consignee, identifying every intermediary and every contract. The debtor is the party that contracted with you โ not necessarily the cargo owner.
CMR notes, PODs, rate confirmations, booking confirmations โ we compile the evidence package before collection begins. A well-documented freight claim is difficult to dispute.
Dutch dagvaarding for Netherlands-based forwarders. German Mahnbescheid for German hauliers. Turkish ilamsฤฑz icra for Istanbul-based agents. We match the instrument to the debtor's jurisdiction.
JURISDICTION FOCUS
Logistics debt follows trade routes. Netherlands (Rotterdam is Europe's freight hub), Germany (road and rail network), UAE (Dubai โ air and sea gateway), and Turkey (Europe-Asia land bridge) are our most active logistics jurisdictions. Each has different transport conventions, court systems, and enforcement mechanisms โ and we operate natively in all four.
DECLASSIFIED | LOGISTICS | NL โ TR
InterStation's Istanbul team presented the signed rate confirmations, CMR notes with delivery stamps, and proof of 14 prior payments at the original rate. ฤฐlamsฤฑz icra filed. Debtor paid in full within 28 days to avoid haciz.
"They renegotiated the rate verbally. We presented the contract in writing."
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