Waterway Transportation Contract Law

Author: Wang Muxin
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Publish Date: 2003-04-01
Features: Focusing on the fact that waterborne freight transportation contracts account for 80% of maritime and commercial cases handled by maritime courts across the country, the author conducts an exploratory and systematic study of waterborne freight transportation contracts. The book is divided into 14 chapters, combining theory and practice to discuss the legislative overview, legal system, and various aspects of waterborne freight transportation contracts, including the formation of contracts, transport documents, performance of waterborne freight transportation contracts, performance of container freight transportation contracts, performance of roll-on/roll-off transportation contracts, performance of ship freight forwarding contracts, performance of ship entry and exit port contracts, port cargo handling contracts, variations and terminations of transportation contracts, liability for breach of transportation contracts, and the handling of disputes in waterborne freight transportation contracts.