1. 货运代理人作为订约承运人行事时，需要了解强制性法律制度的适用范围。目前，这并没有构成主要的难题，但若扩大预期的海上运输公约的范围以涵盖“门到门”运输，情况就大不相同了。
1. Freight forwarders need to know to what extent mandatory legal regimes become applicable when they act as contracting carriers. At present, this does not present any major difficulties, but the situation will become significantly different with any expansion of a contemplated convention on carriage by sea to cover carriage “door-to-door”.