Carriage Of Goods By Sea Land And Air Uni-Modal And Multi-Modal Transport In The 21St Century

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. It provides a comprehensive and thoroughly practical guide to the issues that matter today on what is a very complex area of law. From the papers delivered at the 8th International Colloquium organised by Swansea Law School's prestigious Institute of International Shipping and Trade Law this original work considers current opinions trends and issues arising from contracts of carriage of goods by sea land air and multi-modal combinations of these not to mention the legal position of vital participants such as freight forwarders terminal operators and cargo insurers. The topics under discussion range through issues such as paperwork piracy liability for defective containers damage in transit the CMR Convention and the possible effects of the Rotterdam Rules. An indispensable resource for transport lawyers industry professionals academics and post-graduate students of maritime law. |Carriage of Goods by Sea Land and Air Uni-modal and Multi-modal Transport in the 21st Century