On the Reform of the Rules of Performing Assistant Under Chinese Maritime Law

Performing assistant of carrier plays a very important role in the carriage of goods by sea in modern times. Modern transport relies not only on the assistances of the carrier’s employees such as captain and crew, but also on the assistance of the relative industry. Therefore, it is necessary to properly define the legal relations between contracting party and performing assistants, to clarify the legal status of performing assistants, carrier and shipowners, which would help to promote transaction efficiency, to balance the interests of concerning parties, to reduce commercial conflicts and also to increase the healthy development of shipping industry and trade