Table of Contents
1. Introduction;
1:The Business of Carriage of Goods;
2. Bills of Lading and other Documents of Carriage;
2:Shipping Documents Issued Before Shipment;
3:Types of Bills of Lading;
4:Other Documents of Carriage;
5:Issue and Transfer of Bills of Lading;
6:The Bill of Lading as a Receipt for the Goods Shipped;
7:The Bill of Lading as Evidence of the Contract of Carriage;
8:The Bill of Lading as a Document of Title;
9:Third Parties and Bill of Lading Terms;
10:The Carriers' Delivery Obligation;
11:Signing Bills of Lading, Alteration of Delivery Obligations, and other Bill of Lading Issues;
12:Charterparties and their Relationship with Bills of Lading;
13:Paperless Trading;
3. International and Domestic Regulation;
14:Domestic Legislation on Cargo Liability;
15:International Regulation;
16:The Movement to the Hamburg Rules;
17:Hybrid Carriage Regimes and the Rotterdam Rules;
18:The Legal Effect and Interpretation of the Hague and Hague-Visby Rules;
19:The Scope and Application of the Hague and Hague-Visby Rules;
20:The Scope and Application of the Rotterdam Rules;
4. The Responsibilities of the Shipper;
21:Shipper's Common Law Obligations;
22:Shipper's Obligations and Immunities under the Hague, Hague-Visby, and Rotterdam Rules;
23:Freight;
5. The Obligations of the Carrier;
24:Seaworthiness and Care for Cargo;
25:Deviation;
26:Reasonable Despatch;
27:Carriers Obligations under the Hague, Hague Visby, and Rotterdam Rules;
6. The Rights and Immunities of the Carrier;
28:Exceptions from Liability under the Hague, Hague-Visby, and Rotterdam Rules;
29:Limitation of Liability;
30:Limitation Periods;
31:Liens;
7. Charterparties;
32:Voyage Charterparties;
33:Laytime and Demurrage in Voyage Charterparties;
34:Time Charterparties;
35:Frustration;
36:Damages;
Appendices;
I:Standard Forms;
II:Signatories to Conventions