Carriage of goods by sea

Abstract

None provided. The following is taken from the author's Introduction:

Namibia's maritime law is based on English maritime law of various Statutes... English common law, South African legislation in this regard... and the international conventions.... Maritime law is a huge and complex area of the law but for the purpose of this dissertation, I will basiclly deal with the various aspects of international commercial trade. The sea has been utilized and to a large extent still, as the main route for trade betwen States. The purpose of my dissertation is to foucs on the contract of carriage of goods by sea. There are two forms of the contract of carriage by sea: (a) the charter party (b) the bill of lading. The dissertation will endeavour to discuss the topic of bill of lading in the following manner: the nature of bill of lading, international conventions regulating bill of lading and their applicability to Namibia

Chapter I deals with conceptual analysis of bill of lading, historical background of bill of lading and functions thereof. Chapter II examines the rights and duties of various persons who are involved in the carriage of goods by sea. Chapter III takes a critical look at the Hague Rules, Hague-Visby Rules and the Hamburg rules. Regard should also be made to the applicability of these rules to the Namibian situation. The dissertation will also refer to the situation in one of our major trading partners, South Africa, and the SADC agreements on the harmonization of regional instruments. This chapter essentially constitutes the core of this dissertation. Chapter IV deals with matters arising from the previous chapters, recommendations to Namibia with regard to the suitable rules and bibliography