Balancing the interests of the parties under the carriage of goods by sea is a book written to examine the responsibilities and the duties of the parties under the carriage of goods by sea. Also you will know who the actors in shipping are. What are their roles and responsibilities in accordance to the respective maritime laws, and in relation to the bill of lading? This book gives an extensive analysis of these fundamental questions. Also you will get to know the obligation in relation to carriage and delivery of goods both international and local, it is imperative to study this book very well in order to know your rights and duties under the contract of carriage of goods by sea, as well as getting the fundamental responsibilities and obligations of shipper, carrier and consignee in the business of carriage of goods by sea. The next in this book you need to know about are the carriers' liabilities, this book is relevant to maritime students, the international community, non-governmental organizations, civil society organizations, governmental institutions and authorities, and the general interest reader, a beginner in shipping business, corporate organization on shipping business and other interested individual, at the same time you will get to know that the bill of lading has since its evolution become an important tool of maritime trade and international documentary letters of credit. From its various forms and principal characteristics, a better understanding of the bill of lading is had and from its functions the different uses to which it can be put, are appreciated and it can be seen that it has become an indispensable tool of modern commerce, we also looked at the different types bills of lading and their distinguishing characteristics and lastly, the nature of a bill of lading i.e. as a document of title, as a receipt and evidence of the condition of the goods; this book examine the rules governing the regulation of the allocation of risks and balance of rights and responsibilities between the carrier and the cargo interests, such as economic loss to the parties involved in the business transaction, the objective of establishment of statutory regulations in international maritime conventions which is to create a fair balance between carriers and cargo interest by defining the carrier's liabilities regime, the various arts in the stipulated rules of Hague Visby Rules provide the basis of carrier's liabilities was stated in this book, that states in general terms, the two basic obligations of the carrier to provide a seaworthy vessel and carefully and properly care for the cargo. If damage or loss occurs while cargo is under the custody of a carrier (within the period of responsibility) the formula adopted under the Hague Visby Rules is that the carrier is presumed at faulty. We also focus on the contract of carriage, rights and the liabilities of the parties to the contract of carriage of goods by sea, in the event of either of the party's failure to comply with any of the agreed terms. Be it express or implied.This book explain more details of dangerous goods, as an implied obligation not to ship dangerous goods under the common law, maritime Transportation is as old as the history of jurisprudence, and there are to be found in many ancient legal codes elaborate provisions governing the rights and duties of the three parties to marine adventures the captain, the merchants and the crew. Bills of lading bearing a close resemblance to the modern form cannot, however, claim more than two or three centuries of life, and if by "modem form" we should refer to the long documents in minute print with which the modern shipper is all to be familiar, we can go back no further than 1880, for it is during the past half century, that ship-owners had been so active in the limitation of their liability. To deny all equitable justification to this process of limitation is to betray an ignorance of both parties, even the measure