This diploma thesis analyzes the maritime container transport, it's history and development and the types of containers. It deals with the current situation in the maritime transport market. The main emphasis is on detailed description of the transport chain. The paper also deals with documents that are carried by sea, especially the Bill of Lading. This is a specific document, among other it is a tradable security. In the thesis there have also been mentioned the current issues of liability and insurance - (Rotterdam Rules and INCOTERMS 2010).

Abstrakt  Den här studien handlar om att ta reda på varför elektroniska bill of ladings inte används i internationell handel. Bill of lading är den äldsta frakthandlingen som fortfarande används inom sjötransport. I studien används en rättdogmatiskmetod i kombination med kompletterande samtal med personer som arbetar med dokumenten på en dagligbasis, representanter från två olika banker. Resultatet visar att anledningen bakom det låga intresset kring eB/L är säkerheten bakom dom negotiable dokumenten. I dagsläget finns ingen lag eller konvention som stödjer någon elektronisk transaktion av värdepapper. För att använda sig av den här typen av transaktioner måste dokumenten vara non-negotiable och kan inte överföras till en tredje part under resans gång. För att lösa den typen av transaktioner har några företag implementerat blockchainsystemet som ett säkert sätt att överlåta värdepapper elektroniskt. / Abstract  This Thesis is about finding the reason why the electronic bill of lading is not actively used in international trade. Bill of lading is the oldest transport document that is still used in maritime transport. In this thesis the legal method is combined with interviews with concerned parties who is working daily with these documents, two representatives from two different banks. The results show that the reason behind the lack of interest in eB/L is that there is no security behind the negotiable document. As of today, there is no convention or law that supports an electronic transfer of a document of title. To use these transfers the document must be non-negotiable and cannot be traded to a third party during the voyage. To solve the transfer of the documents, some companies have implemented the blockchain system as a safe way to trade documents of title electronically.

Indemne…devrait être acheminée la marchandise à bon port ! Telle est la simple quintessence de la responsabilité du transporteur maritime. Or, la simplicité du principe ne signifie pas pour autant la commodité d’application. Si pour Marx, la marchandise est à la fois « la forme élémentaire et la forme universelle de la richesse », pour le transporteur maritime elle est à la fois la raison et la finalité. La raison de son existence économique ; et la finalité de son devoir juridique comme responsable du transport et de l’intégrité de celle-Ci. Terreau fertile aux conflits, la responsabilité du transporteur maritime marocain et français s’avère un véritable champ de mines. Cycliquement chamboulés, les régimes et règles de telle responsabilité demeurent confusément disséminés dans les droits d’ordre interne et les réglementations internationales, et sont complexes à appréhender. Dans une perspective juridico-Économique, la présente thèse s’est fixée le dessein de déconstruire l’archétype de la responsabilité du transporteur maritime, dans son « fondement » et sa « portée ». Autrement dit, de disséquer la contexture de ses règles, ses champs d’application et sa mise en œuvre. Se voulant d’ordre pratique, l’analyse s’efforcera de pénétrer le vif des intrications soulevées par les règles de responsabilité ; saisir les subtilités techniques et commerciales, au même titre que les difficultés et contestations élevées entre les transporteurs et les ayants droit quant aux dommages causés à la marchandise. / The good should be shipped safely to the desired port! That is the simple quintessence of the marine carrier’s liability. However, the simplicity of the principle does not mean the convenience of application. If, for Marx, the good is both “the basic form and the universal form of wealth”, for the marine carrier it is both the reason and the purpose. The reason of its economic existence and the purpose of his legal duty as responsible of the maritime transport and its safety.Fertile soil for conflicts, the liability of the marine carrier in Moroccan and French law is a real minefield. Cyclically turned upside down, schemes and rules of such liability remain confusingly scattered in the internal legislations and international regulations. In a legal and economic perspective, this thesis has set the aim to deconstruct the archetype of marine carrier’s liability in its “foundation" and "impact". In other words, analysing the layout of its rules, its scope and implementation. Intended as a practical thesis, the analysis and methodology used will seek to delve further in the issues raised by the liability rules; understand the technical and commercial subtleties as well as the difficulties and disputes raised between marine carriers and right holders for damages caused to the goods.

This thesis deals with seaborne transport with emphasis on transport of containerized goods, contract terms and conditions of imports of goods to the European Union. It also describes the current situation of maritime transport on the route the EU - Vietnam. The practical part is focused on the import of goods into the Czech Republic using a freight forwarder services.

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Material flow analysis is a main goal of the thesis. To analyse the flows of a material in a well-defined system under study. The goal is to get a transparent understanding of the material flows, to calculate indicators and to develop strategies and measures for improving the material flow systems. Material Flow Analysis thus is the basis for a material flow management.

Plusieurs accords internationaux ont été conclus pour tenter d'unifier les règles régissant le contrat de transport maritime dont il résulte une complexité qui les met parfois en doute. Mais comme en droit international privé, le droit maritime international est, selon la législation qu'on lui applique, interprété différemment selon pays. Cette divergence d'interprétation ressort des disparités notables dans les décisions des différents pays, notamment en ce qui concerne les clauses insérées au connaissement. Par ailleurs, la conteneurisation qui représente des avantages en ce qui concerne la sécurité et la rapidité des chargements et déchargements, soulève des difficultés en ce qui concerne les fausses déclarations et le règlement des surestaries, faces auxquelles, force est de constater qu'un manque de moyens subsiste aux ports algériens et français. Autant de problématiques, qui touchent le plus souvent soit le transporteur maritime, soit le destinataire de la marchandise et qui ne sont pas entièrement traitées par les Conventions en vigueur actuellement. Ces textes qui avaient pour ambition l'uniformisation du régime international du contrat de transport maritime sous connaissement, ne permettent toujours pas d'atteindre l'harmonisation recherchée. La présente thèse a dès lors pour ambition d'en faire la critique dans une perspective constructive du régime juridique international du contrat de transport maritime de marchandises sous connaissement et du contentieux qu'il engendre en particulier en ce qui concerne les transports en provenance ou à destination de l'Algérie. / In the last decades, the International maritime transport has been developed on a large scale. Several international agreements have been concluded in purpose of an unification of the rules governing maritime transport agreements, resulting in a complexity which sometimes raises doubts. However, as in the international private law, the international maritime law is, according to the legislation applied to it, interpreted differently according to country. This difference of interpretation is corning from significant disparities in the decisions of the different countries, particularly about the inserted clauses in the bill of lading. Furthermore, the containerization has Advantages in terms of safety and speed of loading and unloading, it presents difficulties regarding the false declarations and the settlement of demurrage, that they are facing, a lack of resources remains between the Algerian and French ports. All these problems, affects mostly the shipping carrier or the consignee of the goods and which are not fully covered by the current agreements in force. These texts were aimed standardization of the international regime of maritime transport of lading contract, are still not achieving the desired harmonization. This thesis aims to criticize in a constructive perspective of the international legal regime of the maritime transport contract of goods under bill of lading and litigation that creates especially regarding transport to and from Algeria.

This work is about maritime transport and should help people to orientate in this theme.

The aim of the thesis is to generally characterize the maritime container transport and to describe a complete work agenda of an NVOCC operator. Another aim of this thesis is to introduce the transport chain and the role of the NVOCC. In order to show the range in which prices can move, in my thesis are processed quotes for a specific route from several freight forwarders / NVOCC.

In the sea trade, the traditional paper-based bill of lading has played an important role across the globe for centuries, but with the advent of advanced commercial modes of transportation and communication, the central position of this document is under threat. The importance of the bill of lading still prevails as does the need of the functions that this document served in the past, although in a changed format. In the recent past, the world has witnessed a lot of debate about replacing this traditional paper-based document with an electronic equivalent that exhibits all of its functions and characteristics, both commercial and legal. More specifically, unlike many rival travel documents, such as the Sea Waybill, a bill of lading has two prominent features, that is to say, its negotiability and its acceptability as a document of title in certain legal jurisdictions that are required to be retained in an electronic bill of lading so as to also retain the prominence of this document in the future landscape. This thesis is, however, more concerned about the legal aspects of adopting the electronic bill of lading as a traditional paper-based legal document as well as an effective legal document in the present age. However, the scope of this debate remains primarily focused on the USA and UK jurisdictions. In the course of this thesis, it is observed that, in the past, the bill of lading has been subject to a variety of international regimes, such as The Hague Rules and The Hague-Visby Rules, and presently efforts are being made to arrive at a universal agreement under the umbrella of The Rotterdam Rules, but such an agreement is yet to arrive among the comity of nations. On the other hand, efforts made by the business community to introduce an electronic bill of lading are much louder and more evident. The private efforts, such as the SeaDocs System, CMI Rules, and the BOLERO Project, etc., were, however, received by the fellow business community with both applause as well as suspicion. At the same time, there are a number of concerns voiced by the international business community on the legislative adoptability in national and international jurisdictions and the courts’ approach in adjudicating cases involving electronic transactions and these are making the task of adoption of electronic bill of lading in the sea-based transactions a difficult task. Therefore, in the absence of any formal legal backing from national and international legislations, these attempts could not achieve the desired results. In this thesis, the present situation of the acceptability of electronic transactions in general, and of the electronic bill of lading specifically, has also been discussed with reference to certain national jurisdictions, such as Australia, India, South Korea and China, in order to present comparative perspectives on the preparedness of these nations. On the regional level, the efforts made by the European Union have also been discussed to promote electronic transactions within its jurisdiction. All the discussion, however, leads to the situation where the level of acceptability of electronic bill of lading in the near future is found to be dependent upon the official efforts from the national governments and putting these efforts towards arriving at an agreement on Rotterdam Rules as early as possible. The other area of importance revealed in this thesis is the need for change in juristic approach by the courts while interpreting and adjudicating upon cases involving electronic transactions. On the whole, this thesis has provided a cohesive and systematic review, synthesis and analysis of the history of the bill of lading, its importance as a document of title, and attempts to incorporate its important functions within the fast-paced electronic shipping commerce of today. In such a way it has provided a valuable contribution to the literature by providing a comprehensive resource for jurists, policy-makers and the business community alike, as they work towards adapting the bill of lading so that it might be successfully applied in electronic form.