{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DefinedTerm","name":"Contract of carriage","description":"A freight forwarder books truck capacity, a shipping line issues a bill of lading, an airline sends an air waybill – in each case, a contract of carriage underpins the transaction. Under this agreement, the carrier undertakes to transport goods or persons from origin to destination in exchange for payment of freight charges. The governing legal framework varies by mode: the Hague-Visby Rules apply to sea carriage, the Montreal Convention to air freight, and the CMR Convention to international ro","inDefinedTermSet":{"@type":"DefinedTermSet","name":"Frachtportal Logistics Glossary","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/glossary"},"url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/glossary/contract-of-carriage-2","inLanguage":"en","dateModified":"2026-06-16T06:02:57.490792","citation":"https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beförderungsvertrag","markdownMirror":"https://www.freight-academy.com/api/md/glossary/en/contract-of-carriage-2","provider":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Frachtportal","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com"},"quickSummary":"Contract of carriage · A freight forwarder books truck capacity, a shipping line issues a bill of lading, an airline sends an air waybill – in each case, a contract of carriage underpins the transaction. · Quelle: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beförderungsvertrag"}