9. 对于事发地点不确定的灭失，或者如果没有可适用的强制性公约，公约草案的综合海运赔偿责任制度便将适用于多式联运全程，即使其中的海上运输段很短。多式联运协会会议认为，这种情形是常有的，因为集装箱装运的货物很难确定灭失发生地点，而且实际上单式运输公约主要是欧洲公约，并未在全球适用。
9. In cases of non-localized loss or if no mandatory convention is applicable, then the complex maritime liability regime of the Draft Convention will apply to the entire multimodal transport, even if only a short sea carriage is involved. It is believed by the IMMTA Conference that this will often be the case, bearing in mind the difficulty in localizing a loss in relation to goods carried in containers and the fact that unimodal conventions are mainly European conventions and do not have global application.