§ Sec­tion 440 HGB Car­ri­er’s lien

Accor­ding to § 440 HGB, the car­ri­er has a sta­tu­to­ry lien on the car­go for all claims ari­sing from the con­tract of car­ria­ge and cus­toms duties as well as accor­ding to §§ 26 and 27 BinSchG in con­junc­tion with § 440 HGB. § 440 HGB a sta­tu­to­ry pledge of rights. The pre­re­qui­si­te for this is that he is in pos­ses­si­on of the goods, in par­ti­cu­lar that he can dis­po­se of them by means of bills of lading, con­sign­ment bills or warehouse receipts (see Marx/Arens Der Auk­tio­na­tor, 2004, p. 274).

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