Maritime law is divided into broad sense and narrow sense. Maritime law in a broad sense refers to a country's maritime transport and maritime legislation. Its contents include: maritime law, separate laws and regulations regulating civil and commercial relations such as maritime affairs, and shipping industry management (including maritime enterprise management, ship management, crew management, etc.). ) and administrative regulations on the management of ports, waters and waterways.

The main contents of maritime law are as follows:

1, which mainly adjusts the relationship between maritime transport and ships. Maritime transportation refers to the maritime transportation of goods and passengers, including direct transportation between rivers and seas. It should be noted that the provisions of the contract of carriage of goods by sea are not applicable to the carriage of goods by sea between ports in People's Republic of China (PRC) (China). Ships refer to seagoing ships and other marine mobile devices, except ships used for military and government affairs and small ships with a gross tonnage of less than 20 tons. Ships include ship accessories;

2. The contract of carriage of goods by sea, the contract of carriage of passengers by sea, the contract of ship leasing, the contract of towage by sea and the contract of marine insurance are all specified in detail.

To sum up, maritime law belongs to private international law. The legal relations in maritime transport are mostly foreign-related legal relations, and conflicts of laws often occur because of the different maritime laws of different countries. In order to solve the legal conflicts between countries, countries have stipulated some conflict norms in Qi Maritime Law. In this sense, there are a lot of private international law problems in maritime law.

Legal basis:

Article 1 of People's Republic of China (PRC) Maritime Law

This Law is formulated in order to adjust the relationship between maritime transport and ships, safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of all parties concerned, and promote the development of maritime transport and economy and trade.

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The maritime transport referred to in this Law refers to the maritime transport of goods and passengers, including direct river-sea transport.

The provisions of the contract of carriage of goods by sea in Chapter IV of this Law shall not apply to the carriage of goods by sea between ports in People's Republic of China (PRC).