Carriage of Goods by Sea, Land and Air
Uni-modal and Multi-modal Transport in the 21st Century
Baris Soyer, Andrew Tettenborn, Baris Soyer, Andrew Tettenborn
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Carriage of Goods by Sea, Land and Air
Uni-modal and Multi-modal Transport in the 21st Century
Baris Soyer, Andrew Tettenborn, Baris Soyer, Andrew Tettenborn
About This Book
Written by a combination of top academics, industry experts and leading practitioners, this book offers a detailed insight into both unimodal and multimodal carriage of goods. It provides a comprehensive and thoroughly practical guide to the issues that matter today on what is a very complex area of law. From the papers delivered at the 8th International Colloquium organised by Swansea Law School's prestigious Institute of International Shipping and Trade Law, this original work considers current opinions, trends and issues arising from contracts of carriage of goods by sea, land, air, and multi-modal combinations of these, not to mention the legal position of vital participants such as freight forwarders, terminal operators and cargo insurers. The topics under discussion range through issues such as paperwork, piracy, liability for defective containers, damage in transit, the CMR Convention, and the possible effects of the Rotterdam Rules.An indispensable resource for transport lawyers, industry professionals, academics and post-graduate students of maritime law.
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Carriage of Goods by Sea
Piracy and Contracts of Carriage by Sea
Introduction
The Meaning of Piracy in a Private Law Context
Any illegal acts of violence or detention, or any act of depredation, committed for private ends by the crew or the passengers of a private ship or a private aircraft directed: (i) on the high seas, against another ship or aircraft, or against persons or property on board such ship or aircraft. ā¦14
One has to look at what is the natural and clear meaning of the word āpirateā in a document used by business men for business purposes; ā¦ one must attach to it a more popular meaning, the meaning that would be given to it by ordinary persons.16
in the ordinary meaning of the phrase, āat seaāā¦ or if the attack upon her can be described as āa maritime offenceā.19
a man who is plundering indiscriminately for his own ends, and not a man who is simply operating against the property of a particular State for a public end, the end of establishing a government, although that act may be illegal and even criminal, and although he may not be acting on behalf of a society which is ā¦ politically organised.22
The Responsibilities of Contractual Carriers
- Where it is intended that the vessel will pass through an area affected by piracy
- Where a vessel and its cargo have been hijacked by pirates