The carriage of goods by sea under the Rotterdam Rules
By: edited by D. Rhidian Thomas
Publisher: Lloyd's List
Published: 2010
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 421
ISBN-13: 9781843118930
Subjects: Rotterdam Rules; Bills of lading; International Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules Relating to Bills of Lading; Congresses; Maritime Contracts
Notes: Papers presented at "the Sixth Annual International Colloquium organized by the Institute of International Shipping and Trade Law at Swansea University in September, 2009."--p. v.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The emergence and application of the Rotterdam Rules / D. Rhidian Thomas; title: From treaty to trial - the implementation of the Rotterdam Rules / Michael Harakis; title: Interpreting the international sea-carriage conventions : old and new / Simon Rainey; title: Freedom of contract and the Rotterdam Rules : framework for negotiation or one-size-fits all? / Andrew Tettenborn; title: Minimal music : multimodal transport including a maritime leg under the Rotterdam Rules / Ralph de Wit; title: The duties of carriers under the conventions : care and seaworthiness; title: Andrew Nicholas; title: Package limitation as an essential feature of the modern maritime transport treaties : a critical analysis / Marc A.Huybrechts; title: Exclusions of liability / Julian Clark and Jeffrey Thomson; title: Misdelivery claims under bills of lading and international conventions for the carriage of goods by sea / Simon Baughen; title: Some remarks on the allocation of the burden of proof under the Rotterdam Rules as compared to the Hague (Visby) Rules / Nick J. Margeston; title: Duties of shippers and dangerous cargoes / Frank Stevens; title: Deck cargo : safely stowed at last or still at sea? / Susan Hodges and David A. Glass; title: Transport documents under the international conventions / Francis Reynolds; title: Electronic documents and the Rotterdam Rules / David Martin-Clark; title: Impact of the Rotterdam Rules on the Himalaya Clause : the port terminal operators' case / Jason Chuah; title: Jurisdiction and arbitration / Yvonne Baatz.