John F Wilson is a member of the Institute of Maritime Law at the University of Southampton and is Emeritus Professor of Law at the University. He has lectured widely on maritime law in the UK, the USA, Australia, New Zealand and Singapore.

Part One: General introduction

1. Introduction

2. Implied obligations in a contract of affreightment

Part Two: Charterparties

3. The voyage charterparty

4. The time charterparty

Part Three

5. Bills of lading and their functions

6. Application of the Hague/Visby Rules

7. Bills of lading - the Hamburg Rules

8. Bills of lading - the Rotterdam Rules

9. Bills of lading issued under charterparties

10. Problems of combined transport

Part Four: Common aspects of contracts of affreightment

11. Exceptions

12. Limitation of liability

13. Freight

14. Shipowners' liens

Part Five: Dispute settlement

15. Dispute settlement

16. Breach of contract

Appendix 1: Bills of Lading Act 1855

Appendix 2: International Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules of Law relating to Bills of Lading, 1924 (The Hague Rules)

Appendix 3: Carriage of Goods by Sea Act 1971

Appendix 4: Carriage of Goods by Sea Act 1992

Appendix 5: United Nations Convention on the Carriage of Goods by Sea, 1978 (The Hamburg Rules)

Appendix 6: United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Carriage of Goods Wholly or Partly by Sea, 2009 (The Rotterdam Rules)

Appendix 7: CMI Uniform Rules for Sea Waybills

Appendix 8: CMI Rules for Electronic Bills of Lading

Appendix 9: Barecon 2001 Charter

Appendix 10: Gencon 94 Charter

Appendix 11: Shellvoy 6 Charter

Appendix 12: Baltime 1939 Charter (as revised 2001)

Appendix 13: New York Produce Exchange (NYPE 46) Charter

Appendix 14: New York Produce Exchange (NYPE 93) Charter

Appendix 15: Shelltime 4 Charter (as amended 2003)

Appendix 16: Conlinebill 1978

Appendix 17: Congenbill 2000

Appendix 18: Congenbill

Appendix 19: Maersk Line bill

Appendix 20: GCBS Short Form Bill

Appendix 21: Combiconbill

Appendix 22: Maersk Line Waybill