{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DefinedTerm","name":"Force Majeure","description":"Wildfires block several access roads in southwestern France – a freight forwarder is unable to meet agreed delivery deadlines and invokes force majeure toward the customer. Force majeure refers to an unforeseeable, externally caused event that cannot reasonably be averted and that makes fulfilling a contract temporarily or permanently impossible – for example natural disasters, wars, strikes, or government orders. In transport law, force majeure regularly releases the carrier from liability for ","inDefinedTermSet":{"@type":"DefinedTermSet","name":"Frachtportal Logistics Glossary","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/glossary"},"url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/glossary/force-majeure","inLanguage":"en","dateModified":"2026-08-01T04:16:34.541487","citation":"Frachtportal News: \"Waldbrände stören Iberien-Verkehre – Stückgut Region Bordeaux betroffen\"","markdownMirror":"https://www.freight-academy.com/api/md/glossary/en/force-majeure","provider":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Frachtportal","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com"},"quickSummary":"Force Majeure · Wildfires block several access roads in southwestern France – a freight forwarder is unable to meet agreed delivery deadlines and invokes force majeure toward the customer. · Quelle: Frachtportal News: \"Waldbrände stören Iberien-Verkehre – Stückgut Region Bordeaux betroffen\""}