从责任限制角度探讨邮轮公司的责任承担

On the Liabilities for Cruise Companies from the Angle of Liability Limitation

邮轮纠纷日益增多,邮轮公司在邮轮旅游纠纷下是否享有责任限制的问题成为一时热议。从邮轮合同性质、法律适用、邮轮公司法律地位的递进关系着手分析邮轮公司责任限制问题,探讨其适用责任限制的合理性及法律依据,对邮轮公司是否适用我国《海商法》第五章做出判断,指出我国《海商法》第五章责任限制规定的问题。经过以上分析,得出邮轮公司适用责任限制制度,并指出我国《海商法》第五章不足之处,以期对我国《海商法》修改有所助益。

With the increase of cruise disputes, whether liability limitation applies to cruise companies under cruise travel disputes has become a hot issue. Proceeding from the nature of cruise contract, law application, and the legal status of cruise companies, the paper analyzes the liability limitation for cruise companies, explores the rationality and legal basis for cruise ships to apply the liability limitation, judges whether cruise companies may apply the fifth chapter of Maritime Law of the People's Republic of China, and identifies the problems with Chapter 5 of the Maritime Law concerning liability limitation. Based on the above analysis, it concludes that liability limitation applies to cruise companies, and indicates the inadequacies of Chapter 5, in the hope of providing reference for the amendment of the Maritime Law.