Port Closure Due to the Covid-19 Pandemic in the Law of Carriage of Goods By Sea and Unidroit Principles of International Commercial Contracts

Port closure as an effort to slow the spread of Covid-19 virus has had various impacts, such port congestion which led delays and drastically increased transportation costs. This study examines impacts caused by closures legal remedies that can be taken based on international sea transport law. Losses due cannot borne carrier conventions shipping law long prove fault was not his own. The categorized a hardship, in there are fundamental changes affect agreement, namely increase costs delays. efforts made UPICC renegotiation, if it fails, parties seek dispute settlement through courts. In implementing must prioritize principle good faith losses incurred did originate from themselves.