4.3 Rights and Duties of Shipper and Carrier — the Hamburg Rules'

Frame The carrier's duties (the Hamburg Rules' rebalancing — the syllabus's focus): The period of responsibility (Art. 4): port to port — during the carrier's charge of the goods (receiving to delivery) — the Hague's tackle-to-tackle narrowed world widened; Care of the cargo (Art. 5): the carrier liable for LOSS, DAMAGE or DELAY caused by fault — the presumed-fault standard: the claimant shows the loss in the carrier's period; the carrier must prove he and his servants took ALL MEASURES THAT COULD REASONABLY BE REQUIRED (the nautical-fault immunity of the Hague world ABOLISHED — the ship's navigation error no longer escapes); Seaworthiness (Art. 5(1)): the ship's fitness before and at the voyage's start, maintained throughout; The delay's liability: the delay compensable (the freight-multiple limit); The limits: the package/kilo limits (the SDR denomination — higher than Hague-Visby) unless the value was declared; the limits LOST for the carrier's own fault. The shipper's duties: The accurate information (Art. 17): the goods' marks, number, quantity and weight correctly furnished — the shipper LIABLE for the inaccuracy's losses; The dangerous goods (Art. 13): flagged and labelled — the hidden-danger liability (the carrier's right to land, destroy or render harmless); The freight and the payment terms' performance (the contract's own); The taking of delivery at destination — the delay's storage consequences. The shipper's rights: the…