Shipping Law and Carriage of Cargo by Sea

In this lecture you will learn what is the significance of the flag hoisted on the ship, how is the nationality of the ship determined, can the ship fly the flag of a foreign country. Type of ship registries and flags of convenience.

The famous Muscat Dhows Case is explained in this lecture.

This lecture gives a brief about the 3 main sources of shipping law i.e International conventions, International Shipping Documents and Maritime Organisations.

Incoterms are a set of widely used international terms of trade. FOB, CIF EXW are the most popular incoterms. They are inserted in bill of lading or Invoice. these 3 letter abbreviated terms cannot be ignored since they lay down the major chunk of your responsibilities as buyer or seller.

This lecture explains the 11 incoterms framed by ICC and widely used in international trade worldwide

This lecture explains the 3 types of charterparty agreements. It explains the difference between charterparties and contracts of affreightment (evidenced by bill of lading).

You will learn the special terms included in  charterparty contracts such as Laytime, Demurrage, Dead Freight, Dispatch money and off-hire. 

Hague Visby Rules are the most widely used International conventions on carriage of goods by Sea. This module teaches how and when the 3 important conventions on carriage of goods apply and what and the countries that have ratified these conventions. We will see the duties of carrier under these  conventions and what defences can the carrier plead in case of loss or damage to goods carried by sea.

Hague Visby Rules are the most widely used International conventions on carriage of goods by Sea. This module teaches how and when the 3 important conventions on carriage of goods apply and what and the countries that have ratified these conventions. We will see the duties of carrier under these  conventions and what defences can the carrier plead in case of loss or damage to goods carried by sea.

Many times ships have to sacrifice cargo or incur additional extraordinary expenses to save life or property. Since this cost / loss is incurred for the benefit of all it will be unfair for any single party to bear the loss or incur expenses. Hence the concept of General Average is applied to share losses. The York Antwerp Rules on General Average stipulate how parties should share losses in General Average.