Interpreting the Hague-Visby and Hamburg Rules

Paper Summary:

This paper focuses on the confusion over the exact definition of the Hague Convention, The Hague-Visby Rules Amendments and the Hamburg Rule. The writer of this paper explains in-depth the definition for each rule and how they affect the liability of maritime shipping carriers and what effects the amendments have on carriers while also examining the limitations placed, beyond the existing treaties, concerning liability.
Topics covered in this report include:
Introduction and Thesis
The Hague Convention
The Hague-Visby Rules
The Hamburg Rules
Liability of the Carrier
Basis of Liability
Limits of Liability
Liability of the Shipper
Special Rules on Dangerous Goods
Bills of Lading: Reservations and Evidentiary Effect
Guarantees by the Shipper
Conclusions
Bibliography

From the Paper:

"Starting with the First Peace Conference at Hague, signed July 29, 1899, a maritime agreement was entered into force on September 4, 1900. This treaty provides for general rules of conduct for carrying Merchant Shipping throughout the world. However, the convention realized at the outset it was an incomplete and unrefined document with flaws that could be worked out through negotiations at later conferences to be held in the future.
Thus the Second Peace Conference at Hague, signed October 18, 1907 and entered into force January 26, 1910 further refined the Merchant Shipping Provisions."

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