Rotterdam Rules (Contracts Carriage of Goods by Sea)

Description - Convention on Contracts for the International Carriage of Goods Wholly or Partly by Sea (Rotterdam Rules)

The United Nations (NU) Convention on Contracts for the International Carriage of Goods Wholly or Partly by Sea is a legal framework that regulates both the rights and obligations of the main agents of the international cargo transport: shippers, carriers (porters), final customers...

1. A “door to door” transport contract is necessary
2. Possibility of using a single door-to-door transport contract
3. It is necessary that a part of the transport passes by sea.
4. Allows the use of e-documents (Documents submitted electronically)
5. Date of adoption: December 11, 2008

The United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Carriage of Goods Wholly or Partly by Sea (2008) updates several old conventions:

1. Hamburg Rules (United Nations Convention on the Carriage of Goods by Sea, 1978)
2. Hague Rules
3. Hague-Visby Rules

Member Countries of the United Nations Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Goods Totally or Partially by Sea (2008): Armenia, Benin, Cameroon, Denmark, Democratic Republic of the Congo, France, Gabon, Ghana, Greece, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Republic of the Congo, Senegal, Spain, United States, Sweden, Switzerland, Togo.

Road-Rail Combined Transport

1. Convention Relating to Temporary Admission (Istanbul Convention)
2. Customs Convention on Containers (CCC, UN)

Training program recommended for the students from Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belarus, Bhutan, Botswana, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Egypt, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Macedonia, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Greece, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran, Jamaica, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Latvia, Lesotho, Liberia, Lithuania, Malawi, Malaysia, Moldova, Mongolia, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Eswatini (Swaziland), Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe...