Published 1983-09-25
Keywords
- bills of lading,
- sea waybill,
- multimodal transport,
- combined transport documentation,
- UN Convention on International Multimodal Transport of Goods
- Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits,
- UCP400,
- limitation of liability,
- exclusion clause,
- containerisation ...More
Abstract
The author considers certain contemporary problems relating to bills of lading, classifying these problems by the three principal aspects of a bill of lading: as a negotiable document of title, as evidence of the contract of carriage, and as a receipt for the goods.