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Letter of Authority

Version 2026.02 · DCSA-form authority · 12 months, auto-renewing until revoked

This is the document a carrier or terminal actually asks for before it will discuss an invoice with us. It follows the form the Digital Container Shipping Association recommends — named addressee, capacity warranty, express limits, hold-harmless for reliance, and the transport document's own law and jurisdiction — so MSC, Maersk, CMA CGM, Hapag-Lloyd and terminal claims desks can accept it without escalating to their legal team. The POA governs our relationship with the client; this letter is what gets produced to the counterparty. Client signs and stamps it, we attach it to every demand.

Power of Attorney
LETTER OF AUTHORITY — Sellexio, Inc. Version 2026.02 To (Addressee): ______________________________ Attn: Claims / Billing Department Care of (agent, if any): ______________________________ Date: ______________________________ Re: Authority to act — freight, terminal, demurrage, detention and accessorial charges TO: the carrier, NVOCC, airline, terminal operator, container depot, port authority, customs broker or forwarder named on the signature page, and its agents (each an "Addressee"). The undersigned company (the "Principal") is the Merchant, shipper, consignee, lawful holder of the transport document and/or the party invoiced for the charges concerned, and warrants that it is duly authorised to give this authority. The Principal hereby appoints Sellexio, Inc., a company incorporated in the United States ("Sellexio"), as its authorised agent in relation to freight, terminal handling, demurrage, detention, storage, per-diem and accessorial charges invoiced to or payable by the Principal (the "Charges"), on the terms set out below. This authority follows the form recommended by the Digital Container Shipping Association for letters of authority and is issued for the Addressee's reliance. 1. Capacity and standing of the Principal The Principal confirms that it is a party to, or entitled to the benefit of, the contract of carriage or terminal services under which the Charges were raised, and that it is liable for or has paid those Charges. The Principal has full corporate power to grant this authority and the person signing below is duly authorised to bind the Principal. 2. Authority granted to Sellexio The Addressee is authorised and requested to deal with Sellexio, and with any Sellexio employee or contractor notified to the Addressee in writing, as if it were the Principal for the following purposes only: (a) to request, receive and be copied on invoices, statements of account, bills of lading, sea waybills, air waybills, arrival notices, delivery orders, gate-in and gate-out records, equipment interchange receipts, free-time and detention calculations, tariff and rate agreements, and supporting evidence relating to the Charges; (b) to raise, submit, escalate, negotiate and pursue disputes, corrections, waivers, credits and refund requests in respect of the Charges; (c) to register for, access and file through the Addressee's billing, dispute or claims portal in the Principal's name; (d) to correspond with the Addressee's billing, claims, customer service, legal and credit-control teams; and (e) to file protective or holding claims and notices where necessary to preserve a time bar (including the one-year limit under the Hague, Hague-Visby and COGSA regimes, the two-year limit under the Montreal Convention, and any shorter contractual claim period), such filings being made in the Principal's name and for its benefit. 3. Express limits on the authority Sellexio is NOT authorised to: book, amend, divert or cancel transport; release, move, pledge or take delivery of cargo; give or vary any indemnity or guarantee; incur liability in the Principal's name; receive, hold or direct payment of any credit, refund or settlement sum; operate or disclose the Principal's bank details; or execute any settlement, waiver, release or discharge of claim. Any settlement requires the Principal's separate written approval. Unless the Principal instructs the Addressee otherwise in writing, all credits, refunds and settlement sums are to be issued directly to the Principal's own account. Nothing in this letter assigns, transfers or subrogates any claim, cause of action or receivable to Sellexio; Sellexio acts solely as agent and disclosed representative of the Principal, and is not a carrier, NVOCC, ocean transportation intermediary or forwarder in respect of the shipments concerned. 4. Shipments and period covered This authority covers all bookings, transport documents and invoices issued to or on behalf of the Principal, unless a limited list of invoice, container or bill of lading references, or a limited date range, is stated on the signature page, in which case the authority is limited to those references or that range. Where the signature page is left blank, the authority is general and continuing until revoked under clause 8. 5. Reliance and hold harmless The Addressee may rely on this letter without further enquiry. The Principal confirms that acts, requests and communications made by Sellexio within the scope of clause 2 are made with the Principal's authority and bind the Principal accordingly, and the Principal will not raise the absence of authority as an objection to anything done by the Addressee in good-faith reliance on this letter. The Principal releases and holds the Addressee harmless from any claim by the Principal arising solely out of the Addressee disclosing documents or information about the Principal's shipments to Sellexio in accordance with this letter. Nothing in this clause limits the Addressee's obligations to the Principal under the contract of carriage or applicable law, or affects any defence, right or limitation of liability the Addressee has under that contract. 6. Payment of undisputed amounts This letter does not suspend the Principal's obligation to pay Charges that are not in dispute, and is without prejudice to the Principal's rights to withhold, set off or dispute amounts as permitted by the contract of carriage, the applicable tariff, and applicable law (including, in United States trades, the demurrage and detention billing requirements at 46 C.F.R. Part 541 and the Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 2022). 7. Confidentiality and personal data Documents, rates and commercial terms disclosed to Sellexio under this letter are confidential and are used solely to audit, dispute and recover the Charges. Sellexio handles them under a Mutual Non-Disclosure Agreement and Data Processing Agreement with the Principal, acting as processor on the Principal's instructions. Where documents contain personal data, the Principal instructs and authorises the Addressee to disclose that data to Sellexio for this purpose, and confirms it has a lawful basis for that disclosure under applicable data protection law, including Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (GDPR) and the UK GDPR where applicable. 8. Validity, revocation and survival This authority takes effect on the date of signature and remains valid for twelve (12) months, renewing automatically for successive twelve-month periods unless revoked. The Principal may revoke it at any time by written notice to the Addressee, copied to legal@sellexio.co; revocation takes effect on receipt by the Addressee and does not affect anything properly done under it before that time. Sellexio's authority in respect of disputes already opened survives revocation only to the extent needed to hand the file back to the Principal. 9. Execution, form and law This letter may be signed electronically or by hand and in counterparts. An electronic signature, scan, photograph or PDF copy has the same effect as a wet-ink original, and the Addressee may rely on it as such; electronic execution is made under the U.S. ESIGN Act and UETA, and Regulation (EU) 910/2014 (eIDAS) where applicable. The English-language version of this letter prevails over any translation. This letter and any non-contractual obligations arising from it are governed by the law and jurisdiction clause of the transport document or terminal contract under which the Charges were raised; where none applies, by the laws of the State of New York, United States. Questions about the validity of this authority may be directed to legal@sellexio.co. Sellexio's underlying engagement with the Principal is governed by a separate Limited Power of Attorney and Master Services Agreement, which do not affect the Addressee. SIGNED for and on behalf of the Principal: Company (Principal): ______________________________ Registered address: ______________________________ Company / tax registration no.: ______________________________ Invoice / container / B-L references (if limited): ______________________________ Shipment date range (if limited): ______________________________ Authorised Sellexio representatives (if named): ______________________________ Signatory name: ______________________________ Signatory title: ______________________________ Signature: ______________________________ Date: ______________ Company stamp: ______________________________ EXECUTED electronically where signed online. The signature record is retained in Sellexio's tamper-evident agreements ledger with timestamp, IP-derived metadata and SHA-256 document hash.
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