Maritime legal framework

Maritime Legal Framework

Students: • Lizeth Jaen Eras• Gabriela Larrea Castro• Carolina Miranda

Cusme• Rosa Ramírez Atiencia• Erika Villalta Troya

Business Faculty

International Trade and Finance School

Teacher: MSc Max Galarza

Class: 6th B

The Hague-Visby Rules• It is a set of international rules for the

international carriage of goods by sea.• The official title is "International

Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules of Law relating to Bills of Lading" and was drafted in Brussels in 1924.

• After being amended by the Brussels Amendments (officially the "Protocol to Amend the International Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules of Law Relating to Bills of Lading") in 1968, the Rules became known as the Hague-Visby Rules.

• There are 10 articles

Some of the members

The "Rotterdam Rules" • It is a treaty comprising international rules that

revises the legal and political framework for maritime carriage of goods.

• The convention establishes a modern, comprehensive, uniform legal regime governing the rights and obligations of shippers, carriers and consignees under a contract for door-to-door shipments that involve international sea transport

• The final draft of the Rotterdam Rules, which was assembled by the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law, was adopted by the United Nations on 11 December 2008, and a signing ceremony commenced in Rotterdam, The Netherlands (the convention's informal namesake), on 23 September 2009.

Members

Armenia Mali Cameroon Netherlands Congo Niger Democratic Republic of the Congo Nigeria

Denmark Norway France Poland Gabon Senegal Ghana Spain Greece Sweden Guinea Switzerland Guinea-Bissau Togo Luxembourg United States Madagascar

The Hamburg Rules• The Hamburg Rules are a set of rules

governing the international shipment of goods, resulting from the United Nations International Convention on the Carriage of Goods by Sea adopted in Hamburg on 31 March 1978.

• The Convention was an attempt to form a uniform legal base for the transportation of goods on oceangoing ships.

• A driving force behind the convention was the attempt of developing countries' to level the playing field.

• It came into force on 1 November 1992.

Members Albania Lebanon Austria Lesotho Barbados Liberia Botswana Malawi Burkina Faso Morocco Burundi Nigeria Cameroon Paraguay Chile Romania Czech Republic Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Dominican Republic Senegal Egypt Sierra Leone Gambia Romania Georgia Syria Guinea Tunisia Hungary Uganda Jordan Tanzania Kazakhstan Zambia Kenya

Definition of contract of carriageHAGUE-VISBYRULES HAMBURG RULES ROTTERDAM RULES

Article 1In these Rules the following words are employed, with the meanings

set out below... (b) ‘Contract of carriage’ applies only to contracts of carriage covered by a bill of lading or any similar document of title, in so far as such document relates to

the carriage of goods by sea, including any bill of lading or any

similar document as aforesaid issued under or pursuant to a

charter party from the moment at which such bill of lading or similar

document of title regulates the relations between a carrier and a

holder of the same

Article 1.Definitions In this Convention: ... 6. “Contract of carriage by sea” means

any contract whereby the carrier undertakes against payment of

freight to carry goods by sea from one port to another; however, a

contract which involves carriage by sea and also carriage by some other means is deemed to be a contract of carriage by sea for the purposes

of this Convention only in so far as it relates to the carriage by sea.

Article 1.Definitions For the purposes of this

Convention:1. “Contract of carriage” means a contract in which a carrier, against the payment of freight, undertakes

to carry goods from one place to another. The contract shall provide for carriage by sea and may provide

for carriage by other modes of transport in addition to the sea

carriage.

Geographical scope of application HAGUE-VISBY RULES HAMBURG RULES ROTTERDAM RULES

Article 10The provisions of these Rules

shall apply to every bill of lading relating to the carriage of goods between ports in two

different States if:(a) the bill of lading is

issued in a contracting State, or(b) the carriage is from a

port in a contracting State, or(c) the contract contained in or evidenced by the

bill of lading provides that these Rules or legislation of any State giving effect to them are to

govern the contract; whatever may be the nationality of the ship, the carrier, the shipper, the

consignee, or any other interested person.Each Contracting State shallapply the provisions of this

Convention to the Bills of Lading mentioned above.

This Article shall not prevent a Contracting State from applying the rules of this Convention to Bills

of Lading not included in the preceding paragraphs.

Article 2. Scope of application1. The provisions of this Convention are applicable

to all contracts of carriage by sea between two different States, if:

(a) The port of loading as provided for in the contract of carriage by sea is located in a

Contracting State, or(B) The port of discharge as provided for in the

contract of carriage by sea is located in a Contracting State, or

(c) One of the optional ports of discharge provided for in the contract of carriage by sea is

the actual port of discharge and such port is located in a Contracting State, or

(d) The bill of lading or other document evidencing the contract of carriage by sea is

issued in a Contracting State, or (e) The bill of lading or other document evidencing the contract of carriage by sea provides that the provisions of

this Convention or the legislation of any State giving effect to them are to govern the contract.

Article 5.General scope of application

1. Subject to article 6, this Convention applies to contracts of carriage in which the place of receipt and the place of delivery are in different States, and the port of loading of a sea carriage and the port of discharge of the same sea carriage are in different States, if, according to the contract of

carriage, any one of the following places is located in a Contracting State:

(a) The place of receipt;(b) The port of loading;

(c) The place of delivery; or(d) The port of discharge...

Exclusions HAGUE-VISBY RULES HAMBURG RULES ROTTERDAM RULES

Article 1In these Rules the following words are employed,

with the meanings set out below: ...(b) ‘Contract of carriage’ applies only to contracts

of carriage covered by a bill of lading or any similar document of title, in so far as such

document relates to the carriage of goods by sea, including any bill of lading or any similar

document as aforesaid issued under or pursuant to a charter party from the moment at which such bill of lading or similar document of title regulates

the relations between a carrier and a holder of the same.

(c) ‘Goods’ includes goods, wares, merchandise, and articles of every kind whatsoever except live

animals and cargo which by the contract of carriage is stated as being carried on deck.

Article 2. Scope of application3. The provisions of this Convention are not

applicable to charter-parties. However, where a bill of lading is issued pursuant to a

charter-party, the provisions of the Convention apply to such a bill of lading if it

governs the relation between the carrier and the holder of the bill of lading, not

being the charterer.

Article 6. Specific exclusions1. This Convention does not apply to the

following contracts in liner transportation:(a) Charter parties; and

(b) Other contracts for the use of a ship or of any space thereon.

2. This Convention does not apply to contracts of carriage in non-liner

transportation except when:(a) There is no charter party or other

contract between the parties for the use of a ship or of any space thereon; and

(b) A transport document or an electronic transport record is issued.

Application period and responsibility of the carrier

HAGUE-VISBY RULES HAMBURG RULES ROTTERDAM RULESArticle 1

(e) “Carriage of goods” covers the period from the time when the goods are

loaded on to the time they are discharged from the

ship.

Article 4Period of responsibility

1. The responsibility of the carrier for the goods

under this Convention covers the period during

which the carrier is in charge of the goods at the port of loading, during the carriage and at the port of

discharge.

Article 12Period of responsibility of

the carrier1. The period of

responsibility of the carrier for the goods

under this Convention begins when the carrier or

a performing party receives the goods for

carriage and ends when the goods are delivered.

Obligations of the carrier HAGUE-VISBY RULES HAMBURG RULES ROTTERDAM RULES

Article 2Subject to the provisions of Article VI, under every contract of carriage of goods by sea the

carrier, in relation to the loading, handling, stowage, carriage, custody, care and discharge

of such goods, shall be subject to the responsibilities and liabilities and entitled to

the rights and immunities hereinafter set forth.Article 3

1. The carrier shall be bound before and at the beginning of the voyage to exercise due

diligence to:(a) Make the ship seaworthy;

(b) Properly man, equip and supply the ship;(c) Make the holds, refrigerating and cool

chambers, and all other parts of the ship in which goods are carried, fit and safe for their

reception, carriage and preservation.2. Subject to the provisions of Article IV, the

carrier shall properly and carefully load, handle, stow, carry, keep, care for, and

discharge the goods carried.

  Article 11Carriage and delivery of the goods The carrier shall, subject to this

Convention and in accordance with the terms of the contract of carriage, carry the goods to the place of destination and deliver them

to the consignee.Article 13

Specific obligations1. The carrier shall during the period of its responsibility as defined in

article 12, and subject to article 26, properly and carefully receive, load, handle, stow, carry, keep, care for, unload and deliver the goods.2. Notwithstanding paragraph 1 of this article, and without prejudice to the other provisions in chapter 4 and to chapters 5 to 7, the carrier

and the shipper may agree that the loading, handling, stowing or unloading of the goods is to be performed by the shipper, the

documentary shipper or the consignee. Such an agreement shall be referred to in the contract particulars.

Article 14Specific obligations applicable to the voyage by sea

The carrier is bound before, at the beginning of, and during the voyage by sea to exercise due diligence to:

(a) Make and keep the ship seaworthy;(b) Properly crew, equip and supply the ship and keep the ship so

crewed, equipped and supplied throughout the voyage; and(c) Make and keep the holds and all other parts of the ship in which

the goods are carried, and any containers supplied by the carrier in or upon which the goods are carried, fit and safe for their reception,

carriage and preservation. 

Liability of the carrier for third parties HAGUE-VISBY RULES HAMBURG RULES ROTTERDAM RULES

Article 42. Neither the carrier nor the ship shall be responsible for loss or damage arising or

resulting from:(a) Act, neglect, or default of the master,

mariner, pilot, or the servants of the carrier in the navigation or in the management of the

ship.(b) Fire, unless caused by the actual fault or privity of the carrier. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...

(q) Any other cause arising without the actual fault or privity of the carrier, or without the

actual fault or neglect of the agents or servants of the carrier, but the burden of proof shall be

on the person claiming the benefit of this exception to show that neither the actual fault or privity of the carrier nor the fault or neglect

of the agents or servants of the carrier contributed to the loss or damage.

Article 5Basis of liability

1. The carrier is liable for loss resulting from loss of or damage to the goods, as well as from

delay in delivery, if the occurrence which caused the loss, damage or delay took place

while the goods were in his charge as defined in article 4, unless the carrier proves that he, his

servants or agents took all measures that could reasonably be required to avoid the occurrence

and its consequences.Article 10

Liability of the carrier and actual carrier1. Where the performance of the carriage or part thereof has been entrusted to an actual

carrier, whether or not in pursuance of a liberty under the contract of carriage by sea to do so,

the carrier nevertheless remains responsible for the entire carriage according to the provisions

of this Convention.The carrier is responsible, in relation to the

carriage performed by the actual carrier, for the acts and omissions of the actual carrier and of his servants and agents acting within the scope

of their employment.

Article 18Liability of the carrier for other personsThe carrier is liable for thebreach of its

obligations under this Convention caused by the acts or omissions of:

(a) Any performing party;(b) The master or crew of the ship;

(c) Employees of the carrier or a performing party; or

(d) Any other person that performs or undertakes to perform any of the carrier’s

obligations under the contract of carriage, to the extent that the person acts, either directly or indirectly, at the carrier’s request or under

the carrier’s supervision or control

NetgraphyExtraction of the Hague-Visby Rules, Rotterdam Rules and Hamburg Rules. http://www.uncitral.org/pdf/english/workinggroups/wg_3/Berlingieri_papercomparing_RR_Hamb_HVR.pdf

Hamburg Ruleshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamburg_Rules

Rotterdam Ruleshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotterdam_Rules

Hague-Visby Ruleshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hague-Visby_Rules