International Trade and Carriage of Goods

Barış Soyer is Professor of Commercial and Maritime Law, and Director of the Institute of International Shipping and Trade Law at Swansea University.Andrew Tettenborn is Professor of Commercial Law at the Institute of International Shipping and Trade Law at Swansea University.

• Part 1: Contemporary Issues in International Sale Contracts1. What Is A Reasonable Contract of Carriage for CIF/CIP purposes? – Section 32(2) of the Sale of Goods Act 1979[Ruth Hosking] 2. Slow Steaming Clauses and International Sale Contracts: A Successful Marriage?[Dr Theodora Nikaki]3. Laytime and Demurrage in CIF and FOB Contracts[Professor Simon Baughen]Part 2: Carriage and Sales4. "Who’s Doing What and for Whom?" Recent Developments on Delegated Contractual Performance[Simon Rainey QC]5. Consignees’ Rights under the Rotterdam Rules[Professor Michael F. Sturley]6. Consignees' Rights in European Legal Systems[Frank Stevens]7. Discrepant Declarations about Containerised Goods "… in the middle of a chain reaction" [Professor Olivier Cachard] 8. Letter of Indemnity against Delivery without Bill of Lading[Professor Richard Williams]9. The Rising Tide of Paperless Trade: Analyzing the Legal Implications[Dr Miriam A. Goldby]Part 3: Payment and SecurityPart 3: Payment and Security10. Economic Sanctions and Letters of Credit in International Transactions[Damian Honey and Michael Buffham] 11. Islamic Letters of Credit – Square Peg in a Round Hole[Professor Jason Chuah]12. Do I Want My Documents back? A Documentary Credit Dilemma[Stuart Shepherd]13. Lending on Waybills and Other Documents- Banker’s Dream or Financier’s Nightmare[Professor Andrew Tettenborn] Part 4: Contemporary issues in Cargo InsurancePart 4: Contemporary issues in Cargo Insurance14. Cargo Insurance and open Covers[Peter MacDonald Eggers QC]15. The ICC Transit Clause- Developments and Faultlines[Sara Cockrill QC]16. Insuring Cargoes in the New Era- Impact of the Insurance Act 2015 on Standard cargo Clauses/Wordings[Professor B. Soyer]

'Mr Rainey’s analysis...is masterly....it would be difficult to find a clearer picture of a notoriously complex part of the Rotterdam Rules than the one painted by Professor Sturley....these pages will provide guidance and perspective both to practising and academic lawyers bent on an orderly analysis of this complex area of business.'Charles Debattista, Journal of International Maritime Law