International trade╱ sale law.docx

Chapter 5 International Goods Transportation5.1 Brief View一、Definition International goods transportation law is the rules governing transnational goods transportation.It has the following particularities:1. It adjusts the relations come from transnational transportation.2. It is independent from the contract of sale.3. It is generally international and domestic rules , especially international, that governs international goods transportation. 二、TypesBy sea By railwayBy airMulti-transportation5.2 International Goods Transportation by Sea一、InstructionsThere are two types of contract for carriage of goods by sea, which are contracts contained in a charterparty and contracts evidenced by a bill of lading.二、 Contracts contained in a charterparty （一）particularities1. Flexible route2. Flexible port3. Flexible period4. Flexible rate（二）Types1. Voyage charterpartiesWhen a charterer hires a ship and its crew for the carriage of goods from one place to another, the charterer and the shipowner have conclude a voyage charterparty. 2. Time charterpartiesThe charterer engages the use of the vessel for a stated period of time under a time charterparty contract.3. charterparties by demise( bare boat charterparty )Under this kind of contract, the charterer obtains possession and control of the ship and puts in his own master and crew, who are his employees.三、 Contracts evidenced by a bill of lading（一）Particularities:1. Fixed route2. Fixed port3. Fixed period4. Fixed rate（二）Parties of the contract1. Carrier means any person by whom or in whose name a contract of carriage of goods by sea has been concluded with a shipper.2. Actual carrier means any person to whom the performance of the carriage of the goods, or of part of the carriage, has been entrusted by the carrier, and includes any other person to whom such performance has been entrusted. 3. Shipper means any person by whom or in whose name or on whose behalf a contract of carriage of goods by sea has been concluded with a carr