Carrier's obligations and liability according to the Rotterdam Rules

"The Convention on Contracts for the International Carriage of Goods Wholly or Partly by Sea", which is known as the Rotterdam Rules has been adopted by United Nations on 11 December 2008. The main aim of the Convention is, to take place of the conventions 1924 Hague Rules, 1968 Hague/Visby Rules and 1978 Hamburg Rules which regulates international carriage of goods by sea. With the Rotterdam Rules, unlike the previous conventions, has been arranged modern regime which meets with the needs of a trade life. The main aim of the convention is to update the contemporary transport law. Therefore, there has been basic changes and new scope related to carrier's liability. The new provisions of Rotterdam Rules inceased the carrier's liability. However, besides the disavantages from the carrier side, Rotterdam Rules brought important innovations such as; uniformity for multimodal tranportation and the coverage of door to door transport.