“CONTRACTS FOR THE CARRIAGE OF GOODS BY SEA AND MULTIMODAL TRANSPORT KEY ISSUES ARISING FROM THE IMPACTS OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMICA” is now available at https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Functad.org%2Fsystem%2Ffiles%2Fofficial-document%2Fdtltlbinf2022d1_en.pdf&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNGYpOUVQNY4G-u7Vkox_kWvDs8Nkw
This is a report for the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and was prepared by Professor Simon Baughen, with contributions by Regina Asariotis and Anila Premti, Policy and Legislation Section, Trade Logistics Branch, Division on Technology and Logistics of UNCTAD. The report forms part of the ‘International commercial transport and trade law’ component of the UN Development Account project (UNDA 2023X) project on “Transport and trade connectivity in the age of pandemics”.
This report examines some of the key legal issues arising from the pandemic as they affect contracts for the carriage of goods by sea, multimodal contracts of carriage that (may) involve carriage by sea, as well as voyage and time charters.
