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restrictions。 ? Act or omission of the shipper or owner of the goods, or his agent or representative。 ? Strikes or lockouts or stoppage or ? or restraint of labor from whatever cause, whether partial or general 。 provided that nothing herein contained shall be construed to relieve a carrier from responsibility for the carrier’ s own acts。 ? 1 Riots and civil motions。 ? 1 Saving or attempting to save life or property at sea。 ? 1 Wastage in bulk or weight or any other loss or damage arising from inherent defect, quality, or vice of the goods。 ? 1 Insufficiency of packing ? 1 Insufficiency or inadequacy of marks。 ? 1 Latent defects not discoverable by due diligence。 and ? 1 Any other cause arising without the actual fault and privity of the carrier and without the fault or negli ence of the agents or servants of the carrier, but the burden of proof shall be on the person claiming the benefit of this exception to show that neither the actual fault or privity of the carrier nor the fault or neglect of the agents or servants of the carrier contributed to the loss or damage. ? The provisions show that the Hague and Hague –Visby Rules exempt carriers from almost all liability from damages. Once the goods carried are damaged, carriers can use any of the 17 immunities to excuse his liability. The Hamburg Rules prolongs the carrier’ s period of ? responsibility: ? The responsibility of the carrier for the goods under this Convention ? covers the period during which the carrier is in charge of the goods at the port of loading, during the carriage and at the port of discharge. The ? carrier is deemed to be in charge of the goods: (1) from the time he has taken over the goods。 (2) until the time he has delivered the goods. ? The most important modification by the Hamburg Rules is that it has canceled carriers’ immunities from the ? act, neglect, or default of the master. marine, pilot, or the servants of the carrier in the navigation or in the management of the ship. ? ? (六)承運人的責(zé)任限額 ? 海牙規(guī)則: 100英鎊 /件或單位 ? 維斯比規(guī)則: 10 000金法郎 /件或單位 30法郎 /公斤(毛重) , 以兩者較高者為準(zhǔn) ? 漢堡規(guī)則: 835特別提款權(quán) /件 ? 或單位 /公斤(毛重)。 ? 比海牙規(guī)則高 4倍,比維斯比規(guī)則提高 25%。 ? 二 、 租船運輸 ? ( 一 ) Voyage Charterparties( 航次租船合同 ) ? When a charterer hires a ship and its crew for the carriage of goods from one place to another, the charterer and s