Involved In A Number Of Transport Issues In The Cif Contract Research

The domestic scholars of maritime law carry on little study on the related problems in the contract of sale of goods and the contract of carriage of goods by sea. CIF is one of the most important international trade terms, with a history of over a hundred year in international trade. Of all the transport methods, sea transit is most widely used, which takes more than 80 percent of the total transporting amount. Therefore, the time presents new demands on law and asks the latter to chain the law on sales of goods and sea transit seamlessly and fulfill the aim of serving the economic development. On the basis of the theory of law science in our country, legislation and practice of international trade and domestic and foreign judicial acts, this dissertation makes a primary inquiry into this field.This dissertation mainly discusses some law problems, which was occurred when the CIF contract is concerned to the contract of carriage of goods by sea. On the basis of discussion of these law problems, this dissertation is divided to five chapters:The first chapter makes a brief introduction on international sales of goods contract and the stipulation of CIF according to International Rules for the Interpretation of Trade Terms, and points out the problems may occurred when CIF contract is concerned to transportation, including chartering, booking, assuring of carrier, discharging charges and symbolic delivery.The second chapter focuses on the problem of chartering and booking under CIF, states the stipulations in related international practice, analyses the conflicts emerging from the procedure of the sales and carriage of goods and the chain of them.The third chapter refers to the assuring of carrier, differentiates carrier and actual carrier, talks about the relationship respectively between the two parties under sales contract and the carrier, and chains the title to sue.The fourth chapter emphasizes on terms of shipment and discharging charges especially on time of shipment, port of shipping and discharging, shipment notice, demurrage and dispatch, and chains the charges. At last, the fifth chapter is about symbolic delivery, the internal relations between the claims under bills of lading and international trade, and chains the documents.