{"id":344180,"date":"2025-08-08T17:47:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T12:17:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=344180"},"modified":"2025-08-08T17:47:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T12:17:10","slug":"carriage-of-goods-by-sea-bill-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/carriage-of-goods-by-sea-bill-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Carriage of Goods by Sea Bill, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>News:<\/strong> The Parliament passed the Carriage of Goods by Sea Bill, 2025, marking a significant step in the government\u2019s ongoing effort to modernise India&#8217;s maritime legal framework.<\/p>\n<h2>About Carriage of Goods by Sea Bill, 2025<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_344182\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-344182\" style=\"width: 341px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-344182\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Source-PIB-3.jpg?resize=341%2C386&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"341\" height=\"386\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Source-PIB-3.jpg?resize=265%2C300&amp;ssl=1 265w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Source-PIB-3.jpg?w=751&amp;ssl=1 751w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 341px) 100vw, 341px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-344182\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source &#8211; PIB<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>The Bill replaces the nearly <strong>century-old<\/strong> colonial period Indian <strong>Carriage of Goods by Sea Act of 1925<\/strong>, aligning Indian law with <strong>international maritime conventions<\/strong>.\n<ul>\n<li>The Act establishes the <strong>responsibilities, liabilities, rights, and immunities in case of goods carried from a port. <\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Objective:<\/strong> The main objective of the new law is <strong>to modernise India\u2019s maritime shipping regulations <\/strong>and make them <strong>easier to understand and apply<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Key features:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Adopts Hague\u2013Visby Rules: <\/strong>Aligns Indian law with international maritime standards for <strong>bills of lading and cargo liability<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Legal <strong>safeguards<\/strong> for parties in shipping contracts<\/li>\n<li><strong>Regulatory flexibility<\/strong> for the government to adapt the law as needed<\/li>\n<li><strong>Replacement of the outdated 1925 law<\/strong> with language better suited to current trade realities<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Key central government powers: <\/strong>The Bill gives the central government two key powers:\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Issuing Directions:<\/strong> The government can issue <strong>guidelines or instructions to help implement<\/strong> the provisions of the Bill effectively.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Amending Rules:<\/strong> The government can <strong>update or modify the rules<\/strong> related to <strong>bills of lading (listed in the schedule of the Bill)<\/strong> through notifications, without needing to bring a new law to Parliament.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<table style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; border-style: solid;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 720px;\"><strong>About Bill of Lading<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>This is a <strong>legal receipt<\/strong> <strong>issued by a shipping company<\/strong> to the person sending the goods.<\/li>\n<li>It lists <strong>what goods are being shipped<\/strong>, their <strong>quantity<\/strong> and <strong>condition<\/strong>, and <strong>where they are going<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>It also <strong>acts as proof of ownership<\/strong> of the goods and is essential for international trade.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>About Hague\u2013Visby Rules<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Hague\u2013Visby Rules is a set of <strong>international rules for the international carriage of goods by sea. <\/strong><\/li>\n<li>They are a slightly updated version of the <strong>original Hague Rules<\/strong> which were drafted in Brussels in <strong>1924<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: The Parliament passed the Carriage of Goods by Sea Bill, 2025, marking a significant step in the government\u2019s ongoing effort to modernise India&#8217;s maritime legal framework. About Carriage of Goods by Sea Bill, 2025 The Bill replaces the nearly century-old colonial period Indian Carriage of Goods by Sea Act of 1925, aligning Indian law&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/carriage-of-goods-by-sea-bill-2025\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Carriage of Goods by Sea Bill, 2025<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10393,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,3127,1731,12039],"tags":[11872],"class_list":["post-344180","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-economy","category-bill-and-acts","category-knolls","tag-9pm-daily-factly","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344180","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10393"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=344180"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344180\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=344180"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=344180"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=344180"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}