Ocean Common Carrier Relationships and Competition

Course Overview

This course explores the shared risk relationship between shippers and ocean carriers, international rules governing ocean carriage, and carrier liability. Participants will learn how cargo insurance mitigates risks from origin to destination. The course also examines competition among vessel-operating common carriers (VOCCs), key service differentiators, and the role of shipping conferences in the global maritime industry.

• Understand the unique “sea adventure” shared risk relationship between a shipper and an ocean vessel operator.
• International Rules Governing Ocean Carriage and Carrier Liability.
• How cargo insurance addresses a shipper’s risk of loss, door-to-door.
• Competition among shipping lines (VOCCs)
• Shipping line service differentiators
• Shipping conferences