Action Research and Efficient Maritime Transport Contract Negotiation

Echebarria Fernández, J. ORCID: 0000-0001-9339-689X (2015). Action Research and Efficient Maritime Transport Contract Negotiation. In: Arnt Nielsen, P., Koerver Schmidt, P. & Dyppel Weber, K. (Eds.), Erhvervsretlige emner : Juridisk Institut CBS. (pp. 49-63). Copenhagen, Denmark: Djøf Forlag.

Abstract

The contracting parties have to balance the legal risks of the affreightment contracts considering their legitimate economic interests in a varied contractual framework set up in contract-types such as the charter parties and the Bills of Lading (B/L). The problem comprises the issue of reaching a consensus on how shipping contracts should be interpreted under the contract’s freedom. Action Research may offer an improvement for effective negotiations by dialogical means.