A Study On The Attribution Of Liability For Damage Of Containerized Goods By Sea

As an important means of carriage of goods by sea, container transport plays a more and more important role in international trade. However, it also leads to many new legal problems. One of them is the attribution of liability for damage of containerized goods by sea. The resolution of this problem is not only of significant theoretical and practical importance to the development of container transport, but also of great help to perfect Chinese legal system of carriage of goods by sea.The thesis aims at resolving the problem of how to determine the liability for damage of goods carried in containers, especially the problem of liability for the damage caused by container defects and for the "latent damage" of containerized goods. By discussing the shipping and judicial practice in China, the author starts with the hand-over means of container goods and the period of carrier responsibility, and then analyzes in detail the problems of liability for damage caused by the defective container and for "latent damage" of containerized goods, and finally puts forward some suggestions to perfect the law of container transport in China.