Shipping Laws and Bills of Lading

The bill of lading is one of the important documents in shipping world. Understanding the commercial and legal consideration is important to successful shipping and transportation of cargoes. All parties involved in the bill of lading, including shipowners, charterers, brokers, agents, lawyers, and bankers, need to have a firm grasp of the difficulties involved in using these important documents carefully. The training will provide an in-depth understanding of the bill of lading. Professionals in this industry will have the opportunity to understand the implications of delivery of cargo without presentation of the original bills of lading, the full set of rules, the shipping conventions and laws including limitation of liability and time-bars. In this 2-day training, the shipping law's purpose and the implications on the shipping of cargo goods will be explored.

What is Bills of Lading? International Transportation Trends Shipping Conventions – The Hague Rules The 5 Transportation Gateways Peeling the Legal Onion – The Many Lawyers of Legal and Shipping Issues Understanding Shipping Contracts Risk, Rights and Responsibilities of Parties to a Shipping Contract Sea Road Rail Air Pipeline Strictly limited number of seats to ensure maximum learning and experience for all delegates Thorough and customized program to address current market concerns Provision of a digital certificate to participants at the end of the training TRANSPORT RULES COMPARED Comparison of Transport Law or Rules The Hague Rules The Hague-Visby Rules Multimodal Convention Rotterdam Rules Application of COGSA in different Countries (Hague Rules – 75%) DISCUSSION OF HAGUE - VISBY RULES Detailed Discussion of The Hague Visby Rules Definitions, Responsibility of Carriage, Exceptions and Immunities (Case Study and Application) What is a Package – Bulk, Conventional, Containers, Pallet Customary Freight Unit of Liability Applicability in Tort/Contract ROTTERDAM RULES - WHAT HAPPENED? The Rotterdam Rules “Sunk Before it Started” MULTIPLE TRANSPORT CONVENTIONS The Balancing Act-Liability Development of Transport Laws Single Modal Based Regulations Air, Road, Rail, Sea Conventions COGSA Carriage of Goods by Sea Act Article I – Definitions Article III – Responsibilities of Carrier Article IV – Immunities and Defences of the Carrier, Limitations of Liability and Time Basis