A Danish seller sold 30 trailers to a buyer in Venezuela on cost, insurance and freight terms (CIF). The seller contracted a Danish carrier to transport the trailers and take out cargo insurance. The carrier contracted the transportation to a sub-carrier, which issued a booking confirmation from which it followed that the trailers could be loaded on deck. On this basis, the carrier confirmed the booking to the seller. The carrier requested a proposal for cargo insurance of the trailers from a cargo insurer. The quotation given to the carrier set out that: "The trailers are to be carried by truck from Poland to Hamburg where they will be shipped by vessel below deck to Venezuela. Cover is pursuant to Institute Cargo Clauses (A).".
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