Full Text Available
Note: Clicking the button above will open the full text document at the original institutional repository in a new window.
The rotterdam rules: do they solve the problems arising from multimodal transportation?
The Convention on Contracts for the International Carriage of Goods Wholly or Partly by Sea was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on the 11th of December 2008.1 Shortly afterwards, a signing ceremony in Rotterdam was authorised and a recommendation was made for the new Convention to be...
Saved in:
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Other Authors: | |
| Format: | Thesis |
| Language: | English English |
| Published: |
Department of Commercial Law
2026
|
| Subjects: | |
| Tags: |
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
| _version_ | 1867613174806609921 |
|---|---|
| access_status_str | Open Access |
| author | Kituri, Catherine Wanjala |
| author2 | Bradfield, Graham |
| author_browse | Bradfield, Graham Kituri, Catherine Wanjala |
| author_facet | Bradfield, Graham Kituri, Catherine Wanjala |
| author_sort | Kituri, Catherine Wanjala |
| collection | Thesis |
| description | The Convention on Contracts for the International Carriage of Goods Wholly or Partly by Sea was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on the 11th of December 2008.1 Shortly afterwards, a signing ceremony in Rotterdam was authorised and a recommendation was made for the new Convention to be known as the ‘Rotterdam Rules.'2 The signing ceremony took place on the 23rd of September 2009 and the Convention has thus far found wide acceptance with over 19 States having signed it.3 Given that the Convention requires only 20 ratifications to come into force, the number of signatories seems a fair indication that the Convention will come into force and, perhaps, in the near future. |
| format | Thesis |
| id | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/43282 |
| institution | University of Cape Town (South Africa) |
| language | English eng |
| last_indexed | 2026-06-10T12:31:56.645Z |
| license_str | Not specified — see source repository |
| provenance_str_mv | Harvested via OAI-PMH from UCTD — University of Cape Town Open Access Repository |
| publishDate | 2026 |
| publishDateRange | 2026 |
| publishDateSort | 2026 |
| publisher | Department of Commercial Law |
| publisherStr | Department of Commercial Law |
| record_format | dspace |
| source_str | UCTD — University of Cape Town Open Access Repository |
| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/43282 The rotterdam rules: do they solve the problems arising from multimodal transportation? Kituri, Catherine Wanjala Bradfield, Graham United Nations General Assembly transportation problems The Convention on Contracts for the International Carriage of Goods Wholly or Partly by Sea was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on the 11th of December 2008.1 Shortly afterwards, a signing ceremony in Rotterdam was authorised and a recommendation was made for the new Convention to be known as the ‘Rotterdam Rules.'2 The signing ceremony took place on the 23rd of September 2009 and the Convention has thus far found wide acceptance with over 19 States having signed it.3 Given that the Convention requires only 20 ratifications to come into force, the number of signatories seems a fair indication that the Convention will come into force and, perhaps, in the near future. 2026-05-25T07:18:40Z 2026-05-25T07:18:40Z 2015 2026-05-25T07:15:36Z Thesis / Dissertation Masters LLM http://hdl.handle.net/11427/43282 en eng application/pdf Department of Commercial Law Faculty of Law University of Cape Town |
| spellingShingle | United Nations General Assembly transportation problems Kituri, Catherine Wanjala The rotterdam rules: do they solve the problems arising from multimodal transportation? |
| thesis_degree_str | Master's |
| title | The rotterdam rules: do they solve the problems arising from multimodal transportation? |
| title_full | The rotterdam rules: do they solve the problems arising from multimodal transportation? |
| title_fullStr | The rotterdam rules: do they solve the problems arising from multimodal transportation? |
| title_full_unstemmed | The rotterdam rules: do they solve the problems arising from multimodal transportation? |
| title_short | The rotterdam rules: do they solve the problems arising from multimodal transportation? |
| title_sort | rotterdam rules do they solve the problems arising from multimodal transportation |
| topic | United Nations General Assembly transportation problems |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/43282 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT kituricatherinewanjala therotterdamrulesdotheysolvetheproblemsarisingfrommultimodaltransportation AT kituricatherinewanjala rotterdamrulesdotheysolvetheproblemsarisingfrommultimodaltransportation |