Introduction There are several conventions on the international carriage of goods, all of them essentially unimodal.[1] The Montreal Convention (MC) on carriage by air,[2] the (amended) CIM 1999 on carriage by rail,[3] and the CMNI on inland navigation are relatively young and up to date conventions.[4] The Hague-Visby Rules (HVR) on carriage by sea under […]
The CMR provides a mandatory system of liability that balances the interests of the carrier on the one hand and the sender/consignee on the other. Article 17 CMR gives the main (liability) rule: the carrier is liable for any damage to or loss of the goods in his care pursuant to article 17 (1) CMR, […]
Goederenvervoer onder cognossement Het internationale handelsrecht is al vrij specialistisch, en het vervoer van goederen over zee onder cognossement is op zijn beurt weer een geval apart binnen het internationale handelsrecht. Het omvat verbintenissenrecht, internationale verdragen, goederenrecht, waardepapieren, IPR en zelfs een beetje geschiedenis. De (noodzaak tot) dwingendrechtelijke regulering van de overeenkomst van vervoer onder […]
Chapter VI of the Convention relative au contrat de transport international de Marchandises par Route (CMR) regulates successive carriage by road. Unfortunately, these provisions have lost their value over the years, and meanwhile do more harm than good. The provisions on successive carriage are often interpreted differently in the different jurisdictions, and they are sometimes […]
The Erin Schulte [2014] EWCA Civ 1382 Facts Most of the relevant events in the Erin Schulte took place in the spring of 2010. UIDC had sold 17,000 mt gasoil to Cirrus in March 2010, and it bought the same quantity from Gunvor in April 2010 (CIF Takoradi, Ghana). These were both documentary sales. […]
Michiel Spanjaart Post-Doctoral Fellow at the National University of Singapore (Centre for Maritime Law); advocate in Rotterdam.* IN WITNESS whereof the number of Original Bills of Lading stated above all of this tenor and date, has been signed, one of which being accomplished, the others to stand void. One of the bills of lading must […]