Rotterdam Rulesとは 意味・読み方・使い方

The "Rotterdam Rules", formally the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Carriage of Goods Wholly or Partly by Sea is atreaty comprising international rules that revises the legal and political framework for maritime carriage of goods. The convention establishes a more modern, uniform legal regime governing the rights and obligations of shippers, carriers and consignees under a contract for door-to-door shipments that involve international sea transport. The aim of the convention is to extend and modernize international rules already in existence and achieve uniformity of admiralty law in the field of maritime carriage, updating and/or replacing many provisions in the Hague Rules, Hague-Visby Rules and Hamburg Rules.