MARITIME COMMERCE AND SHIPPING LAW EXPLAINED: A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO SHIPPING CONTRACTS, BILLS OF LADING, CARGO TRANSPORT AND INTERNATIONAL TRADE - Couverture souple

FUUBE, E.N

Couverture souple

ISBN 13 : 9798165307751

Editeur : Independently published, 2026

Synopsis

MARITIME COMMERCE AND SHIPPING LAW EXPLAINED

A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO SHIPPING CONTRACTS, BILLS OF LADING, CARGO TRANSPORT AND INTERNATIONAL TRADE

International shipping plays a vital role in global commerce, connecting businesses, importers, exporters, and markets worldwide. However, maritime trade involves complex contracts, shipping documents, cargo responsibilities, payments, and legal obligations.

MARITIME COMMERCE AND SHIPPING LAW EXPLAINED provides a practical introduction to the legal principles and commercial practices governing shipping and international trade. From shipping contracts and bills of lading to cargo liability and dispute resolution, this guide explores the essential legal issues behind maritime commerce.

What You Will Find Inside

1. Foundations of Maritime Commerce
Understand maritime commercial law, international shipping, and the legal frameworks governing trade.

2. Ships, Shipowners and Commercial Operators
Explore ship ownership, registration, seaworthiness, and the responsibilities of shipping operators.

3. Contracts for the Carriage of Goods by Sea
Learn about shipping agreements, contractual duties, delivery obligations, breaches, and remedies.

4. Bills of Lading and Shipping Documents
Discover the functions of bills of lading and the role of electronic shipping documentation.

5. Charterparties and Vessel Hire
Examine charter agreements, freight payments, laytime, demurrage, and commercial disputes.

6. Cargo Handling and Delivery
Explore cargo loading, inspection, storage, delivery, delays, and misdelivery.

7. International Trade and Maritime Payments
Understand Incoterms, letters of credit, shipping documents, and payment disputes.

8. Liability in Commercial Shipping
Learn about cargo loss, damage, delivery delays, liability limitations, and available defences.

9. Maritime Commercial Dispute Resolution
Discover negotiation, arbitration, jurisdiction, evidence, and dispute settlement.

10. Modern Developments in Maritime Commerce
Explore digital shipping, global supply chains, environmental compliance, and emerging legal challenges.

Why This Book Is a Must-Have

Maritime commerce requires more than transporting goods between ports. Understanding shipping contracts, documentation, cargo responsibilities, commercial risks, and legal obligations is essential to successful international trade.

This book brings these important topics together in an accessible, organized guide for law students, maritime professionals, freight forwarders, importers, exporters, logistics businesses, shipping agents, lecturers, tutors, and legal practitioners.

Whether you are studying maritime law, working in shipping, managing international trade, or expanding your commercial knowledge, this book provides a valuable foundation for understanding the legal principles governing global shipping.

Build your knowledge. Understand shipping contracts. Explore the law behind international trade.

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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Independently published
• Date d'édition: 2026
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 13: 9798165307751
• Reliure: Paperback
• Nombre de pages: 301
• Éditeur: AGNES N.
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible