CMR Transport Document

CMR Transport Document — Use, Rights & Liability | Live Online Webinar

Wednesday 21 October 2026 | 09:00–13:00 CET | Live Online | 4 hours

Co-hosted with Portilog · Content delivery by Gaetan Bascourt (Portilog)

The CMR consignment note is the legal backbone of every international road movement — yet most forwarders treat it as a formality. When cargo is lost, damaged or delayed, the CMR is the first document a claims handler, insurer or judge will read. If a field is wrong, a remark is missing, or a signature is misused, you lose time, money and legal protection.

This focused half-day webinar puts the CMR back where it belongs: as a commercial and legal instrument you control. Whether you draft the document, check it, or manage the claim when something goes wrong, you will leave able to use the CMR — and the eCMR — with confidence.

Who this is for?

Freight forwarders, customer service, operations and planning staff who create, validate or rely on international road transport documents. No prior legal training required.

What you will learn?

• The CMR Convention (1956): the legal basis, and why it governs your international road movements
• The consignment note in practice: the fields that must be right — and what goes wrong when they are not
• Rights and obligations of the three parties: sender, carrier and consignee
• Carrier liability: from takeover to delivery, the liability limits, and the defences a carrier can rely on
• Reservations and remarks: writing factual, legally defensible notes at pickup and delivery
• Claims and evidence: building a defensible file — photos, timestamps, notification deadlines
• CMR: how the digital consignment note changes execution, signatures, visibility and invoicing speed
• CMR vs Incoterms: the interface where forwarders quietly lose money on the road leg