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About the Book

In this 3rd edition, the Carriage of Goods by Sea provides a thorough update from the publication of the previous edition in 2011 including new bills of lading, major Commonwealth developments impacting on the law in this field, and UK Supreme Court decisions such as Volcafe Ltd v Compania Sud Americana de Vapores SA (Trading as CSAV) [2018] UKSC 61, The Ocean Victory [2017] UKSC 35, and The Kos [2012] UKSC 17. The edition also includes a new chapter relating to damages. The book covers all necessary aspects for understanding the law of carriage by sea. These include: an essential overview of the business of shipping; a core group of chapters on the various functions of B/Ls and other documents of carriage; the international and domestic regulation of carriage; analysis of the major conventions (the Hague, Hague-Visby and Hamburg Rules, and the  Rotterdam Rules); and explanation of the shippers’ responsibilities, both at common law and under the international conventions. Later chapters are concerned with the obligations of the carrier, and the rights and immunities of the carrier. The book concludes by examining charterparties, as well as including chapters on frustration and damages.

About the Author

Professor Stephen Girvin is a tenured full Professor of Law at the National University of Singapore (NUS) and MPA Professor of Maritime Law. He was appointed as the Director of the Centre for Maritime Law in 2015 and has taught previously at Aberdeen, Nottingham, and Birmingham Universities. He is co-editor of Maritime Management, Organization and Liability: A Legal Analysis of New Challenges in the Maritime Industry (Hart Publishing, 2021) with Vibe Ulfbeck, a co-author of Carver on Charterparties 2nd edn (Sweet & Maxwell, 2021), and Marsden’s Collisions at Sea 14th edn (Sweet & Maxwell, 2016).