Liability Of Carriers Of Goods By Sea

Ever-increasing numbers of dangerous goods are carried by sea today. Worldwide concern with the risk posed by this increased frequency has led to the adoption of international technical standards to promote maritime safety and the insertion of special provisions in the carriage contracts. Moreover, growing environmental awareness and concern with the economic cost implications of maritime casualties have given rise to the regulation of liability and compensation.

Carriers who assume an obligation to carry cargo from one place to another by sea are the only ones in a position to prevent loss or damage to the cargo, and so by rights assume a degree of liability for its safety. Such liability is defined in the three maritime transport regimes, adopted respectively in 1924, 1968, and 1992. A practicing attorney and consultant to the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Karan (law, Ankara U.) explores the liability principles that should be uniformly accepted or rejected for legal reasons, limiting his discussion to legal aspects of the international carriage of goods by sea as covered by the relevant sections of the three conventions. The text is double spaced. Annotation : 2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).

Written by a combination of top academics, industry experts and leading practitioners, this book offers a detailed insight into both unimodal and multimodal carriage of goods. It provides a comprehensive and thoroughly practical guide to the issues that matter today on what is a very complex area of law. From the papers delivered at the 8th International Colloquium organised by Swansea Law School's prestigious Institute of International Shipping and Trade Law, this original work considers current opinions, trends and issues arising from contracts of carriage of goods by sea, land, air, and multi-modal combinations of these, not to mention the legal position of vital participants such as freight forwarders, terminal operators and cargo insurers. The topics under discussion range through issues such as paperwork, piracy, liability for defective containers, damage in transit, the CMR Convention, and the possible effects of the Rotterdam Rules. An indispensable resource for transport lawyers, industry professionals, academics and post-graduate students of maritime law.

This critical study of the principles covering the carriage of goods by sea concentrates mainly on an exposition of the law relating to charterparties and bills of lading. Coverage is also given to the development of new forms of documentation and to problems arising from through and combined transport, in so far as they relate to carriage of goods by sea. cargo claim such as arbitration, proper law and Mareva injuctions. Emphasis is on an English common law approach though reference is made to international conventions and Commonwealth and US case material. The legal principles are examined critically against the background of contemporary practice in the shipping industry and full coverage is devoted to the recent and potential developments in the field. undergraduate and postgraduate courses in shipping law run by universities and polytechnics. However, it should also be useful for the Bar option on International Trade and for courses for Master and Extra Master's Certificates. It may also be useful as a basic reference work for members of legal firms, P & I Clubs etc in the City who are involved in carriage claims.

This book, written in three parts, covers the basics of the international trade, financing and the legal framework related to the law of carriage of goods by sea, elaborates on bills of lading in depth and sea waybills and ship’s delivery orders in brief and charterparties in depth. While the book is based on the English law, cases and materials from other jurisdictions, particularly Singapore, Malaysia, India, the USA, and Australia are brought in to provide an international perspective. The practical analyses, commentary and critiques of cases would be a useful guide for practitioners in developing case arguments. Although written with practitioners, academicians and students in mind, the book will also serve as a useful guide for sea carriers, freight forwarders, international traders, financiers, etc. as the complex subject is presented in reader-friendly and easy to grasp manner.

The Hamburg Rules on the Carriage of Goods By Sea

Carriage of good by sea under a bill of lading has been the most popular arrangement for transporting goods by sea in the whole world. The rules governing it are going through a transformation due to changes in the transportation process, namely for containerisation. This work recognizes the dire need for a harmonized set of rules for carriage of goods by sea and looks at different major rules and what they offer for shippers and carriers and whether the UNCITRAL rules meet the interests of both parties. Practical application of uniform international carriage rules is analyzed in the light of national law governing carriage of goods by sea of Estonia as well as European Union legislation regarding shipping.