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

Maritime Transport, Bill of Lading (BL)

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

Foreign Trade (Importing, Exporting)
Foreign Trade

  1. Introduction to the UN Convention on Contracts for the International Carriage of Goods Wholly or Partly by Sea (New York, 2008) (Rotterdam Rules)
  2. Obligations of the carrier. Carrier's responsibilities for loss, damage or delay
  3. Transport and delivery of goods
  4. Obligations of the shipper in front of the carrier
  5. Transportation documents and electronic transport documents
  6. Rights of controlling party
  7. Rights transfers
  8. Limits of liability

United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Carriage of Goods Wholly or Partly by Sea (Rotterdam Rules):
Rotterdam Rules (maritime transport)

African Students (Masters, Courses, Foreign Trade, Business)

The Subject “Convention on Contracts for the International Carriage of Goods Wholly or Partly by Sea” is included within the curriculum of the following academic programs at EENI Global Business School:

Logistics Courses: Maritime transport, Multimodal, Transport and Logistics in Africa.

Certificates: Foreign Trade, International Transport.

Certificate in International Transport

Masters: International Transport, Transport and Logistics in Africa.

Masters in International Business and Foreign Trade (MIB AI)

Doctorate: Global Logistics.

Doctorate in International Business (DIB AI) Online

Languages: Masters, Doctorate, International Business, English Study Master Doctorate in International Business in Spanish Reglas de Rotterdam Study Doctorate in International Business in French Règles of Rotterdam Masters Foreign Trade in Portuguese Regras of Roterdão.

Area of Knowledge: Foreign Trade - Incoterms.


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

  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 use of e-documents (Documents submitted electronically)
  5. Date of adoption: December 11, 2008

The UN 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 UN 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, the United States, Sweden, Switzerland, Togo.

Road-Rail Combined Transport.

Containers and Transportation
  1. Istanbul Convention
  2. Customs Convention on Containers

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