Straight Bill of Lading

Michiel Spanjaart is an advocate with Trains & Co in Rotterdam. His practice areas include trade, transport, and insurance. He is a deputy-judge with the Court of Appeal in Amsterdam and an academic fellow with the (NUS) Centre for Maritime Law in Singapore. Michiel teaches maritime law at the Erasmus University in Rotterdam and maritime and transport law at the University of Leuven. He obtained his LLB at the University of Utrecht in 1996 and his PhD at the Erasmus University in 2012. His thesis, Vorderingsrechten uit cognossement (‘Rights of suit under a bill of lading’), was published by Paris Uitgeverij in 2012. His book Multimodal Transport Law was published by Routledge in 2018.

• Preface 1 The bill of lading 12 Order, bearer, and straight bills of lading 3 The straight bill of lading contract 4 The transfer of (contractual rights under) a straight bill of lading 5 The straight bill of lading in the hands of the consignee 6 The presentation rule 7 The key to the warehouse 8 The straight bill of lading in a paperless future Appendix 1: The Hague–Visby Rules Appendix 2: Carriage of Goods by Sea Act 1992 (C 50) Index

This is a scholarly and well-researched examination of an important carriage and trading document, which also contains much useful discussion on negotiable bills of lading. It could almost be said to be the last word on straight bills.Professor Simon Baughen School of Law, Swansea University