Hamburg Rules

Hamburg Rules
United Nations Convention on the Carriage of Goods by Sea
Signed31 March 1978
LocationHamburg and New York
Effective1 November 1992
ConditionRatification by 20 states
Signatories28
Ratifiers35
DepositaryUN Secretary-General
LanguagesArabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish

The Hamburg Rules are a set of rules governing the international shipment of goods, resulting from the United Nations International Convention on the Carriage of Goods by Sea adopted in Hamburg on 31 March 1978.[1] The convention was an attempt to form a uniform legal base for the transportation of goods on oceangoing ships. A driving force behind the convention was the attempt by developing countries' to provide all participants a fair and equal chance of succeeding. It came into force on 1 November 1992.[2]

  1. ^ "United Nations Convention on the Carriage of Goods by Sea (The Hamburg Rules) Hamburg, 30 March 1978". 30 March 1978.
  2. ^ UNCITRAL Homepage