On Legal Subject Of Operators Of Transport Terminals

The legal subject of the operators of transport terminals plays an important role in the Maritime Code aspect. No provisions of civil status of the operators of transport terminals are stipulated either in the Maritime Code of the P. R. C. or in the Port Law of the P. R. C. There is also much disagreement in the judicial decision.Depending on British, American and international conventions legislations and studying the practical cases in China, the author analyzes the liability attributes; the civil liability and the limitation of liability of the operators of transport terminals by comparison method mainly. The whole paper is divided into three parts, the forward, the text and the conclusion, in which the text include three chapters.Chapter one introduces different definitions of the operators of transport terminals, and analyzes the international and domestic legislations.Chapter two analyzes the liability attributes of the operators of transport terminals, compares different points of view of the civil status of the operators of transport terminals, draws his own conclusion, and suggests adding the concept of "Performing Party" to the Maritime Code of the P. R. C.Chapter three mainly discusses the civil liability of the operators of transport terminals, analyzes the types of the civil liability of the operators of transport terminals. This paper suggests that the civil liability of the operators of transport terminals should be added in the Maritime Code of the P. R. C. and the limitation of liability of the operators of transport terminals should be in accordance with that of the carriers.