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  1. 1. Implementation of the Rotterdam Rules - Carrier’s obligations and liabilities

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

    Author : Karl Lindström; [2018]
    Keywords : International private law; sjörätt; Rotterdam; Law; Carrier; Shipper; Liability; Obligations; Swedish; Maritime; Code; Hague; Rules; Hague-Visby; Hamburg; Ratification; application; transporträtt; utrikeshandelsrätt; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The carrier has historically been strictly liable for all damage to the cargo carried, with the exception of acts of God and war. This changed during the late 1800’s and early 1900’s when the carriers began to limit their liabilities in the contract of carriage. READ MORE

  3. 2. Carrier Liability in Multimodal Transport

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Erica Englundh; [2015]
    Keywords : Transporträtt; sjörätt; internationell privaträtt; international private law; transport law; förmögenhetsrätt; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Multimodala transporter är frekvent förekommande och viktiga i dagens internationella handel. En multimodal transport innebär kort att gods transporteras från dörr till dörr med hjälp av minst två olika transportsätt under ett kontrakt med en (multimodal) transportör som ensamt ansvarig för kontraktets utförande. READ MORE

  4. 3. Forum Shopping in the Carriage of Goods by Sea.

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Gabriella Svensson; [2014-02-23]
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    Abstract : Choice of forum is an important matter in maritime litigation as it affects the judgement of disputes and is crucial to determine limits of liability. Furthermore it is also a mean to avoid timewasting and expensive judicial processes. READ MORE

  5. 4. Multimodal Aspect of the Rotterdam Rules: a critical analysis of the liability of the MTO

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Iara Costa Conrado; [2011]
    Keywords : Rotterdam Rules; Multimodalism; MTO; Carrier Liability; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The aim of this work is to critically examine the multimodal aspect of the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Carriage of Goods Wholly or Partly by Sea (the Rotterdam Rules), in order to determine if the Convention would, in practice, bring the long desired legal uniformity and an overall beneficial environment for the shipping industry. The focus is on the liability provisions of the Convention, as compared to the regulations currently in vigour and to the previous regulatory attempts to regulate multimodal carriage. READ MORE

  6. 5. The Rotterdam Rules - A transport convention for the future?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Joakim Adamsson; [2011]
    Keywords : sjörätt; maritime law; hamburg rules; hague-visby rules; hague rules; rotterdam rules; transporträtt; rotterdamreglerna; transport law; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Rotterdamreglerna är en FN konvention med namnet: Förenta Nationernas konvention om avtal om internationell transport av gods helt eller delvis till sjöss. Bakom denna långa titel döljer sig det senaste försöket att reformera och harmonisera lagstiftning som reglerar godsbefordran till sjöss. READ MORE