The Hamburg Rules are a set of rules governing the international shipment of goods, resulting from the United Nations International Convention on the Carriage of Goods by Sea adopted in Hamburg on 31 March 1978.[1] The convention was an attempt to form a uniform legal base for the transportation of goods on oceangoing ships. A driving force behind the convention was the attempt by developing countries' to provide all participants a fair and equal chance of succeeding. It came into force on 1 November 1992.[2]
Hamburg Rules
United Nations Convention on the Carriage of Goods by Sea
The first of the international conventions on the carriage of goods by sea was the Hague Rules of 1924. In 1968, the Hague Rules were updated to become the Hague-Visby Rules, but the changes were modest. The convention still covered only "tackle to tackle" carriage contracts, with no provision for multimodal transport. The industry-changing phenomenon of containerization was barely acknowledged.[3][4] The 1978 Hamburg Rules were introduced to provide a framework that was both more modern, and less biased in favour of ship-operators. Although the Hamburg Rules were readily adopted by developing countries, they were shunned by richer countries who stuck with Hague and Hague-Visby. It had been expected that a Hague/Hamburg compromise might arise, but instead the more extensive Rotterdam Rules appeared.
Relation with other conventionsedit
Article 31 of the Hamburg Convention[5] covers its entry into force, coupled to denunciation of other Rules. Within five years after entry into force of the Hamburg Rules, ratifying states must denounce earlier conventions, specifically the Hague and Hague-Visby Rules.
A long-standing aim has been to have a uniform set of rules to govern carriage of goods, but there are now five different sets: Hague, Hague-Visby, Hague-Visby/SDR, Hamburg and Rotterdam. (The Rotterdam Rules are not yet in force).[6][7]
Ratificationsedit
As of March 2021, the convention had been ratified by 35 countries:
hamburg, rules, rules, governing, international, shipment, goods, resulting, from, united, nations, international, convention, carriage, goods, adopted, hamburg, march, 1978, convention, attempt, form, uniform, legal, base, transportation, goods, oceangoing, s. The Hamburg Rules are a set of rules governing the international shipment of goods resulting from the United Nations International Convention on the Carriage of Goods by Sea adopted in Hamburg on 31 March 1978 1 The convention was an attempt to form a uniform legal base for the transportation of goods on oceangoing ships A driving force behind the convention was the attempt by developing countries to provide all participants a fair and equal chance of succeeding It came into force on 1 November 1992 2 Hamburg RulesUnited Nations Convention on the Carriage of Goods by SeaSigned31 March 1978LocationHamburg and New YorkEffective1 November 1992ConditionRatification by 20 statesSignatories28Ratifiers35DepositaryUN Secretary GeneralLanguagesArabic Chinese English French Russian and Spanish Contents 1 History 2 Relation with other conventions 3 Ratifications 4 References 5 External linksHistory editThe first of the international conventions on the carriage of goods by sea was the Hague Rules of 1924 In 1968 the Hague Rules were updated to become the Hague Visby Rules but the changes were modest The convention still covered only tackle to tackle carriage contracts with no provision for multimodal transport The industry changing phenomenon of containerization was barely acknowledged 3 4 The 1978 Hamburg Rules were introduced to provide a framework that was both more modern and less biased in favour of ship operators Although the Hamburg Rules were readily adopted by developing countries they were shunned by richer countries who stuck with Hague and Hague Visby It had been expected that a Hague Hamburg compromise might arise but instead the more extensive Rotterdam Rules appeared Relation with other conventions editArticle 31 of the Hamburg Convention 5 covers its entry into force coupled to denunciation of other Rules Within five years after entry into force of the Hamburg Rules ratifying states must denounce earlier conventions specifically the Hague and Hague Visby Rules A long standing aim has been to have a uniform set of rules to govern carriage of goods but there are now five different sets Hague Hague Visby Hague Visby SDR Hamburg and Rotterdam The Rotterdam Rules are not yet in force 6 7 Ratifications editAs of March 2021 the convention had been ratified by 35 countries Country Comments nbsp Albania nbsp Austria nbsp Barbados nbsp Botswana nbsp Burkina Faso nbsp Burundi nbsp Cameroon nbsp Chile nbsp Czech Republic nbsp Dominican Republic nbsp Egypt nbsp Gambia nbsp Georgia nbsp Guinea nbsp Hungary nbsp Jordan nbsp Kazakhstan nbsp Kenya nbsp Lebanon nbsp Lesotho nbsp Liberia nbsp Malawi nbsp Morocco nbsp Nigeria nbsp Paraguay nbsp Peru nbsp Romania nbsp Saint Vincent and the Grenadines nbsp Senegal nbsp Sierra Leone nbsp Syria nbsp Tunisia nbsp Uganda nbsp Tanzania nbsp ZambiaReferences edit United Nations Convention on the Carriage of Goods by Sea The Hamburg Rules Hamburg 30 March 1978 30 March 1978 UNCITRAL Homepage Hague Visby Rules Article IV Rule 5c The Hague Visby Rules the Hague Rules as Amended by the Brussels Protocol 1968 1968 Archived from the original on 2007 07 08 Retrieved 2015 11 01 Hamburg Rules Archived from the original on 2009 07 20 Retrieved 2009 04 04 Maritime Law 2014 ed Yvonne Batz Maritime Law Evolving 2013 ed Malcolm ClarkeExternal links editConvention text Archived 2009 07 20 at the Wayback Machine Ratifications and signatures nbsp This article related to international law is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Hamburg Rules amp oldid 1193734405, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
