国商全英第六章.doc

Title of lesson Theoretical lesson Chapter Six: International Cargo transportation and insurance 【key terms】 Charter party Hague rules A bill of lading Seaworthiness Policy of insurance Teaching contents: international goods transportation, charter party, liner transportation, bill of lading, kinds of bill of lading, carrier’ s responsibility, insurance, kinds of insurance. Basic contents: 6.1 Introduction International cargo transportation and insurance are both important requirements of business. Law of international cargo transportation include carriage of goods by sea, air, railroad and multimodal transportation. In this chapter, law of carriage of goods by sea, bill of lading and marine insurance are introduced as emphasis. Law on International cargo transportation by sea Hague Rules 1924 Namely International convention for the unification of certain rule relating to bill of lading Hague-Visby Rules 1968 Protocol to amend the international convention for the unification of certain rule relating to bill of lading Hamburg Rules 1978 The united nation convention on the carriage of goods by sea The method of carriage of international goods the carriage of goods by sea In international maritime transportation market, merchant vessel may be classified into two types of liner and unregular vessel according to ship owner’s operation on vessel, the maritime transportation is divided into liner transportation and charter transportation. liner transportation Liner transportation is that the vessel travels between the pre-determined ports on the regular route of passage according to schedule. Liner transportation is characterized by the four regular, namely regular ports, regular route , regular period of voyage and relatively freight rate . Charter transportation Charter shipment is that the owner of ship or other vessel lets the whole or a part, to a merchant or other person for carriage of goods for a certain amount of ti