Together with commentary, this work offers an up-to-date collection of cases and materials dealing with the English laws of the carriage of goods by sea. It begins by examining the basic obligation of a sea carrier including the important implied duties to provide a sea-worthy ship and not to deviate from the contractual route. The book then covers the major areas of voyage charters, time charters and bills of lading, as well as such matters as responsibility, exclusion and limitation of liability. It also provides a collection of legislative material and standard form contracts.
... 1 QB 742 ..............................................................................................................282 Smith, Hogg & Co v Black Sea and Baltic General Insurance Co Ltd, The Lilburn [1940] AC 997; [1939] 2 All ER ...
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 ...
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.
Normally, a mate«s receipt would later be given up for a bill of lading, ... they necessarily prejudice the rights of those who deal in the goods ...
The book successfully combines a clear analysis of legal principles with sound practical considerations, allowing for a more complete treatment of the subject."--BOOK JACKET.
This book centres on the sea carrier's liability for loss of or damage to goods under convention based regimes. The Hague, Hauge-Visby and Hamburg Rules have become the main reason...
(2) Dangerous goods and inherent vice (a) Inherent vice or defect defence The inherent vice or defect of the cargo is one of the exculpatory exceptions most often relied on by carriers. The generally accepted definition of “inherent ...
THE MARITIME LABOUR CONVENTION 2006 The Maritime Labour Convention (MLC) 2006,132 was the result of a long process of review and research by the International Labour Organization (ILO) over a period exceeding five years.
Bringing a fresh, comparative approach to transport documents used in the carriage of goods by sea, this book covers bills of lading, sea waybills, ship’s delivery orders, multimodal transport documents, and electronic transport documents ...
The Rotterdam Rules: A Practical Annotation examines the text of the Rules, all ninety-six articles of the new Convention, and compares them to the text of the Hague-Visby Rules, the instrument currently covering most bills of lading.