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Non.

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UN Convention on the Carriage of Goods by Sea (the Hamburg Rules)

United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL)

Hamburg, 1978

Sets the liability of a sea carrier for loss of, damage to, or delay in delivering the goods it carries, and what a bill of lading must contain.

Read the PDF UNCITRAL

The Hamburg Rules were adopted at Hamburg on 31 March 1978 and came into force on 1 November 1992. They govern contracts for carrying goods by sea between states, including the bill of lading, which is both the carrier’s receipt for the goods and the document of title used to transfer them.

The link opens the official text on the UNCITRAL website.