Sincetheacademicyearof2011，IhavebeendeliveringacourseonLawandPracticeofCharterparties，forundergraduatestudentswithmajorsinshippingmanage-mentandinlogisticsengineeringatDalianMaritimeUniversity（DMU）inDalian，Chi-na.IinsistedongivingthecourselargelyinEnglishandpreparedasyllabusinEnglishwhichwasthefirstdraftofamonographnowtransformedintothisbook.Iamgratifiedthatstudentsforwhomthebookisintendedhaveshownexemplarytolerancefortheim-perfectionsinboththesyllabusandthecourseitself.Theirinterestandfeedbackeven-tuallyencouragedmetoproducethisbook，thepublicationofwhichhasbeenfundedbyDMU.