In the paper, ICC states that, "...the proposed regime will underpin an important element of international commerce." 'Also, that "The Convention aims to provide uniformity for the international carriage of goods, which at the current time is governed by a number of maritime liability regimes, absent of a global convention for multimodal transport and e‐commerce." 'In that regard, the first objective listed by ICC is, "'the importance of a harmonized liability regime for maritime transport and related door‐to‐door transport and the need to avoid regionalization."
ICC also states that it "stands ready to proactively facilitate business input into national and international discussions on the ratification of the Roterdam Rules, with a view to bringing about uniformity in this important area of international law."
NITL and WSC are members of the United States Council for International Business (USCIB) which is the US member organization of the ICC. (NITL & WSC)