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.
The Hamburg Rules were created in March 1978 in an international conference in Hamburg. The rules adopted radically altered the liability which shipowners have to bear for loss or damage to goods in the courts of those nations where the rules apply.
Proposed rules for the carriage of goods by sea which substantially eliminate shipowners' exemptions from liability for damage to cargo arising from, e.g., fault in management, fault in navigation, or fire.
rules governing the rights and responsibilities of carrier and cargo interests which may be incorporated into a contract for the carriage of goods by sea either by agreement of the parties or statutorily. These rules were adopted by the united national convention on the carriage of goods by sea in 1978.