The Contract of Carriage: Multimodal Transport and Unimodal Regulation provides a completely new perspective on how to approach the question of multimodal transports regulation with regards to liability for goods carried.

Updated and expanded to include new equipment and also new documentation relating to bills of lading and charter-parties, this new edition of Peter Brodie’s dictionary provides a reference tool for all of those who use or operate cargo ships, both tramp and liner, or who are concerned with their use. This includes ship operators, forwarding agents, chartering agents and port agents as well as importers and exporters.

This book examines third party protection in shipping. Today, shipping is not just a part of the supply chain; it is undistinguishable from it. Once at the periphery, third party protection is now a central element of carriage.