Berhanykun Ghebremedhn

Eritrean Carriage of Goods by Sea Law: Designing a Forward-looking Regime Berhanykun Ghebremedhn

The geopolitical location of Eritrea makes it an important shipping route. Since independence, it has embarked on a major rehabilitation and expansion of its transportation network. It has also begun to reform its legislation on the carriage of goods by sea in light of its economic interests in shipping, accommodate the interests of its trading partners, facilitate operation of the carriage contract, and to be relevant to the legal implications of ongoing developments in shipping technology. But thus far, the reform reflects the British Carriage of Goods by Sea Act, 1971. This monograph analyses the existing Eritrean, and the new draft shipping law in light of other relevant national laws, regional and international conventions, and jurisprudence, and sets out detailed recommendations that the emergent law must accommodate in order to serve its reform objectives. This work will not be of interest to only maritime law students, academics and practitioners, but also to Eritrean law and policy makers, the international shipping community and, in view of the quickening pace of African economic integration, other African states especially those in eastern Africa.