A Comparative Analysis of the Rotterdam Rules and Hamburg Rules from the Perspective of Albania National Shipping Interest
Author | Erald Aliko |
Position | Faculty of Technical Sciences, University 'I.Qemali', Vlore, Albania. |
Pages | 59-63 |
59
Vol. 4 No.1
May, 2018
Balkan Journal of Interdisciplinary Research
IIPCCL Publishing, Graz-Austria
ISSN 2410-759X
Acces online at www.iipccl.org
AComparativeAnalysisoftheRoerdamRulesandHamburgRulesfrom
thePerspectiveofAlbaniaNationalShippingInterest
Erald Aliko
Faculty of Technical Sciences, University “I.Qemali”, Vlore, Albania
Introduction
TheRepublicofAlbaniaaccessionedtotheUnitedNationsConventionontheCarriageof
GoodsbySeaalsoknownastheHamburgRulesonJulyLaw
AlTheConventionenteredintoforceinAlbaniaonAugustandatthetimeAlbania
wasthendStatePartytotheConvention
ThepurposeoftheConventionistoestablishauniformlegalregimegoverningtherightsand
obligations of carriers, shippers and consignees under a contract of carriage of goods by sea.
EventhoughtthattheHamburgRuleswereadoptedbyanumberofjurisdictionskeentosee
reformbynewStatesespeciallythosecreatedfromtheformerSovietUnionandwerealso
recommendedbyinuentialguresintheWorldofMaritimeLawtheimpactoftheRules
has been limited. Some of the ratifying states and some commercial nations such as Egypt and
Nigeria adopted the Rules but failed to apply them. Furthermore most of the ratifying states
arenotmajorplayersininternationalshippingMartínezGutiérrezp
Itisimportanttonotethatwiththedemiseofcolonialismandtheemergenceofindependent
sovereignstatesmostlyshippercountriestheHamburgRulesweredevelopedtoaccommodate
theirinterestsandtoleveltheplayingeldTheHamburgRulesappeartobemorecargo
friendly” than the preceding Hague and Hague Visby Rules, as they really are to some extent.
At that time it appeared reasonable for a developing country such as Albania to enforce the
HamburgRulesHowevermostlybecauseofthegeographicpositionandeconomicnecessity
is in the interest ofAlbania to become a maritime nation The beginnings of an Albanian
merchanteetandinstitutionsfortrainingseamenarealreadyinexistence
TheRoerdamrules
EvenaertheHamburgRulesthedesiredinternationaluniformitywasnotachieved
Infacttherewerefourpossibilitiesorsetofrulesgoverninginternationalcarriageof
goodsbyseaHagueHagueVisbyHamburgRulesandthenationalhybridregimes
such as China, Nordic Countries, Australia…etc. Still, neither of these regimes takes
intoaccountmoderntransportpracticessuchasthewidespreaduseofcontainers
anddoortodoortransportcontracts
With the rapid volume increase of international trade, the emphasis during the
developmentofRoerdamRulesRRwastocreateaninstrumentwhichpromotes
globalharmonizationTheRRarebasedontheexistingHagueVisbyandHamburg
Rules but they contain signicant changes and introduce new concepts and
terminology.
TheUnitedNationsConventiononContractsfortheInternationalCarriageofGoods
WhollyorPartlybySeawasapprovedbytheUNGeneralAssemblyonthethof
DecemberandaceremonyforsignatureopeningwasheldonSeptember
inRoerdamtheconventionsinformalnamesakeTherearesignatoriesto
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