useful comments by Mr. Anton Zuidwijk Dr. Kay Pysden published an article in the IFW-bulletin that Europe should have a firm stance on the Rotterdam Rules and finished with her opinion that these should be rejected. I agreed with many of her observations, but not with her conclusion that the RR should be rejected. My
Introduction 1. In general terms, the Rotterdam Rules (RR) does not make substantial changes about the existing law regarding shipper’s obligations and liability. Most of the features in the subject have been kept nearly the same as they were treated in the Hague Rules (HR), the Hague – Visby Rules (HVR) and the Hamburg Rules
Opinion: Here’s a forecast from those of us who write and review numerous transportation contracts: A new international law looms ahead that will be very beneficial to truckers if we strategize to take advantage of it. Globalization continues to change the motor carrier industry, and with the Rotterdam Rules sailing into our legal waters, we
Observers' Objections Recently an important group of experts from the private sector signed a Declaration and recommend the governments not to adopt the Rotterdam Rules. The most important rejection is contained in article 15, which reads as follows: 15. The limitation of liability of carriers is harmful to transport users involves a transfer of costs
Μια νέα εποχή στις Ευθύνες των Μεταφορέων, ας αρχίσουμε να βλέπουμε σαν ένα μακρινό παρελθόν τις συνθήκες της Hague – Hague-Visby και Hamburg. THE ROTTERDAM RULES SEPTEMBER 21, 2009 UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON CONTRACTS FOR THE INTERNATIONAL CARRIAGE OF GOODS WHOLLY OR PARTLY BY SEA SCOPE OF APPLICATION AND FREEDOM OF CONTRACT 1. Background1 This
There has been heated and passionate debate in academic circles and industry publications about the pros and cons of the Rotterdam Rules. Supporters of the Rules hope that they will achieve widespread adoption and thereby bring greater uniformity to sea and 'wet multimodal' carriage contracts (i.e. multimodal transport including a sea leg). They argue that,
The Rotterdam Rules είναι η νέα συνθήκη που προσδιορίζει τις ευθύνες για όλα τα εμπλεκόμενα μέρη στην εκτέλεση της μεταφοράς φορτίων, με σκοπό την εναρμόνιση σε μια νέα φάση της Multimodal μεταφοράς, εμείς στην Greenwoods θα παρακολουθούμε τις εξελίξεις έως ότου τεθεί σε εφαρμογή η συνθήκη και θα σας δίνουμε τις απόψεις μας μέσω του
Recently 16 states signed up to the new Rotterdam Rules which concern contracts of carriage wholly or partly by sea. The Rules have been designed to regulate marine cargo liabilities internationally and may ultimately replace the Hague Rules, the Hague-Visby Rules and the Hamburg rules in those countries that are signatories to those conventions. The
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