Hamburg Rules, Carriage of Goods by Sea

Syllabus of the Subject

Convention on the Carriage of Goods by Sea, Hamburg Rules, Bill of Lading

Introduction to the UN Convention on the Carriage of Goods by Sea (Hamburg Rules)
Main characteristics of the Hamburg Rules
Responsibilities of the carrier and the shipper
Loads on covers
Transportation document (Bill of Lading)
Claims and actions. Losses and damages
Background of the Hamburg Rules: The Hague Rules

E-learning Course Master, International Business

The Subject “United Nations Convention on the Carriage of Goods by Sea (Hamburg Rules)” belongs to the following Online Programs taught by EENI Global Business School:

Logistics Courses: Maritime transport, Multimodal, Transport in Africa.

Maritime Transport, Bill of Lading (BL)

Diplomas: Foreign Trade, International Transport.

Diploma in International Transport

Masters: International Transport, Transport in Africa, International Business, Foreign Trade.

Doctorate: Global Logistics, World Trade.

Languages: Masters, Doctorate, International Business, English Study Master Doctorate in International Business in Spanish Reglas de Hamburgo Study Doctorate in International Business in French Règles of Hambourg Masters Foreign Trade in Portuguese Regras of Hamburgo.

Area of Knowledge: Foreign Trade - Incoterms.

Foreign Trade (Importing, Exporting)

United Nations Convention on the Carriage of Goods by Sea (Hamburg Rules):

The United Nations Convention on the Carriage of Goods by Sea (Hamburg Rules) defines a legal framework for contracts for the international maritime transport of goods between two or more countries.

Under the Hamburg Rules, the obligations and rights of the logistics agents are clearly specified: consignees, porters and stevedores.

The UN Convention on the Carriage of Goods by Sea (the Hamburg Rules) came into force in 1992.

The document used is the Bill of Lading (it can be presented electronically).

Carrier's liability: from the moment that he receive the goods (under his custody) in the cargo port, during the transport phase to the port of discharge.

Organism: United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL).

Member countries of the UN Convention on the Carriage of Goods by Sea (Hamburg Rules): Albania, Austria, Barbados, Botswana, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Czech Republic, Chile, DR Congo, Dominican Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, Finland, France, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Germany, Guinea, Holy See, Hungary, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Lesotho, Lebanon, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Morocco, Mexico, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Panama, Paraguay, Philippines, Portugal, Slovakia, Syria, Tanzania, Romania, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Sweden, Tunisia, Uganda, U.S., Venezuela, Zambia.

Containers and Transportation

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