Definitions for "Hamburg Rules"
A United Nations Convention on the carriage of goods by sea. The Hamburg Rules came into force on 1st November 1992 amending the Hague-Visby Rules in their entirety.
United Nations Convention on the carriage of goods by sea of 1978 adopted in 1992.
In March 1978 an international conference in Hamburg adopted a new set of rules (The Hamburg Rules), which radically alter the liability which shipowners have to bear for loss or damage to goods in the courts of those nations where the rules apply.