The Rotterdam Rules and negotiable electronic transport documents in letter of credit business

• Main Author: Bergami, Roberto
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: HD28 Management. Industrial Management
• Online Access: http://repo.uum.edu.my/11165/1/PG296_301.pdf; http://repo.uum.edu.my/11165/; http://www.kmice.uum.edu.my
• Institution: Universiti Utara Malaysia

This paper considers the implications of Bills of Lading issued as negotiable electronic transport documents for the maritime international carriage of goods, as proposed by the Rotterdam Rules.The legal usage of paper based documents is considered first.This is followed by discussion of the practi...