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LAW ON CARRIAGE OF GOODS BY SEA
(3RD EDITION)
After the second edition of this book was published in 1994, the
Carriage of Goods by Sea Act was amended to give the Hague-Visby
Rules the “force of law”. This brought the Singapore position on the
effect of these Rules in line with UK law. Furthermore, the effect of
the provisions of the Bills of Lading Act (“BLA”), and the corresponding
UK statute, namely, the Carriage of Goods by Sea Act 1992, has been
explained in many cases in Singapore and the UK.

Author(s): Since the last edition, other aspects of the law on carriage of goods by
The Honourable sea have also been clarified and there have been many important judicial
Justice Tan Lee Meng pronouncements on the effect of the Hague Rules and the Hague-
Year: 2018 Visby Rules. All these are considered in this new edition, which deals
lxxxvi + 654pp with voyage charterparties, time charterparties, demise charterparties,
(softcover) bills of lading, other documents used for carriage of goods by sea, third
ISBN: party rights under such contracts, the Hague Rules and the Hague-
978-981-11-7313-4 Visby Rules, limitation of action, loading of cargo, proceeding on the
Retail: S$96.30 voyage, discharge and delivery of cargo, carriage of dangerous goods,
laytime, freight and the shipowner’s liens.

When the first edition of this book was reviewed in Lloyd’s Maritime
and Commercial Law Quarterly, the reviewer noted as follows: “It is a
pleasure to welcome a new volume on carriage of goods by sea which
breaks new ground … and which is written in a style eminently suitable
for student use … . Prof Tan has, however, resisted the temptation
to write a textbook based essentially on English jurisprudence with
occasional Singapore references but has written throughout from the
Singaporean standpoint, basing his statements of principle, wherever
possible, on local decisions … . Singapore is indeed fortunate to have
so authoritative an exposition of a major branch of its law, although the
book deserves, and I am sure will attract, a far wider audience.”