복합운송인의 책임체계에 관한 연구

Today, the field of international transportations can be described in the multimodal transport era. The multimodal carriage is the transport of goods by two or more carriers using two or more types of carriage (i.e. truck, rail, sea and air). However, the problem is the carrier liability in multimodal transport because the cargo liability issues remain uncertain. In most cases involving multimodal carriage, one must first determine whether the intention of the parties is that the carrier's liability was for carriage over the entire voyage from origin to final destination, or only over the portion of the transportation undertaken by the carrier's own equipment. This is the problem concerning multimodal transport operator(MTO)'s liability regime. There are three approaches to MTO's liability regimes: the uniform liability systems; the network liability systems; the modified network liability systems. Under the uniform liability systems, the same liability rules apply all of the stages of the transport operation, regardless of the means of transportation. Therefore, the same rules of the uniform systems govern all legal connections concerning any cargo loss, damage or delay in delivery, even if they cannot be localized, or occurred gradually during several transport legs. In the meantime, a MTO in the network liability systems is responsible for 'the rules' that apply to the transport leg during which the loss, damage or delay occurred. Lastly, the modified network liability systems represent a compromise between the uniform systems and the network systems. Both the Rotterdam rules and the revised maritime law of Korea adopt the network liability regime to multimodal carriage. I think these two groups' options suggest the most comprehensive legal regimes for the multimodal carriage of goods. In my opinion, the uniform systems apply to any cargo loss, damage or delay in delivery that occurred from the time when the carrier or a performing party received the goods until the time when the goods were delivered to the consignee. Also, the uniform systems would cause conflicts with the mandatory provisions of the international transport liability regime(i.e. CMR or Warsaw Systems). Therefore, I think network systems have more effective solutions to the cargo liability issues than uniform systems. Also, this approach can match well with the present commercial practice in the international carriage of goods, other laws governing carriers liability, and the global trend.