6. 在多式联运协会会议上，与会者普遍同意，随着集装箱化的发展，多式联运正变得日益重要，需要一种统一、简单而透明的法律框架来管辖这类运输所发生的灭失、损坏和迟延赔偿责任。在这方面，多式联运协会会议研究了贸易法委员会公约草案。多式联运协会会议的与会者普遍一致认为，贸易法委员会公约草案只是将海运赔偿责任制度延及所有含海运段的多式联运合同。
6. It was generally agreed at the IMMTA Conference that with the development of containerisation, multimodal transport was becoming increasingly important and there was a need for a uniform, simple and transparent legal framework to govern liability for loss, damage and delay arising from this type of transportation. In this context, the UNCITRAL Draft Convention was examined at the IMMTA Conference. It was generally agreed by participants at the IMMTA Conference that the UNCITRAL Draft Convention merely extended a maritime liability regime to all contracts for multimodal transport, which included a sea leg.