Features of the legal status of the consignee in the contract of carriage under the legislation of the Russian Federation

Spector Asiya Akhmetovna

This article discusses the legal status of the consignee in the contract of carriage. It is concluded that the consignee acts as a third party on the side of the shipper in the relations of cargo transportation, since the shipper and the consignee have a binding relationship from another contract between them, where the sender undertakes to provide the recipient with certain things through the use of the carrier's transport services.

Keywords:contract of carriage, code, consignee, sender, freedom of contract, goods, obligations of the parties.