17. Hague Haguevisby and Hamburg

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Ha ue Ha ueHa ue Ha ue--Visb VisbHamburg RulesHamburg Rules

by Zeynep Özkan Özerenby Zeynep Özkan ÖzerenÖZKAN Law OfficeÖZKAN Law Office


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Comparing Hague, HagueComparing Hague, Hague--Visby Visby

and Hamburg Rulesand Hamburg RulesOUTLINEOUTLINE

..

II.II. Carrier’s obligations under each RulesCarrier’s obligations under each Rules

III.III. Other major differences between variousOther major differences between variousRulesRules


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..a Which contracts are covered?a Which contracts are covered?

--bill of lading or “other similarbill of lading or “other similardocument of title”document of title”

--Contracts ofContracts ofcarriage by sea,carriage by sea,

--Not charterparties or waybillNot charterparties or waybill--“straight bills of lading” are covered“straight bills of lading” are covered

need not be a b/lneed not be a b/lor document ofor document oftitletitle

--not charterpartiesnot charterparties


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I. When do they apply?I. When do they apply?

b) Which voyages are covered?b) Which voyages are covered?--

SilentSilent a)a) b/l issued in a Hagueb/l issued in a Hague-- a)a) b/l issued in ab/l issued in assue n assue n acontractingcontractingstatestate

b)b) Carriage from aCarriage from aHa ueHa ue--Visb state Visb state

b)b) Carriage from aCarriage from aHambur stateHambur state

c)c) Contract of carriageContract of carriageex ressl a lies theex ressl a lies the

c)c) Carriage to aCarriage to aHambur stateHambur state

RulesRules d)d) Contract ofContract of

carriagecarriageexpressly appliesexpressly appliesthe Rulesthe Rules


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I. When do they apply?I. When do they apply?

c) Period of coveragec) Period of coverage

HagueHague HagueHague--Visby Visby HamburgHamburg

t e per o rom t e t me t e goo st e per o rom t e t me t e goo sare loaded on to the time when theyare loaded on to the time when they

t e per o ur ngt e per o ur ng which the carrier which the carrier

are sc arge rom t e s pare sc arge rom t e s pi.e.“tackle to tackle”i.e.“tackle to tackle” s n c arge os n c arge othe goods at thethe goods at theport o oa ng,port o oa ng,

during theduring thecarr age an at t ecarr age an at t eport of dischargeport of discharge


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II. Carrier’s ObligationsII. Carrier’s Obligations

a) Carrier’s duty of carea) Carrier’s duty of care


--(extends to manning, equipping and(extends to manning, equipping andcargoworthiness) before and at thecargoworthiness) before and at the

servants must take allservants must take allmeasures that couldmeasures that could

beginning of the voyagebeginning of the voyage--properly and carefully load, handle, stow,properly and carefully load, handle, stow,

reasonably bereasonably berequired to avoid therequired to avoid the

carry, keep, care for and discharge goodscarry, keep, care for and discharge goods even caus ng osseven caus ng ossand its consequencesand its consequences


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b) Carrier’s defencesb) Carrier’s defencesagueague agueague-- s ys y am urgam urg

The catalogue exceptions including: The catalogue exceptions including: Carrier must proveCarrier must proveerror n nav ga onerror n nav ga on

firefire

perils of the seaperils of the sea

,,agents took allagents took allmeasures that couldmeasures that could

act of Godact of Godact of war and public enemiesact of war and public enemies

reasona y ereasona y erequired to avoid therequired to avoid theoccurance and itsoccurance and its

strikes or lockoutsstrikes or lockouts

riots, civil commotionsriots, civil commotions

consequencesconsequences

saving life or property at seasaving life or property at sea

inherent viceinherent vice

defective packing defective packing

catchcatch--all exceptionall exception


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c) Burden of proof c) Burden of proof


Rules not clearRules not clear

General ractice: car o owner toGeneral ractice: car o owner to

Carrier to proveCarrier to provethat reasonablethat reasonable

prove unseaworthiness and lossprove unseaworthiness and lossattributable to such unseaworthinessattributable to such unseaworthiness

steps were takensteps were takenunless the damageunless the damage

and then the carrier is to prove dueand then the carrier is to prove due

dili ence and an relevant exce tionsdili ence and an relevant exce tions

is due to fireis due to fire


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m tat on o a ty or goo s ost orm tat on o a ty or goo s ost ordamageddamagedHagueHague HagueHague--Visby Visby HamburgHamburg

pounpounsterling (to besterling (to be

, o ncare, o ncareFrancs perFrancs per

. per g or. per g or835 SDR per835 SDR per

a en as goa en as go value) per package value) per package pac age or un orpac age or un or30 Poincare30 Poincare pac age orpac age orshipping unitshipping unitor unor un rancs per o orancs per o o

gross weightgross weight

2 SDR per kg or2 SDR per kg or666.67 SDR per666.67 SDR per

pac age un erpac age un erSDR ProtocolSDR Protocol


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e) Limitation of liability for delaye) Limitation of liability for delayHagueHague HagueHague--Visby Visby HamburgHamburg

No s ecial rovisionNo s ecial rovision 2.5x frei ht2.5x frei ht(the issue of damage due to delay not(the issue of damage due to delay not payable for goodspayable for goods

dela ed but notdela ed but not

exceeding totalexceeding totalfrei htfrei ht


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f) Loss of right to limit liabilityf) Loss of right to limit liabilityHagueHague HagueHague--Visby Visby HamburgHamburg

No specialNo special if carrier intends to cause loss or isif carrier intends to cause loss or is

resultresult


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III. Other major differences betweenIII. Other major differences between

various Rules various RulesHagueHague HagueHague--

Visby Visby

HamburgHamburg

ec cargoec cargo exc u e rom t e u esexc u e rom t e u esstated in b/lstated in b/l

not exc u enot exc u e

Live animalsLive animals excluded from the Rulesexcluded from the Rules not excludednot excluded

on exceptions to liability on exceptions to liability

TimeTime--barbar 1 ear1 ear 2 ears2 ears

Jurisdiction Jurisdiction no special provisionsno special provisions special provisionsspecial provisions

Arbitration Arbitration no special provisionsno special provisions special provisionsspecial provisions


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