Maritime Law Comparative Study

The law of trade was largely boosted up by the incorporated of international economy and the multipolar politics. And the development of international trade has increased the need for the reconstruction of the law of carriage of goods by sea. At the same time, because of the revolution of science and technology and the coming of communication era, the current state of international conventions governing the carriage of goods by sea becomes most unsatisfactory. The competing and disuniform regimes are inadequate to meet the challenges of today's maritime transportation. There is a strong demand of reunification of the law.The paper is a comparative study on the carrier's responsibilities in contract of carriage of goods by sea stipulated in the Maritime Code of PRC (CMC) ,Hague Rules 1924, Hague-Visby Rules, Hamburg Rules and other country's maritime code. The paper analyses three problems relative to deviation, ship-worthiness and ship owner's obligation.