No. Warehouse legal liability stops at the dock. Once goods are moving, the exposure shifts to motor truck cargo coverage if you haul them yourself, or to inland marine if they are in your care in transit. If you use contract carriers, their cargo coverage is the first line, and worth verifying rather than assuming. Operators who both store and deliver commonly find the seam between the two policies is where a claim lands, so the two should be reviewed together rather than separately.
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