(1) If, on delivery, the last of several carriers is obliged to collect the money owing to the preceding carriers, the last carrier is to exercise the rights of the preceding carriers, particularly the lien. The lien of each of the preceding carriers persists as long as that of the last carrier.
(2) If a preceding carrier is paid by a subsequent carrier, then the claim and the lien of the former pass to the latter.
(3) Subsections (1) and (2) apply also to claims and rights of a forwarder who has participated in performing the carriage.