Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 2531

The sea carrier's obligation. It includes loading, assembling, stowing, carrying, preserving, caring for and unloading the goods. Implication thereof: the contract of carriage by sea addresses liability between its parties, the carrier, the shipper or consignee, from receipt of the goods until their delivery to the consignee or his agent, and thus includes loading and unloading. - The carrier's entrusting a contractor with the physical operations of loading and unloading. The nature of this contract. A contract for consideration independent of the contract of carriage by sea. - Maritime towage and pilotage contracts:-