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CARRIAGE GOODS WATER [5 records]

Record 1 2024-04-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Public Law
  • Law of the Sea
  • War and Peace (International Law)
  • Foreign Trade
CONT

Arrests, restraints and detainments. The full term is "Arrests, restraints and detainments of all kings, princes and people, of what nation, condition or quality soever" ... It refers to political or executive acts and does not include any loss caused by ordinary judicial process or by riot. ... The loss usually occurs by reason of an embargo imposed by a ruling power in a country.

CONT

[Carriage of Goods by Water Act. R. S., c. 291] Article IV. Rights and Immunities.... 2. Neither the carrier nor the ship shall be responsible for loss or damage arising or resulting from... arrest or restraint of princes, rulers or people, or seizure under legal process.

OBS

for "restraint of princes" : Restraint of princes and rulers. ... operation of sovereign power by exercise of vis major, in its sovereign capacity, controlling and divesting for the time, the authority of owner over ship ... Where the "restraint of princes" clause or similar language is found in the contract [or carriage by sea], a reasonable apprehension of capture or destruction of the ship or cargo will justify nonperformance of the agreement to carry.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit international public
  • Droit de la mer
  • Guerre et paix (Droit international)
  • Commerce extérieur
DEF

[...] mesure de police qui consiste en une défense faite aux navires de commerce de tous les pavillons de quitter le port ou les eaux territoriales.

Spanish

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Record 2 2016-08-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Maritime Law
CONT

Subject to the provisions of Article VI, under every contract of carriage of goods by water the carrier, in relation to the loading, handling, storage, carriage, custody, care and discharge of such goods, shall be subject to the responsibilities and liabilities and entitled to the rights and immunities hereinafter set forth.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit maritime

Spanish

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Record 3 2010-08-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mass Transit
  • Transport of Goods
  • Maritime Law
CONT

The principle that appears to follow from Liver Alkali Co. v. Johnson is that there is a class of public carriers by water, such as lightermen, who carry subject to the liabilities of common carriers but who must be distinguished from them because they are not liable to indictment or action for refusing to accept goods for carriage as common carriers are, and that that class includes shipowners who let their ships under charter.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transports en commun
  • Transport de marchandises
  • Droit maritime
OBS

transport public : tout transport qui n'est pas privé, c.-à-d. qui ne se fait pas dans un intérêt strictement individuel et à l'aide de ses moyens propres, en propriété ou en location.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Transporte público
  • Transporte de mercancías
  • Derecho marítimo
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Record 4 2009-07-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of International Laws and Regulations
  • Maritime Law
  • Foreign Trade
DEF

The substantive provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Carriage of Goods by Sea, 1978 adopted in Hamburg.

OBS

Source :Carriage of Goods by Water Act. Means the rules embodied in the United Nations Convention on the Carriage of Goods by Sea, 1978, as set out in Schedule II.

OBS

These rules govern the rights and responsibilities of carrier and cargo interests and may be incorporated into a contract for the carriage of goods by sea either by agreement of the parties or statutorily.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de lois et de règlements internationaux
  • Droit maritime
  • Commerce extérieur
OBS

Source : Loi sur le transport des marchandises par eau. Les règles faisant partie de la Convention des Nations Unies sur le transport des marchandises par mer, 1978 et figurant à l'annexe II.

Spanish

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Record 5 1977-05-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Transport of Goods
  • Statutes and Regulations (Transportation)
CONT

Intercoastal trade means the carriage of goods or passengers by water or by land and water, and towage, whether directly or by way of a foreign port, in either direction between ports or places on the East coast of Canada south of 60 degrees North latitude, the Gulf of St. Lawrence river or the Great Lakes and ports or places on the West coast of Canada.

OBS

Texte de projet de Loi: Coasting Trade Act.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transport de marchandises
  • Législation et réglementation (Transports)

Spanish

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