Convention on Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims, 1976

Article 1 Defi nitions In this Convention – 1. ‘Carrier’ means any person by whom or in whose name a contract of carriage of goods by

sea has been concluded with a shipper.

2. ‘Actual carrier’ means any person to whom the performance of the carriage of the goods, or of part of the carriage, has been entrusted by the carrier, and includes any other person to whom such performance has been entrusted.