Non-vessel-operating common carrier

The container revolution has not only brought change to transport law through multimodal aspects but also through the evolution of the common carrier concept. This is illustrated by the development of the ?Non-vessel-operating common carrier?business. NVOCC?s introduce themselves as carriers while they do not operate the ship by which ocean transportation is provided.The classical definition given by court and doctrine is that of someone operating transportation therefore . A qualification question has arisen for NVOCC?S: Are they carriers or freight forwrders acting as principal. Implementation should be part of the actual work towards unifications of the law governing international carriage of goods by sea . Legal relations ships amongs shipper, carriers and consigness must be defined and coexistence of bills of lading must taken into account. Keywords :Transportation Law, Container , Common Carrier