Question juridique clé
Whether the deck-shipment liability exclusion was validly agreed and covered loading/unloading operations.
Solution extraite
The exclusion clause was validly agreed in the transport contract and, objectively interpreted, extended to loading and unloading.
Motifs extraits
The exchanged communications showed a general deck-shipment risk allocation; loading and unloading formed part of the carrier’s transport tasks, and no reservation limited the clause to transit only.