Study On The Legal Issues Of Foreign Ship Agency

Shipping agency plays an important role in the shipping business. Along with the widening range of business and the complication of business, the legal position of "shipping agency" has been beyond the scope of the agency in the civil law. The intension and extension of foreign shipping agency has also been beyond the scope of the agency in the civil law, so the study on the legal problems of shipping agency is very important.The paper starts from studying the provision of civil law then expatiates on the concept, the characteristic, the function and the range of business. It shows the difference between the shipping agency and the general agency or the ocean-assistance person. It makes us clearly know the business range, the function etc of the shipping agency.The difference of the legal role and the legal position of the shipping agency arises the difference of legal liability, so the definition of the legal role and the legal position of the shipping agency is the basic premise. After analyzing the relationship of the shipping agency and the principal or the third person, the paper discusses the legal role and the legal position of the shipping agency, basing on which analyzing the liability of the shipping agency. The liability includes the general liability and the special liability such as the liability of the releasing cargo without B/L. It makes sense in the practice of shipping agency.The paper also discusses the problems of contract of shipping agency and the issuing the B/L. It gives some suggestions of improving the condition including the contract and the business.The substance of the paper is analyzing the problem and solving the problem. As a business person, I analyze the problem that appears in the business and hope it can solve the confusion in the theory and in the business.