• This book is the definitive guide to carriage of goods by sea which is an important International Trade Law
• Used by generations of students and practitioners
• Known for a critical examination of all aspects of the legislation on the carriage of goods by sea
• Practical approach to the material that is ideal for both undergraduate and postgraduate students
• A very readable writing style and clear analysis of the legal principles

Undergraduate and postgraduate students

• Introduction
• Implied obligations in a contract of affreightment
• The voyage charterparty
• The time charterparty
• Bills of lading and their functions
• Application of the Hague/Visby Rules
• Bills of lading - the Hamburg Rules
• Bills of lading - the Rotterdam Rules
• Bills of lading issued under charterparties
• Problems of combined transport
• Exceptions
• Limitation of liability
• Breach of contract
• Appendix 1: Bills of Lading Act 1855
• Appendix 2: International Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules of Law relating to Bills of Lading, 1924 (The Hague Rules)
• Appendix 3: Carriage of Goods by Sea Act 1971
• Appendix 4: Carriage of Goods by Sea Act 1992
• Appendix 5: United Nations Convention on the Carriage of Goods by Sea, 1978 (The Hamburg Rules)
• Appendix 6: United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Carriage of Goods Wholly or Partly by Sea, 2009 (The Rotterdam Rules)
• Appendix 7: CMI Uniform Rules for Sea Waybills
• Appendix 8: CMI Rules for Electronic Bills of Lading
• Appendix 9: Barecon 2001 Charter
• Appendix 10: Gencon 94 Charter
• Appendix 11: Shellvoy 6 Charter
• Appendix 12: Baltime 1939 Charter (as revised 2001)
• Appendix 13: New York Produce Exchange (NYPE 46) Charter
• Appendix 14: New York Produce Exchange (NYPE 93) Charter
• Appendix 15: Shelltime 4 Charter (as amended 2003)
• Appendix 16: Conlinebill 1978
• Appendix 17: Congenbill 2000
• Appendix 18: Congenbill
• Appendix 19: Maersk Line bill
• Appendix 20: GCBS Short Form Bill
• Appendix 21: Combiconbill
• Appendix 22: Maersk Line Waybill

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