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This book introduces legal aspects of business networks in logistics with the example of shippers' co-operation in cargo bundling, which is the practice of manufacturing and distributing companies (shippers) consolidating cargo before the engagement of a carrier.
List of contents
1. Co-operation in cargo bundling - business networks, multiparty and linked contracts 2. in changing business and technological circumstances 3. Risk management under the transport conventions 4. and their effect on carrier liability 5. Separate carriage contracts resulting from the co-operation agreement - first execution model of cargo bundling co-operation 6. Co-principals under one contract of carriage - second execution model of cargo bundling co-operation 7. Legal nature of a co-operation agreement for cargo bundling 8. Legal classification of the Bundling Company and Transport Orchestrator - third execution model of cargo bundling co-operation 9. Towards a legal framework for co-operation in logistics
About the author
Marta K. Köacz is Assistant Professor in Private Law at Maastricht University in the Netherlands. Marta obtained her Doctor of Law degree at the Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands and University of Antwerp, Belgium (double degree). Her main areas of interest are the regulation of new technologies, regulation of sustainable logistics, and transport law.
Summary
This book introduces legal aspects of business networks in logistics with the example of shippers’ co-operation in cargo bundling, which is the practice of manufacturing and distributing companies (shippers) consolidating cargo before the engagement of a carrier.
