Public international law: law of the sea Books

Book SynopsisA practical and user-friendly guide to the collision regulations, with full interpretations of the rules and clear diagrams. A thorough understanding of the International Regulations for the Prevention of Collisions at Sea (ColRegs) is essential for a wide range of professionals as well as amateur mariners. Written in legal text rather than easy to understand terminology, it is not a surprise that the Colregs are subject to gross misunderstanding and confusion. This makes this a difficult area for the thousands of mariners who need to learn, understand and remember them.This handbook is the answer. Expert marine training director Simon Jinks provides straightforward explanations of the complex situations that the Regulations discuss. He gives simple and comprehensive interpretation of the ColRegs rule by rule, giving students and professionals the clarity they need for exam prep and dealing with real-life situations. Colour illustrations of all lights and shapes, and clear diagrTrade ReviewUser-friendly learning guide * Practical Boat Owner *The only book of its kind on the market. Very clear and concise and will save hours of unnecessary reading. * Roger Seymour, Senior RYA Examiner, Hamble School of Yachting *I cannot recommend it highly enough * Jordan Stevens, Severn Training Group Ltd *Table of ContentsPART A General PART B Steering and sailing rules Section I - Conduct of vessels in any conditions of visibility Section II - Conduct of vessels in sight of one another Section III - Conduct of vessels in restricted visibility PART C Lights and shapes PART D Sound and light signals PART E Exemptions PART F Verification of compliance ANNEX I Positioning and technical details of lights and shapes ANNEX II Additional signals for fishing and fishing vessels in close proximity ANNEX III Technical details of sound signal appliances ANNEX IV Distress signals Bridge Watchkeeping Exam technique Radar and plotting Questions Appendix MGN 315 Bridge watchkeeping MGN 324 Use of VHF and AIS in collision avoidance MGN 364 TSS MGN 369 Restricted Vis MGN 379 Use of Electronic Navigation Aids

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Book SynopsisPraise for the previous edition: “A complete overview of the subject which does not intimidate the reader but rather spurns interest and understanding in the subject.” European Energy and Environmental Law Review “…(the book is) scholarly yet accessible and very readable; thoroughly recommended.” Law Institute Journal Description The law of the sea provides for the regulation, management and governance of the ocean spaces that cover over two-thirds of the Earth’s surface. This book provides a comprehensive assessment of the foundational principles of the law of the sea, a critical overview of the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea and an analysis of subsequent developments including many bilateral, regional, and global agreements that supplement the Convention. The third edition of this acclaimed text has been thoroughly revised and updated, and now incorporates a dedicated chapter on natural and artificial islands. All of the main areas of the law of the sea are addressed including the foundations and sources of the law, the nature and extent of the maritime zones, the delimitation of overlapping maritime boundaries, the place of archipelagic and other special states in the law of the sea, navigational rights and freedoms, military activities at sea, marine scientific research, and marine resource and conservation issues such as fisheries, marine environmental protection and dispute settlement. The book also takes stock of contemporary oceans governance issues not adequately addressed by the Convention. Overarching challenges facing the law of the sea are considered, including how new maritime security initiatives can be reconciled with traditional navigational rights and freedoms, the need for stronger legal and policy responses to protect the global ocean environment from climate change and ocean acidification, and work on a new agreement for the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction.Trade ReviewThis is a very useful book for students and practitioners of the law of the sea. This edition now reflects a number of developments (including in the jurisprudence) which have occurred in the last few years since the previous edition was published. Yet the book retains its essence of providing a clear presentation of the law, which has long made this title a success. It is highly recommended. -- Reece Lewis * Cardiff University *Having relied on the excellent second edition for many years, this third edition builds on very strong foundations to address contemporary practices and challenges in the law of the sea. As the wheels of evolution on the law of the sea quicken with increased state attention and compounding challenges this book is an invaluable resource for keeping up with a Bird's eye overview of the regime. -- Arron Honniball * Max Planck Foundation for International Peace and the Rule of Law *Table of Contents1. The History and Sources of the International Law of the Sea 2. Coastal Waters 3. Territorial Sea and Contiguous Zone 4. The Exclusive Economic Zone 5. The Continental Shelf 6. The Deep Seabed 7. High Seas 8. Islands 9. Archipelagic States 10. Landlocked and Geographically Disadvantaged States 11. Navigational Rights and Freedoms 12. International Straits and Archipelagic Navigation 13. Military Uses of the Oceans 14. Marine Resource Management 15. Marine Scientific Research 16. Marine Environmental Protection 17. Delimitation of Maritime Boundaries 18. Maritime Regulation and Enforcement 19. Dispute Settlement in the Law of the Sea 20. Oceans Governance

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Book SynopsisExploring everything from contemporary challenges to ocean security this book offers detailed insights into the increasing activities of state and non-state actors at sea. Chapters revisit the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (LOSC), highlighting how not all maritime security threats can be addressed by this, and further looking at the ways in which the LOSC may even hinder maritime security. Featuring contributions from both expert academics and practitioners in the field, the book explores new maritime security threats posed by non-state actors, such as piracy and illegal fishing. It analyses how states have had to reconsider their understanding of maritime security and rethink the use and protection of their maritime domain in the face of modern challenges, including the robotics revolution, the rise of unmanned systems and the blue economy agenda. Providing a comprehensive analysis of the interplay between LOSC and maritime security, this is key reading for scholars of maritime law, international relations and security studies. Practitioners working in the shipping industry or fishing sector, as well as maritime law enforcement officials will benefit from the practical advice offered. 'There is increasing agreement maritime security is important, but there is still disagreement about what that implies or even what the term means. This book is a timely intervention in the debate by leading thinkers in the field. Maritime security scholars and practitioners will find it an indispensable reference.' - Douglas Guilfoyle, University of New South Wales Canberra, Australia Contributors include: R. Barnes, C. Bueger, K. Chadwick, T. Edmunds, S. Kopela, A. Murdoch, A. Petrig, V. Roeben, M. Rosello, K. ZouTrade Review‘This book critically raises the visibility of the need for States and international organizations to comply with UNCLOS when addressing their deepening and interconnected maritime security concerns. This book makes a significant contribution to the literature in the process. A worthy addition to any bookshelf, this book should remain relevant for years to come.’ -- Arron N Honniball, Ocean Yearbook'The interplay between maritime security and the law of the sea has emerged as both an important and challenging issue. This volume explores this issue through a series of timely contributions by leading scholars and practitioners in the field and is expected to make a valid contribution to the scholarship on maritime security.' --Efthymios Papastavridis, University of Oxford, UK'Maritime Security and the Law of the Sea: Help or Hindrance? provides important insights into cutting-edge maritime security issues and whether the law of the sea is still fit for purpose. The diverse topics addressed will hold considerable interest for all stakeholders working in maritime security.' --Natalie Klein, University of New South Wales, Australia'This timely and important volume makes a significant contribution to the literature on both maritime security and the 1982 LOS Treaty. The editors and contributors have convincingly demonstrated that issues of maritime security pose serious challenges for the international community and to the legal regime established in the LOS Treaty.' --Robert Beckman, National University of Singapore‘There is increasing agreement maritime security is important, but there is still disagreement about what that implies or even what the term means. This book is a timely intervention in the debate by leading thinkers in the field. Maritime security scholars and practitioners will find it an indispensable reference.’ -- Douglas Guilfoyle, University of New South Wales Canberra, AustraliaTable of ContentsContents: 1 The interplay between maritime security and the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea: help or hindrance? 1 Sofia Galani and Malcolm D. Evans 2 Beyond seablindness: a new agenda for maritime security studies 25 Christian Bueger and Timothy Edmunds 3 Fisheries and maritime security: understanding and enhancing the connection 48 Richard Barnes and Mercedes Rosello 4 High-end maritime security as legal argumentation 83 Volker Roeben 5 The commission of maritime crimes with unmanned systems: an interpretive challenge for the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea 104 Anna Petrig 6 Unmanned maritime systems will shape the future of naval operations: is international law ready? 132 Kara Chadwick 7 Ships without nationality: interdiction on the high seas 157 Andrew Murdoch 8 Tackling maritime security threats from a port state’s perspective 180 Sophia Kopela 9 Towards the Code of Conduct for the South China Sea: maritime security dimensions 202 Keyuan Zou Index 218

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Book SynopsisThe Oxford Handbook of International Refugee Law is a comprehensive, critical work, which analyses the state of research across the refugee law regime as a whole. Drawing together leading and emerging scholars, the Handbook provides both doctrinal and theoretical analyses of international refugee law and practice. It critiques existing law from a variety of normative positions, with several chapters identifying foundational flaws that open up space for radical rethinking. Many authors work directly in the field, and their contributions demonstrate how scholarship and practice can mutually inform each other. Contributions assess a wide range of international legal instruments relevant to refugee protection, including from international human rights law, international humanitarian law, international migration law, the law of the sea, and international and transnational criminal law. Geographically, contributors examine regional and domestic laws and practices from around the world, with Trade ReviewBy far the most comprehensive and up to date reference work in international refugee law ... the Handbook provides an excellent starting point for any academic research project in this area ... the Handbook will soon become an integral part in the standard canon of books on international refugee law and a valuable resource for students, scholars, and practitioners alike. * Jan-Phillip Graf, Journal of International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict *If you are interested in widening and deepening your knowledge and understanding of the global system of refugee law and protection, this handbook is an invaluable entry point... The handbook stands as a state of the art review of international refugee law and scholarship by some of the most prominent and well respected writers and thinkers in the field. * Colin Yeo, Free Movement *Table of ContentsPart I. International Refugee Law: Reflections on the Scholarly Field 1: International Refugee Law in the Early Years 2: Race, Refugees, and International Law 3: A Feminist Appraisal of International Refugee Law 4: Queering International Refugee Law 5: The Politics of International Refugee Law 6: The Ethics of International Refugee Protection 7: Refugees as Migrants 8: The Intersection of International Refugee Law and International Statelessness LawPart II. Sources 9: The Architecture of the UN Refugee Convention and Protocol 10: The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees 11: Moving Towards an Integrated Approach of Refugee Law and Human Rights Law 12: International Humanitarian Law and Refugee Protection 13: Customary Refugee Law 14: National Constitutions and Refugee ProtectionPart III. Regional Regimes 15: Regional Refugee Regimes: Africa 16: Regional Refugee Regimes: North America 17: Regional Refugee Regimes: Latin America 18: Regional Refugee Regimes: Middle East 19: Regional Refugee Regime: Europe 20: Regional Refugee Regimes: Central Asia 21: Regional Refugee Regimes: East Asia 22: Regional Refugee Regimes: South Asia 23: Regional Refugee Regimes: Southeast Asia 24: Refugee Regimes: OceaniaPart IV. Access to Protection and International Responsibility-Sharing 25: Sharing of Responsibilities for the International Protection of Refugees 26: Protection at Sea and the Denial of Asylum 27: Extraterritorial Migration Control and Deterrence 28: The Evolution of Safe Third Country Law and Practice 29: Human Smuggling and Refugees 30: Human Trafficking and Refugees 31: Refugee Status Determination 32: Asylum Procedures 33: Credibility, Reliability, and Evidential AssessmentPart IV. The Scope of Refugee Protection 34: The International and Regional Refugee Definitions Compared 35: UNRWA and Palestine Refugees 36: Complementary Protection 37: Temporary Protection and Temporary Refuge 38: The Internal Protection Alternative 39: Exclusion 40: Women in Refugee Jurisprudence 41: Child Refugees 42: Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in Refugee Claims 43: Protecting Refugees with Disabilities 44: Stateless Refugees 45: Conflict Refugees 46: Displacement in the context of Climate Change and Disasters 47: Internal DisplacementPart V. Refugee Rights and Realities 48: The Right to Asylum 49: National Constitutions and the Right to Asylum 50: Non-refoulement 51: Non-penalization and non-criminalization 52: The Right to Liberty 53: The Right to Work 54: The Right to Education 55: The Right to Family Reunification 56: The Digital Transformation of Refugee GovernancePart VI. The End of Refugeehood - Cessation and Durable Solutions 57: Cessation 58: Refugee Naturalization and Integration 59: Reimagining Voluntary Repatriation 60: Resettlement 61: Onward MigrationPart VII. Accountability for Displacement and Refugee Rights Violations 62: Restitution and Other Remedies for Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons 63: The Responsibility of Armed Groups concerning Displacement 64: The Accountability of International Organizations in Refugee and Migration Law 65: Border Crimes as Crimes against Humanity

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Book SynopsisConflict at sea has been transformed by disruptive technologies, creating a dynamic and distributed operational environment that extends from the oceans to encompass warfare on land, in the air, outer space, and cyberspace. This raises choice of law decisions that include the law of naval warfare and the law of armed conflict, neutrality law, and the peacetime regimes that apply to the oceans, airspace, outer space, and cyberspace. The international law in networked naval warfare must contend with autonomous vessels and aircraft, artificial intelligence, and long-range precision strike missiles that can close the kill chain at sea and beyond. The asymmetrical use of merchant ships and blockchain shipping in naval operations, opening of the seabed as a new dimension of undersea warfare, and sophisticated attacks against submarine cables and space satellites pose new operational and legal dilemmas. Navigating this broader conception of the international law of naval warfare requires an uTrade ReviewThis book is the definitive authority on approaching technological innovations that are already disrupting the traditional categories of actors and situations in the law of naval warfare. It should be required reading for all policy practitioners, government decision-makers, and international lawyers now wrestling with characterizing legal consequences from factual ambiguities introduced through "maritime militias," unmanned maritime systems, lethal autonomous warfare, and dual-use technologies. * Diane Desierto, Professor of Law and Global Affairs, Notre Dame Law School *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. Law of Naval Warfare and Maritime Neutrality 2. Merchant Ships 3. Unmanned Maritime Systems 4. Lethal Autonomous Weapons 5. Submarine Warfare 6. Seabed Warfare 7. Missile Warfare and Nuclear Weapons 8. Naval Operations in Outer Space

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Book SynopsisNew Technologies, Artificial Intelligence and Shipping Law in the 21st Century consists of edited versions of the papers delivered at the Institute of International Shipping and Trade Law's 14th International Colloquium at Swansea Law School in September 2018. Written by a combination of top academics and highly experienced legal practitioners, these papers have been carefully co-ordinated to give the reader a first-class insight into the issues surrounding new technology and shipping.The book is set out in three parts: Part I offers a detailed and critical analysis of issues that are emerging, and those that are likely to emerge, from the use of advanced computer technology, particularly at the contracting process and in the context of issuing trading documents. Part 2 focusses on artificial intelligence and discusses the contemporary issues that will emerge once autonomous ships and similar crafts are put to use in the world's oceanTable of ContentsTable of cases. Table of legislation. Notes on editors and contributors. Foreword. Preface. Part 1 Effect of New Technologies on Contracting in Shipping Practice. Chapter 1 Blockchain and Smart Contracts in Shipping and Transport: A Legal Revolution is About to Arrive? Francesco Munari. Chapter 2 Smart Contracts - The BIMCO Experience Grant Hunter. Chapter 3 Can Commercial Law Accommodate New Technologies in International Shipping? Michael Sturley. Chapter 4 Electronic Signature in Shipping Practice Erik Røsæg. Chapter 5 Pinning Down Delivery: Glencore v. MSC and the Use of PIN Codes to Effect Delivery Simon Rainey. Part 2 Artificial Intelligence and Shipping. Chapter 6 Autonomous Shipping and Maritime Law Paul Dean and Henry Clack. Chapter 7 BOTPORT Law - The regulatory Agenda for the Transition to Smart Ports Erik van Hoydonk. Chapter 8 Autonomous Vessels and Third Party Liabilities - The Elephant in the Room Barış Soyer. Chapter 9 Shipping - Product Liability Goes High-Tech Andrew Tettenborn. Chapter 10 Who is the Master Now? Regulatory and Contractual Challenges of Unmanned Vessels Simon Baughen. Chapter 11 Carrier Liability for Unmanned Ships. Goodbye Crew, Hello Liability Frank Stevens. Part 3 Legal Tech and Its Impact on Shipping and Insurance. Chapter 12 Impact of Technology on Disclosure in Shipping Litigation Peter MacDonald-Eggers. Chapter 13 Insurance and Artificial Intelligence: Underwriting, Claims and Litigation Simon Cooper. Index.

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Book SynopsisBringing a fresh, comparative approach to transport documents used in the carriage of goods by sea, this book covers bills of lading, sea waybills, ship's delivery orders, multimodal transport documents, and electronic transport documents. The book covers historic developments, current conventions, and thoughts for the future on these transport documents; and delves deeply into the legal issues concerning them. It represents a comprehensive compilation of case and statute law from around the world on this subject. In addition to English law, the book covers American, French, German, and Italian laws, as well as the laws of several East Asian jurisdictions (China, Japan, South Korea). Primarily, the book will be of use to maritime law scholars and students, and lawyers who deal with shipping. It may also be of interest to international traders, banks, and ship masters and officers.Trade ReviewThis valuable, scholarly monograph represents a unique study of transport docu>ments in the carriage of goods by sea, contributing immensely and systematically to knowledge and understanding in the respective legal field. The book contains a number of fresh ideas, and in some parts challenges some of the well-established concepts that are considered settled in law. The book is a modern and comprehensive textbook and a valu>able manual for solving theoretical and practical problems for all those who come into contact with transport documents and contracts of carriage of goods by sea. Dr. sc. Vesna Skorupan WolfTable of ContentsABBREVIATIONS PREFACE 1. INTRODUCTION AND HISTORY 2. DEFINITION AND FUNCTIONS OF BILL OF LADING 3. ISSUANCE AND CONTENTS OF THE BILL OF LADING 4. THE BILL OF LADING AS A RECEIPT 5. THE BILL OF LADING AS A CONTRACT 6. BILLS OF LADING UNDER TIME CHARTER 7. BILL OF LADING AS DOCUMENT OF TITLE 8. DELIVERY OF THE GOODS UNDER BILLS OF LADING 9. THE ROLE OF THE BILL OF LADING IN INTERNATIONAL TRADE 10. THE SEA WAYBILL 11. SHIP’S DELIVERY ORDER 12. MULTIMODAL TRANSPORT DOCUMENTS 13. ELECTRONIC TRANSPORT DOCUMENTS 14. FUTURE DIRECTIONS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF TRANSPORT DOCUMENTS

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Book SynopsisFrom the time it was first published in 1998, Shipping and the Environment has been the leading text on international and US law and practice in this field. Written by renowned legal and insurance practitioners with over 100 years of combined specialist experience, including first-hand knowledge of many major incidents, it is not only a comprehensive reference work but an abundant source of introductory material and practical insights, all explained with a clarity appreciated by lawyers and non-lawyers alike in a broad international readership. While updating its core subjects of pollution from ships, wreck removal and dumping at sea, this enlarged text extends into other modern areas including pollution from offshore operations after Deepwater Horizon, plastics released into the sea, recycling of vessels, polar operations, and the fast-changing restrictions on carbon emissions from ships, as well as safety threats such as cyberattacks, terrorism and modern forms of piracy.Table of ContentsPART I – INTRODUCTION, 1. THE ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS OF SHIPPING, PART II - LIABILITY AND COMPENSATION FOR OIL POLLUTION DAMAGE, 2. COMPENSATION FROM THE SHIPOWNER UNDER THE CIVIL LIABILITY CONVENTION 1992, 3. COMPENSATION FROM THE INTERNATIONAL OIL POLLUTION COMPENSATION FUNDS, 4. OIL POLLUTION – THE POSITION IN THE UNITED STATES, 5. POLLUTION FROM OFFSHORE OPERATIONS AND CRAFT, 6. POLLUTION FROM SHIPS’ BUNKERS, PART III – COMPENSATION FOR DAMAGE BY HAZARDOUS AND NOXIOUS SUBSTANCES, 7. HNS DAMAGE AND THE HAZARDOUS AND NOXIOUS SUBSTANCES CONVENTION 2010, 8. HNS DAMAGE – THE POSITION IN THE UNITED STATES, PART IV – ADMISSIBILITY AND ASSESSMENT OF CLAIMS, 9. CLAIMS – GENERAL PRINCIPLES, 10. CLEAN-UP OPERATIONS AND OTHER PREVENTIVE MEASURES, 11.DAMAGE TO PROPERTY, 12. ECONOMIC LOSS, 13. DAMAGE TO NATURAL RESOURCES AND COSTS OF RESTORATION, PART V – THE LAW RELATING TO PARTICULAR PARTIES, 14. SALVORS, 15. CHARTERERS AND CARGO OWNERS, 16. SHIP MANAGERS, OPERATORS AND ASSOCIATED PARTIES, 17. THE OWNERS OF COLLIDING SHIPS, 18. PILOTS AND MARITIME AUTHORITIES, 19. SHIP FINANCIERS, 20. P&I CLUBS AND OTHER LIABILITY INSURERS, 21. HULL AND CARGO INSURERS, PART VI – LIMITATION OF LIABILITY, 22. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR POLLUTION AND HNS DAMAGE, PART VII – PREVENTION, REDUCTION AND CONTROL OF DAMAGE TO THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT, 23. INTERNATIONAL RULES TO PREVENT POLLUTION FROM SHIPS, 24.PREVENTION OF POLLUTION FROM SHIPS IN THE UNITED STATES, 25. THE RESPONSE TO AN INCIDENT – INTERNATIONAL CONVENTIONS, 26. THE RESPONSE TO AN INCIDENT – THE POSITION IN THE UNITED STATES, 27. REMOVAL OF WRECKS AND DUMPING AT SEA, 28. SHIPMENT OF WASTE AND DISMANTLING OF VESSELS, 29. ENFORCEMENT OF RULES TO PREVENT POLLUTION, 30. CRIMINAL LIABILITY FOR POLLUTION FROM SHIPS, APPENDIX, INDEX

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Book SynopsisThis book analyses the European legal framework on inland water transport in light of the most recent legislation adopted and how the main Member States of Central Western Europe have implemented it.Specifically, the book provides an innovative tool of analytical and systematic study of the various legislative EU measures that regulate the inland waterways transport sector, as well as for the comparative study and analysis of the relevant measures of implementation adopted by the afore-mentioned Member States. Each EU legislative measure is first explained in general terms and then commented on in detail with a specific analysis of the most significant articles, following a precise logical sequence of the topics; the corresponding national implementing measures are also examined in detail* describing any different ways of transposing the EU regulation, also with regard to any differences in approach by the Member States relative to the possibility of any derogations or exemptTable of ContentsAbout The Author, Table Of Cases, Table Of Legislation, Preface, Chapter 1 Introduction, Chapter 2 The Design And Construction Of Inland Waterway Vessels, Chapter 3 Navigability Licences For Inland Waterway Vessels And Their Reciprocal Recognition, Chapter 4 Professional Qualifications Of The Crew In Inland Navigation And Their Recognition, Chapter 5 The Organisation Of Working Time In Inland Water Transport, Chapter 6 Inland Water Transport Of Passengers And Goods In The Eu Market, Chapter 7 Inland Water Transport Of Dangerous Goods, Chapter 8 Navigation Safety And Environmental Protection, Appendix List Of State Aid Cases In The Eu Inland Water Transport Sector

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Book SynopsisThis book is the first of its kind to explore the problems inherent in the unification of maritime law. Featuring contributions from leading experts at European maritime law research centres, it considers international conventions, current maritime practice, standard forms and recently adopted or drafted national codifications of maritime law from the codification point of view.The book is divided into four parts which represent different views on the main topic. Part I gathers chapters dedicated to different aspects and methods of unification of maritime law on a global scale, as well as several specific issues of maritime law from the regulatory point of view. Part II of the book consists of those papers that centre around the issue of transport of goods. Part III is dedicated to codifications of carriage of passengers, cruise law and leisure navigation. Finally, Part IV addresses national codifications of maritime law.Codification of Maritime Law: Challenges, Possibilities and Experience seeks to provide common ground for future unification of maritime law, which makes the book useful both for private and public maritime lawyers and statesâ maritime administrations worldwide.Table of ContentsPart I General Remarks 1.Codification: Problems of Differing Legal Cultures 2. Codification and Unification of Maritime Law: Friends or Foes? 3. Unification of Maritime Law – A Failed Strategy? 4. Codification by Treaty of Private Maritime Law from the Perspective of a Public International Lawyer 5. Codification – Best Left to States or to Someone Else? 6. Successes and Failures of Uniform Maritime Law Instruments: Is There Room for a New Approach? 7. The Gap Between EU And EEA Law: Opportunities and Threats of EEA Consolidation 8. The Maritime Labour Convention: A Code of Minimum Rights and Maximum Impact Part II Codification Issues in Transport of Goods by Sea 9. The Rotterdam Rules Codification and International Trade – Harmony or Discord 10. Sea Transport Documents in Banks’ Hands - Bridging the UCP with Commercial Shipping Law 11. The Challenges Of ICTs in the Shipping Sector Among International Uniform Law, Codification and Lex Mercatoria: The Electronic Bill Of Lading 12. The Future of the Regulation of the Contract for the Multimodal Carriage of Goods in the Context of the Rotterdam Rules 13. Regulation of the Multimodal Carrier’s Liability Regime with a Special Focus of Selected National Maritime and Transport Laws Part III Codification in the Area of Carriage of Passengers and Leisure Navigation 14. The Role of Sailing and Leisure Navigation in the Codification of Maritime Law (in the Framework of the Spanish Maritime Navigation Law of 2014) 15. Yacht Codes – A Solution to the Problem of Equivalent Safety Standards for Large Yachts 16. Claims for Personal Injuries by Cruise Ship Passengers under International and EU Regimes Part IV National Codifications of Maritime Law 17. Maritime Law Codification in Japan: Elements Considered and Those Not Considered 18. Codification of Maritime Law: The Experience of Spain 19. The Interrelations between Compulsory Insurance of Shipowners for Maritime Claims and the Shipowner’s Limitation of Liability: A Case of Lack of Coordination in Italy Among Disciplines of Different but Complementary Subjects 20. Recent Maritime Law Codifications - Reasons and Scope. The Polish Perspective as Compared with Other Chosen Jurisdictions

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Book SynopsisNow in its fifth edition, this authoritative guide covers all of the core aspects of maritime law in one distinct volume. Maritime Law is written by a team of leading academics and practitioners, each expert in their own field. Together, they provide clear, concise and fully up-to-date coverage of topics ranging from bills of lading to arrest of ships, all written in an accessible and engaging style. As English law is heavily relied on throughout the maritime world, this book is grounded in English law whilst continuing to analyse the key international conventions currently in force. Brand new coverage includes: The impact of the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020 which amends the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018.Over one hundred new cases from the English courts, the Court of Justice of the European Union and the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea.Changes to the Merchant Shipping (Registration of Ships) Regulations 1993, includTable of ContentsCHAPTER 1: THE CONFLICT OF LAWS Yvonne BaatzCHAPTER 2: SHIPBUILDING, SALE, FINANCE AND REGISTRATION Filippo Lorenzon and Ainhoa Campàs VelascoCHAPTER 3: INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND SHIPPING DOCUMENTS Filippo LorenzonCHAPTER 4: CHARTERPARTIES Yvonne BaatzCHAPTER 5: CARGO CLAIMS AND BILLS OF LADING Charles DebattistaCHAPTER 6: CARRIAGE OF PASSENGERS Michael Tsimplis CHAPTER 7: THE LIABILITIES OF THE VESSEL Michael Tsimplis CHAPTER 8: PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW ASPECTS OF SHIPPING REGULATION Andrew SerdyCHAPTER 9: SAFETY AND COMPLIANCE Filippo LorenzonCHAPTER 10: MARINE POLLUTION FROM SHIPPING ACTIVITIES Michael TsimplisCHAPTER 11: MARINE INSURANCE Özlem Gürses and Johanna Hjalmarsson CHAPTER 12: PROCEDURES FOR ENFORCEMENT Michael TsimplisCHAPTER 13: THE APPLICATION OF THE EU COMPETITION RULES TO THE MARINE SECTOR Andrea ListaBibliography Index

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Book SynopsisWidely regarded as the leading authority on voyage charters, this book is the most comprehensive and intellectually-rigorous analysis of the area, is regularly cited in court and by arbitrators, and is the go-to guide for drafting and disputing charterparty contracts.Voyage Charters provides the reader with a clause-by-clause analysis of the two major charterparty forms: the Gencon standard charterparty contract and the Asbatankvoy form. It also delivers thorough treatment of COGSA and the Hague and Hague-Visby Rules, a comparative analysis of English and United States law, and a detailed section on arbitration awards.This book is an indispensable, practical guide for both contentious and non-contentious shipping law practitioners, and postgraduate students studying this area of law.Trade Review'This is unquestionably a book of enormous scale and coverage which has been established as the indispensable text by the commercial maritime and trading fraternity. It is truly a work of authority and distinction.'Professor D.Rhidian Thomas, Emeritus Professor of Maritime Law, Swansea University and Editor-in-Chief, Journal of International Maritime Law, UKTable of ContentsPreface; SECTION I: GENERAL PRINCIPLES AND GENCON CHARTER; Chapter 1: Formation and Terms of the Charter; Chapter 2: Parties to the Charter; Chapter 3: Description of the Ship; Chapter 4: Proceeding to the Loading Port; Chapter 5: Loading and Discharging Ports, Places and Berths; Chapter 6: The Cargo; Chapter 7: Charterer’s Obligation to Provide Cargo; Chapter 8: Dunnage; Chapter 9: Proceeding on the Cargo Voyage; Chapter 10: Delivery; Chapter 11: Owners’ Responsibility Clause; Chapter 12: Deviation and Delay; Chapter 13: Freight; Chapter 14: Loading and Discharging; Chapter 15: Laytime; Chapter 16: Demurrage; Chapter 17: Liens; Chapter 18: Bills of Lading; Chapter 19: Cancelling Clause; Chapter 20: General Average; Chapter 21: Remedies for Breach of the Charter; Chapter 22: Frustration of the Charter; Chapter 23: Agency; Chapter 24: Brokerage; Chapter 25: General Strike Clause; Chapter 26: War Risks ("Voywar 1950"); Chapter 27: General Ice Clause; Chapter 27A: Law and Arbitration; SECTION II: ASBATANKVOY CHARTER; Chapter 28: Preamble; Chapter 29: Description and Position of Vessel; Chapter 30: The Voyage; Chapter 31: Freight, Demurrage, Commission; Chapter 32: General Average and Arbitration/Tovalop/Special Provisions; Chapter 33: Warranty—Voyage—Cargo; Chapter 34: Freight; Chapter 35: Deadfreight; Chapter 36: Nomination of Loading and Discharging Ports; Chapter 37: Laydays—Cancelling; Chapter 38: Commencement and Calculation of Laytime; Chapter 39: Demurrage; Chapter 40: Safe Berthing—Shifting; Chapter 41: Pumping In and Out; Chapter 42: Hoses—Mooring at Sea Terminals; Chapter 43: Dues—Taxes—Wharfage; Chapter 44: Excluded Cargoes—Vapour Pressure; Chapter 45: Ice; Chapter 46: Two or More Ports Counting as One; Chapter 47: General cargo; Chapter 48: Quarantine and Fumigation; Chapter 49: Cleaning; Chapter 50: General Exceptions Clause; Chapter 51: Issuance of Bills of Lading; Chapter 52: Terms of Bills of Lading; Chapter 53: Clause Paramount and Cargo Claims; Chapter 54: Jason Clause; Chapter 55: General Average; Chapter 56: Collision Clause; Chapter 57: Limitation of Liability; Chapter 58: War Risks; Chapter 59: Deviation; Chapter 60: Lien; Chapter 61: Agents; Chapter 62: Breach; Chapter 63: Arbitration; Chapter 64: Sublet; Chapter 65: Oil Pollution; Section III: The Hague and Hague-Visby Rules; Chapter 66: The Hague and Hague-Visby Rules

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Book SynopsisMiller''s Marine War Risks is the only book devoted to drawing together and analysing the insurance of commercial shipping against war risks.It merges analysis of the legal principles, case law, and legislation with the practice of the insurance market in order to provide commentary on difficult questions concerning liabilities, claims, and coverage.With global events becoming more uncertain in the Gulf and elsewhere, the updating of Michael Miller's classic text will be of great use to legal practitioners, the insurance market, and the shipping industry throughout the world.Table of Contents1. The History of the War Risks Policy 2. The Underwriters 3. The Premiums 4. Cancellation and Automatic Termination of Cover Clause 5. The Insured Perils: An Overview 6. War 7. Civil War 8. Revolution, Rebellion, Insurrection . . . 9. . . . Or Civil Strife Arising Therefrom . . . 10. . . . Or any Hostile Act by or Against a Belligerent Power 11. Capture 12. Seizure 13. Arrest, Restraint, Detainment . . . 14. . . . And the Consequences Thereof or Any Attempt Thereat 15. Derelict Mines, Torpedoes, Bombs and Weapons of War 16. Strikers, Locked-Out Workmen or Persons Taking Part in Labour Disturbances, Riots or Civil Commotions 17. Riots, Civil Commotions 18. Any Terrorist . . . 19. . . .Or Any Person Acting Maliciously or from a Political Motive 20. Piracy 21. Confiscation and Expropriation 22. Sue and Labour 23. Exclusions 24. War Risks and Marine Insurance Legislation 25. Total Loss and Notice of Abandonment 26. Held Covered 27. Wilful Misconduct and Fraudulent Claims 28. The Proximate Cause 29. Cargo War and Strikes Clauses 30. Containers 31. War Risk Insurance in Time of War

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Book SynopsisFor the first time, this unique text brings together all private international maritime law conventions alongside expert commentary and analysis. Truly global in approach, the book covers each of the nineteen conventions currently in force, all scrutinised by this internationally-acclaimed author. It also examines important maritime conventions not yet in force, including the topical Rotterdam Rules.Split into three convenient volumes, this comprehensive resource provides a thorough treatment of both wet and dry shipping treaties, combining breadth of coverage with depth of analysis. In this first volume, the author covers conventions dealing with the Carriage of Goods and Passengers by Sea, in particular:- International Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules of Law Relating to Bills of Lading, 1924 and its Protocol of 1968 and 1979 (Hague-Visby Rules)- United Nations Convention on the Carriage of Goods by Sea, 1978 (Hamburg Rules)-Trade ReviewComprehensive, authoritative and scholarly, this book should eventually occupy pride of place in the library of every lawyer and advisor in maritime law. - Phillip Taylor and Elizabeth Taylor, both Richmond Green Chambers, 2014Table of ContentsPart 1: Carriage of Goods by Sea 1. International Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules of Law Relating to Bills of Lading 1924 (Hague-Visby Rules) 2. United Nations Convention on the Carriage of Goods by Sea, 1978 ("Hamburg Rules") 3. United Nations Convention on International Carriage of Goods wholly or partly by Sea 2008 (Rotterdam Rules) Part 2: Carriage of Passengers by Sea 4. Athens Convention Relating to the Carriage of Passengers and Their Luggage by Sea 1974 and Protocol of 2002

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Book SynopsisFor the first time, this unique text brings together all private international maritime law conventions alongside expert commentary and analysis. Truly global in approach, the book covers each of the nineteen conventions currently in force, all scrutinised by this internationally-acclaimed author. It also examines important maritime conventions not yet fully ratified, including the topical Rotterdam Rules.This comprehensive resource provides a thorough treatment of both wet and dry shipping treaties, combining breadth of coverage with depth of analysis. In this second volume, the author covers the key conventions dealing with collision, salvage, maritime liens and mortgages, arrest of ships, and limitation of liability. In particular, the author covers: International Convention for the unification of Certain Rules of Law with respect to Collision between Vessels, 1910 International Convention on certain Rules Concerning Civil Jurisdiction in Matters of Collision, 1952 International Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules Relating to Penal Jurisdiction in Matters of Collision or Other Incidents of Navigation, 1952 International Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules of Law Relating to Assistance and Salvage at Sea, 1910 International Convention on Salvage, 1989 International Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules Relating to Maritime Liens and Mortgages, 1926 International Convention on Maritime Liens and Mortgages 1993 International Convention relating to the Arrest of Sea-Going Ships, 1952 International Convention on Arrest of Ships, 1999 International Convention Relating to the Limitation of Liability of Owners of Sea-Going Ships, 1957 and Protocol of 21 December 1979 International Convention on Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims, 1976 and Protocol of 1996 This book is an indispensable reference for maritime lawyers, academics and students of maritime law worldwide.Table of ContentsPART I COLLISION Chapter 1 International Convention for the unification of Certain Rules of Law Relating to Collision between Vessels, 1910 Chapter 2. International Convention on certain Rules Concerning Civil Jurisdiction in Matters of Collision, 1952 Chapter 3. International Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules Relating to Penal Jurisdiction in Matters of Collision or Other Incidents of Navigation, 1952 PART II SALVAGE Chapter 4. International Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules of Law Relating to Assistance and Salvage at Sea, 1910 Chapter 5. International Convention on Salvage, 1989 PART III – MARITIME LIENS AND MORTGAGES Chapter 6. International Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules Relating to Maritime Liens and Mortgages, 1926 Chapter 7. International Convention on Maritime Liens and Mortgages 1993 PART IV – ARREST OF SHIPS Chapter 8. International Convention relating to the Arrest of Sea-Going Ships, 1952 Chapter 9. International Convention on Arrest of Ships, 1999 PART V – LIMITATION OF LIABILITY Chapter 10. International Convention Relating to the Limitation of Liability of Owners of Sea-Going Ships, 1957 as amended by the Protocol of 21 December 1979

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Book SynopsisWritten by a team of top academics and highly-experienced legal practitioners, this is a very complex area of law. It provides both a critical analysis on contemporary legal issues concerning offshore contracts, and an in-depth account of the numerous liability regimes inherently connected to offshore operations. Key features of Offshore Contracts and Liabilities: Detailed insight into contemporary legal issues concerning offshore contracts, including Supplytime and Heavycon In-depth analysis of the current liability regimes with clear reference to contemporary industry practice Thorough examination of the current state of the law from national, regional and international perspectives Up-to-date coverage of hot topics such as liability for offshore installations, knock-for knock agreements in offshore contracts and recently-developed new standard forms, such as Windtime. This book is an indispensable guide for legal practitioners, academics and industry professionals worldwideTrade ReviewOverall, this is a very fine book which is indispensable reading for any practitioner active within the field and which will also be of great interest to students and scholars of maritime law, energy law or the law of commercial contracts. - Greg Gordon, University of AberdeenTable of ContentsPart 1- Offshore Contracts Chapter 1. BIMCO’s Offshore Contracts Chapter 2. Key Aspects of New WINDTIME Form Chapter 3. HEAVYCON 2007: Liabilities, Exceptions, Indemnities Chapter 4. Knock for Knock Clauses in Offshore Contracts- The Fundamental Principles Chapter 5. The Construction of Mutual Indemnities and ‘Knock for Knock’ Clauses Chapter 6. Consequential Loss Exclusion Clauses in Offshore Contracts: The Need for Greater Clarity Chapter 7. Excluding Consequential Damages Chapter 8. Wilful Misconduct and Gross negligence Exclusions in ‘Knock for Knock’ Provisions in Offshore Contracts Chapter 9. Knock for Knock- The P & I Perspective Chapter 10. Standard Contracts Used in the Offshore Insurance Sector: Clear and Unambiguous? PART 2- Offshore Liabilities Chapter 11. Pollution from Offshore Rigs and Installations- UK Law Chapter 12. Norwegian Perspective with regard to Liability Regimes Concerning Oil Rigs and InstallationsChapter 13. Offshore Injury- Whose Jurisdiction, What Law? Chapter 14. Marine Spatial Planning- An Incoming Tide of Opportunity or Liability?

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Book SynopsisAnyone who deals with shipping disputes requires access to a mass of source materials. These include international conventions, statutes and statutory instruments, arbitration rules, and the most commonly encountered bills of lading, charterparties, insurance clauses, guarantees and other contracts. Details of the parties to the international conventions are also required. The Shipping Law Handbook collects all this material in one convenient and easy-to-use volume.The Handbook deals with the following areas: arrest, jurisdiction and applicable law; arbitration; limitation of liability; cargo claims; collision; marine insurance; oil pollution; salvage, toward and general average; standard forms. Each section has an introduction which gives a brief overview of the materials included, setting them in their context, and noting probably future developments. The Handbook has been fully revised for this sixth edition. New items include: the European Judgments Regulation (Recast) 2012, the LMAA Terms 2017, the Insurance Act 2015, the York-Antwerp Rules 2016, the Inter-Club Agreement 1996 (amended 2011), Barecon 2017, Congenbill 2016, NYPE 2015 and updated lists of parties to international conventions.The Handbook is a highly practical work, which anyone involved in shipping will wish to keep conveniently to hand. It is an essential reference work for shipping lawyers, arbitrators, P&I Clubs and their correspondents, shipowners, ship masters, agents and brokers.Trade Review...a comprehensive Handbook of the statutes, statutory instruments, international convention, arbitration rules and standard shipping documents most frequently (and generally) relied on in both the study and practice of contentious shipping law....the handbook includes an invaluable introduction for each part on the critical issues arising within the area of practice to which part relates, imparted from the author’s own extensive experience.Whilst the book is firmly focused on practicality and is amed at legal and trade practitioners, it is also a useful source of reference for law students, who often lack an awareness of the ‘real’ shipping world in which the law they are studying is applied. All in all, it provides a superb collection of the materials essential to the busy shipping practitioner’s life and which students coming to this area should be familiar. Susan Hawker, University of Notre Dame, London Law Programme, Warsash Maritime Academy (Solent University: (2019) 25 JIMLTable of ContentsPart A: Arrest, Jurisdiction and Applicable Law Part B: Arbitration Part C: Limitation of Liability Part D: Cargo Claims Part E: Collision Part F: Marine Insurance Part G: Oil Pollution Part H: Salvage, Towage and General Average Part I: Standard Forms

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Book SynopsisLaw of the Sea is a collection of foundational and contemporary essays and articles which together, provide a comprehensive overview and analysis of the current law.Trade Review‘This is a judicious selection of some of the leading journal articles on the Law of the Sea published since 1945. It is very useful to have them collected together between the covers of a single book.’ -- Robin Churchill, University of Dundee, UKTable of ContentsContents: Introduction Donald R. Rothwell PART I HISTORY 1. Bernard H. Oxman (2006), ‘The Territorial Temptation: A Siren Song at Sea’ 2. Richard Young (1948), ‘Recent Developments with Respect to the Continental Shelf’ 3. Arvid Pardo (1970), ‘An International Regime for the Deep Seabed: Developing Law or Developing Anarchy?’ 4. Tommy T.B. Koh (1987), ‘The Origins of the 1982 Convention on the Law of the Sea’ PART II MARITIME ZONES 5. Lewis M. Alexander (1983), ‘Baseline Delimitations and Maritime Boundaries’ 6. Tommy T.B. Koh (1987), ‘The Territorial Sea, Contiguous Zone, Straits and Archipelagoes under the 1982 Convention on the Law of the Sea’ 7. Jonathan I. Charney (1985), ‘The Exclusive Economic Zone and Public International Law’ 8. Ted L. McDorman (2002), ‘The Role of the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf: A Technical Body in a Political World’ 9. Michael Byers (2004), ‘Policing the High Seas: The Proliferation Security Initiative’ 10. Alex G. Oude Elferink (2007), ‘The Regime of the Area: Delineating the Scope of Application of the Common Heritage Principle and Freedom of the High Seas’ PART III MARITIME BOUNDARIES 11. Stuart Kaye (1998), ‘The Use of Multiple Boundaries in Maritime Boundary Delimitation: Law and Practice’ 12. Robert W. Smith (2010), ‘Maritime Delimitation in the South China Sea: Potentiality and Challenges’ PART IV FREEDOM OF NAVIGATION 13. K. Hakapää and E.J. Molenaar (1999), ‘Innocent Passage – Past and Present’ 14. Zou Keyuan (1998), ‘Innocent Passage for Warships: The Chinese Doctrine and Practice’ 15. S.N. Nandan and D.H. Anderson (1989), ‘Straits Used for International Navigation: A Commentary on Part III of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea 1982’ PART V ARCHIPELAGIC STATES 16. Charlotte Ku (1991), ‘The Archipelagic States Concept and Regional Stability in Southeast Asia’ PART VI MARINE RESOURCES 17. A.V. Lowe (1986), ‘Reflections on the Waters: Changing Conceptions of Property Rights in the Law of the Sea’ 18. Lewis M. Alexander (1981), ‘The “Disadvantaged” States and the Law of the Sea’ 19. Douglas M. Johnston (1991), ‘Is Coastal State Fishery Management Successful or Not?’ 20. Andrew Serdy (2011), ‘Postmodern International Fisheries Law, or We are all Coastal States Now’ PART VII MARINE ENVIRONMENT 21. Moira L. McConnell and Edgar Gold (1991), ‘The Modern Law of the Sea: Framework for the Protection and Preservation of the Marine Environment’ 22. Erik J. Molenaar (2007), ‘Managing Biodiversity in Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction’ 23. Aldo Chircop (2010), ‘Regional Cooperation in Marine Environmental Protection in the South China Sea: A Reflection on New Directions for Marine Conservation’ 24. David L. VanderZwaag and Ann Powers (2008), ‘The Protection of the Marine Environment from Land-Based Pollution and Activities: Gauging the Tides of Global and Regional Governance’ PART VIII MARINE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH 25. Marko Pavliha and Norman A. Martínez Gutiérrez (2010), ‘Marine Scientific Research and the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea’ PART IX MARINE REGULATION AND ENFORCEMENT 26. I.A. Shearer (1986), ‘Problems of Jurisdiction and Law Enforcement against Delinquent Vessels’ 27. Erik Jaap Molenaar (2007), ‘Port State Jurisdiction: Towards Comprehensive, Mandatory and Global Coverage’ PART X MILITARY ACTIVITIES 28. Dale G. Stephens (1999), ‘The Impact of the 1982 Law of the Sea Convention on the Conduct of Peacetime Naval/Military Operations’ PART XI DISPUTE RESOLUTION 29. A.O. Adede (1982), ‘The Basic Structure of the Disputes Settlement Part of the Law of the Sea Convention’ 30. Rosemary Rayfuse (2010), ‘The Future of Compulsory Dispute Settlement under the Law of the Sea Convention’ PART XII OCEANS GOVERNANCE 31. Philip Allott (1992), ‘Mare Nostrum: A New International Law of the Sea’ 32. David Freestone (2008), ‘Principles Applicable to Modern Oceans Governance’

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Book SynopsisThis book considers the law relating to the legal aspects of unmanned ships.The author, a doyen of shipping and insurance law from Turkey, delves into the current international legal regime and examines the probable impact of unmanned ships on liability and carriage of goods in a wide-ranging manner. He examines both the legal aspects and technological peculiarities of unmanned ships, as well as contemplating terminological and linguistic questions, to find out whether they can be compatible with the current legal regime applicable to ships in general, while considering alternatives to enable their successful use in the near future. Unmanned Ships and the Law is therefore important not just for legal practitioners and academics in shipping and insurance but all those in related industries of shipbuilding, computer technology and communications. Table of ContentsPreface Abbreviations Bibliography Table of CasesTable of LegislationINTRODUCTION§1 BASIC TECHNICAL CONCEPTS§2 THE CONTROL CENTRE AND THE PERSONNEL EMPLOYED IN THE CENTRE: TWO VITAL ELEMENTS IN UNMANNED SHIP OPERATIONS §3 LIABILITY REGIME FOR UNMANNED SHIPS §4 THE CONSTITUTION OF THE SEA: THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE LAW OF THE SEA (UNCLOS) AND UNMANNED SHIPS §5 INSURANCE CONCLUSION/SUMMARY Index

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Book SynopsisThis is the first book to focus on the law and practice relating to offshore oil and gas floating production. It deals with all legal and commercial risk management issues from initial concept through design, construction, modification, installation, acceptance, production and offloading, including ancillary legal topics; JV/consortiums, financing, insurance, decommissioning and intellectual property. Floating production projects are a popular method of achieving offshore oil and gas production, utilising vessels sitting over the offshore reservoir, receiving well fluids which are then processed, stored and offloaded to tankers. They operate in deep water, harsh conditions and marginal fields, and may be redeployed once the reservoir is depleted. There are numerous legal issues which arise in the context of floating production due to its specific characteristics, presenting a unique combination of challenges with the attendant risks and potential liabilities. This book analysTable of ContentsTABLE OF CASES, TABLE OF LEGISLATION, ABOUT THE AUTHORS, LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS, ACKNOWLEDGMENTS, LIST OF ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS, CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION TO FLOATING PRODUCTION, CHAPTER 2 FPSO DESIGN, CHAPTER 3 CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS, CHAPTER 4 CONVERSIONS, REFURBISHMENT AND MODIFICATION, CHAPTER 5 THE CHARTER PERIOD, CHAPTER 6 CONTRACTOR REMUNERATION, CHAPTER 7 FPSO OFFLOADING, CHAPTER 8 INDEMNITY AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITY CLAUSES, CHAPTER 9 INSURANCE, CHAPTER 10 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS, CHAPTER 11 TERMINATION, CHAPTER 12 DECOMMISSIONING, CHAPTER 13 DISPUTE RESOLUTION, APPENDIX A - FLOATING PRODUCTION UNITS – HISTORY, DESIGN, INSTALLATION AND OPERATION, APPENDIX B – FPSO case study, APPENDIX C – Legal glossary

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Book SynopsisThe criminalisation of seafarers has been observed as a growing phenomenon for more than forty years, presenting a picture of increasing liability upon the Master even though their responsibilities remain essentially unchanged in generations of maritime law. Because of the demand by society to find someone to blame for environmental and human loss, there is a constant flow of cases, which serve to confirm the phenomenon but offer no solutions to defend the innocent. The structure of the maritime environment in which they work has changed dramatically, as evidenced by the complex evolution of fleet ownership and management, leaving the Master with diminished management influence. This book has been written in a format which meets the needs of lawyers, academics and maritime professionals, with the aim to analyse the character of criminalisation to determine the features which characterise the phenomenon in Port and Flag State contexts; it interrogates the aim to define the nature of

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Book SynopsisWelcome to the 33rd edition of Lloyd's Maritime Atlas.Published since 1951, Lloyd's Maritime Atlas is the oldest and most respected atlas in the shipping industry. A comprehensive reference for locating the world's busiest ports and shipping places, this new edition has been fully updated and enhanced with revised maps and new features to alleviate the demands on today's busy shipping professional.In the 20242025 edition you will find: The maps and indexes have been updated with the latest port names and locations, and expanded with almost 200 new ports integrated The addition of more than 400 new anchorages, 45 marine terminals, 22 offshore facilities, and 85 oil and gas fields The latest data on piracy incidents applied to a global overview with summaries by region, vessel type and dwt, plus every map featuring three grades of incident symbols to highlight the severity of different hotspots The MARPOL map haTable of ContentsWorld Distance Tables; User Guide; Symbols and Abbreviations; LNG Terminals; GENERAL; World Fleet Statistics; Index Map; WORLD AND OCEAN MAPS; International Load Line Zones; MARPOL, PSSA and SECA; Vaccinations; Piracy Hotspots; North Atlantic Ocean; Atlantic and Indian Oceans; Pacific Ocean; Arctic; Antarctic; REGIONAL MAPS; United Kingdom and Ireland Insets: Clyde; Humber, Trent; Tyne, Tees Thames; English Channel Fact panel: Seine-Oise-Marne; North Sea; Northern Europe; Belgium, Netherlands and Germany Fact panels: Rhine, Western Scheldt; Southern Scandinavia Fact panel: Lake Vanern; Baltic Sea Fact panel: Saimaa Canal; Black Sea, Caspian Sea Fact panel: Volga, Don; Mediterranean Sea; Bay of Biscay; Strait of Gibraltar; Northern Mediterranean; Gulf of Naples; Gulf of Venice; Gulf of Tunis; Aegean Sea Inset: Piraeus; Easter Mediterranean; Africa and the Middle East Inset: Azores; West Africa; Saudi Arabia, Ethiopia & Somalia; South-East Africa; Persian Gulf; South Asia Inset: Hong Kong Fact panel: Yangtze (Chiang Jiang); India; Gulf of Thailand; Malaysia, Indonesia Insets: Singapore; Brunei Darussalam; Strait of Malacca; Philippines; Japan; China, Korea; Australasia and Pacific Islands; North America; Pacific Northwest; Southern California; Eastern United States Inset: Bermuda; Great Lakes Fact panel: Great Lakes; Gulf of St. Lawrence Fact panel: St. Lawrence Seaway; Easter Seaboard Inset: New York; Central America; Caribbean Sea; South America Fact panel: Amazon; River Plate, Southern Brazil Fact panel: Parana; CANALS; Kiel Canal; Rhine-Main-Danube Canal; Suez Canal; Panama Canal; Geographical Index; Alphabetical Index

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Book SynopsisThis book provides a different perspective on the ever-popular topic of maritime law, emphasising historical and comparative aspects. It provides the reader with a broader view of how maritime law has developed throughout history and operates within various legal systems.

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Book SynopsisThis edited volume brings together contributions from experienced academics and practitioners in shipping law to consider the crucial subject of remedies in shipping litigation.The collection takes a close look at the established principles and recent legal, commercial and technical developments in the area of remedies in shipping law. It is divided into three parts. The first part focuses on fundamental common law principles concerning damages, including approaches to topics such as damages for delay and what happens when a charter is thrown over early; the reflective loss rule; mitigation; and the problem of cryptocurrency. The second part considers technology and how it affects contracts and remedies, including the use of new technologies and the development of new liability regimes. The third part explores contractual remedies other than simple compensatory damages, considering issues such as limitation of liability, punitive damages, specific remedies, third party claimsTable of ContentsPart I. Damages: Fundamental Principles and New Frontiers 1. Limitations to and Deductions from Contractual Damages 2. The Reflective Loss Doctrine and Shipping Law: Can We Write It Off yet? 3. Mitigation – Is it Relevant when Assessing Damages for Breach of Charterparty? 4. Prospects of Recovering Damages for Delay in Shipping Cases 5. Limits on a Shipowner’s Right to Refuse Early Redelivery of a Time-Chartered Vessel 6. Ship Seller’s Potential Duty of Care in respect of Buyer’s Dismantling of Vessel 7. Judgments in Bitcoin? Part II. Emerging Liability Regimes and Damages 8. Remedies for Smart Legal Contracts: Rectification and Rescission Reconsidered 9. The Internet of Things in the Commercial Insurance Context – A Case for Regulation, or for Commercial Shrewdness and Judicial Creativity? 10. Digital Banking and Liability Issues 11. Control Centres in the Context of Unmanned Ship Operations – Their Status and Potential Liabilities 12. Shipping Operators’ Obligations & Liabilities under the International and EU Emission Reduction Strategy 13. Damages for Late Payment of Insurance Claims Part III. Other Remedies and Third Parties 14. Specific Remedies in Shipping – Specific Performance, Specific Enforcement and the interaction of ‘Negotiating Damages’ 15. The Rebirth of the European "Anti-Suit Injunction" Issue Post-Brexit 16. Punitive Damages in Maritime Cases – A View from Across the Pond 17. Limitation of Liability – New Trends 18. Am I My Brother’s Keeper? Liability in Tort for the Acts of Third Parties 19. Third Party Loss in Carriage of Goods by Sea

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Book SynopsisAdmiralty Jurisdiction and Practice is the definitive work on litigation in the Admiralty Court. It provides unrivalled commentary and analysis of admiralty law as well as the jurisdiction and procedure of the Admiralty Court.Now in its sixth edition, it is firmly established as the leading reference guide for todayâs maritime practitioner. It deals with several topics not covered elsewhere, including the impact of insolvency, the interplay between jurisdiction and practice, the range of applicable limitation periods, the role of international conventions, and how collision claims should be litigated. This edition has been fully updated to include new case law and important changes in practice and procedure since 2017. It covers the implications of Brexit as well as changes to CPR Part 61 and its accompanying Practice Direction in particular in relation to limitation claims and the new rules for pleading collision claims.This book is the first choice for

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Book SynopsisThis new edition has been fully revised and updated to include the contemporary issues together with new cases delivered by international courts and tribunals, such as the ICJ, ITLOS and Arbitral Tribunals, treaties, UN resolutions, and other instruments. It retains the clear chapter structure of the first edition, but has expanded the topics on marine spaces beyond national jurisdiction, maritime delimitation, protection of the marine environment. A new concluding chapter has also been included and presents a perspective on the future development of the international law of the sea. Detailed footnotes and further reading sections, combined with illustrations and tables ensure understanding of the subject. By offering clarity of expression and academic rigour, The International Law of the Sea remains the best choice for students.

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Book SynopsisThis book examines liability for environmental harm in Antarctic, deep seabed, and high seas commons areas. It is the first in-depth examination and evaluation of current liability rules and provides possible avenues for future legal developments in international environmental law and the law of the sea.Table of Contents1. Introduction; 2. Purposes of, and approaches to, international liability; 3. Definition and valuation of compensable environmental damage; 4. Allocation of liability for environmental harm in areas beyond national jurisdiction; 5. Standards of liability; 6. Standing to bring claims for environmental harm in areas beyond national jurisdiction; 7. Access to remedies; 8. Insurance and compensation funds; 9. Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

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Book SynopsisMaritime Delimitation as a Judicial Process is the first comprehensive analysis of judicial decisions, state practice and academic opinions on maritime boundary delimitation. For ease of reading and clarity, it follows this three-stage approach in its structure. Massimo Lando analyses the interaction between international tribunals and states in the development of the delimitation process, in order to explain rationally how a judicially-created approach to delimit maritime boundaries has been accepted by states. Pursuing a practical approach, this book identifies disputed points in maritime delimitation and proposes solutions which could be applied in future judicial disputes. In addition, the book engages with the underlying theories of maritime delimitation, including the relationship between delimitation and delineation, the effect of third states'' rights on delimitation, and the manner in which each stage of the process influences the other stages.Trade Review'Few topics have received as much attention from international courts and tribunals than the delimitation of maritime boundaries. This thought-provoking work offers an informed and sympathetic analysis of their decision-making. It endorses the 'three stage' framework established by the International Court of Justice in the Black Sea case in 2009 and explores the importance of several concepts which have attained prominence within the delimitation process but have been relatively under-examined - including relevant coasts, relevant areas and disproportionality. Based on a thorough study of the case law spanning some fifty years, this work makes a significant contribution to an understanding of judicial approaches to maritime delimitation and is bound to be read with great interest by both scholars and practitioners.' Sir Malcolm D. Evans, University of Bristol'Lando's Maritime Delimitation as a Judicial Process is a very thorough and insightful exposition on the international judicial approaches to maritime delimitation. His analysis reflects deep understanding of contemporary principles of maritime delimitation as well as valuable suggestions for their improvement in the future. Lando's detailed study will not only be a vital resource for scholars and practitioners in the law of the sea but is also a useful reflection on judicial process for all those interested in international law-making.' Natalie Klein, University of New South Wales'Maritime delimitation has dominated international courts and tribunals for fifty years since the North Sea Continental Shelf cases. This new work rigorously assesses all of the relevant decisions and provides for the first time a complete analysis of the practice, processes and procedures of judicial maritime delimitation. It will be essential reading for practitioners preparing to appear before a court or tribunal in maritime delimitation matters, and for researchers, scholars and students in the field.' Donald R. Rothwell, Australian National University'[T]he major contribution of the book is to tease out the widely acknowledged but understudied theme that maritime delimitation has involved judicial law-making … The book thus advocates judicial law-making in this context being recognised as a formal source of law rather than a subsidiary means of determining the law.' Douglas Guilfoyle, International and Comparative Law QuarterlyTable of ContentsFigures; Foreword; Preface; Table of cases; Table of treaties and legislation; Abbreviations; 1. Maritime delimitation in the time of international tribunals; 2. Historical and conceptual framework; 3. Relevant coast and relevant area; 4. Equidistance; 5. Relevant circumstances; 6. Disproportionality; 7. States, international tribunals and the delimitation process; Appendix 1; Appendix 2; Bibliography; Index.

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Book SynopsisNow presented in two convenient volumes, the sixth edition of Berlingieri on Arrest of Ships is an invaluable source of information, detailing the claims in respect of which a ship may be arrested, the conditions for obtaining an order of arrest, the need for a security, the manner by which the ship that has been arrested may be released, the possibility of a multiple arrest and the jurisdiction on the merits. Focused on the 1999 Arrest Convention, volume II provides a unique, thorough, and updated commentary, analysing each provision with reference to its interpretation in a significant number of States Parties. Moreover, the original comments have been reviewed on the basis of the Travaux Préparatoires of the Convention, which the Author has collected and arranged under each article. In addition to this, the Travaux Préparatoires are now included as a new and important appendix to the volume.Written by a renowned expert in the field, and analysinTrade Review"This is a work of major and collaborative scholarship, Professor Berlingieri having received contributions from notable academics and practitioners from many jurisdictions…The scholarship is evident in, for example: the copious reference to other international instruments and to the potential conflicts between them; the examination of individual countries’ implementation of the Arrest Convention for divergence from the Convention itself; and the frequent reference to the history and the traveux of the Convention."James M. Turner QC, The Journal of International Maritime LawTable of Contents1. History of the 1999 Arrest Convention2. Implementation of the Convention 3. Scope of application of the Convention4. Definitions of Arrest, Person, Claimant and Court5. The Maritime claims6. Powers of arrest7. Jurisdiction on the merits and recognition and enforcement of judgments 8. Arrest of the Ship in Respect of Which the Claim is Asserted and Arrest of Sister Ships9. Right of Rearrest and Multiple Arrest10. Release of the Ship from Arrest and release of the security11. Liability for Wrongful Arrest

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Book SynopsisMaritime Liabilities in a Global and Regional Context consists of edited versions of the papers delivered at the Institute of International Shipping and Trade Law's 13th International Colloquium at Swansea Law School in September 2017. Written by a combination of top academics and highly-experienced legal practitioners, these papers have been carefully co-ordinated to give the reader a first-class insight into the issues surrounding maritime liabilities. The book is set out in two parts:- Part I offers a detailed and critical analysis of issues of contemporary importance concerning maritime liabilities- Part 2 discusses contemporary issues concerning the enforcement of maritime liabilities. An invaluable guide to recent legal and practical developments in maritime liabilities, this book is vital reading for both professional and academic readers.Table of ContentsPart 1: Maritime Liabilities: Boundaries and Limitation 1. A future liability convention in the offshore sector - could it be inspired by the tanker oil spill regime? 2. International and national oil pollution regimes: their coexistence in continental Europe after the Erika and Prestige incidents 3. Compensation and liabilities for oil spills from FPSOs and similar storage craft 4. Temporal Limits of the Athens Regime- Potential Conflicts between International and Domestic legal regimes 5. Smart containers: the smarter, the more scope for liability? 6. Wreck Removal – Nairobi and Beyond 7. Safe and Environmentally Sound Ship Recycling – Is There a Case for Liability Claims? 8. Cyber Risk, Liabilities and Insurance In the Marine Sector 9. Is it a ship or not? If not - then what is it? 10. Limitation of Liability: Recent Important Developments in the United Kingdom and other Common Law Jurisdictions 11. The Law of Wrecks and Belgian Limitation 12. Direct Action against Insurers and P & I Clubs Part 2: Enforcement of Maritime Liabilities and Related Issues 13. The Arrest Conventions: An Update Needed? 14. Jurisdiction and applicable law after Brexit 15. International Arbitration and maritime Cross-Border Insolvency: A Sensible Interaction

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Book SynopsisUpdated and expanded to include new equipment and also new documentation relating to bills of lading and charter-parties, this new edition of Peter Brodie's dictionary provides a reference tool for all of those who use or operate cargo ships, both tramp and liner, or who are concerned with their use. This includes ship operators, forwarding agents, chartering agents and port agents as well as importers and exporters.The principal areas covered are: voyage and time charters documentation, including bills of lading ship types and their gear; ports, their equipment and facilities cargoes and their packing geographical and weather features. With few exceptions, standard charter-parties and bills of lading are in English, as are a great number of textbooks. Consequently, French speaking students following the various college and university courses in Shipping and ShipbrokiTable of Contents1. Introduction2. Abbreviations3. French-English4. English-French

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Book SynopsisA comprehensive treatment of Chinese maritime law and judicial practice, this book covers both substantive law and procedure law of maritime law in mainland China. This is a professional book for both academics and practitioners in the field of maritime law. Including analysis of and comment on judicial practice from the Supreme People's Court, Higher People's Courts and ten maritime courts, as well as a whitepaper of Chinese maritime adjudication for 30 years (1984-2014), this brings to an English-speaking audience for the first time some of the most technical aspects of maritime law. It is therefore an invaluable resource for all those interested in maritime law in China.Trade Review"This is an especially useful book on an increasingly important subject-the application, interpretation and outworking of maritime law in the People's Republic of China (PRC)...The authors must be congratulated on their hard work in pooling together so many PRC cases and weaving them so expertly into the body of legal rules."The Journal of International Maritime Law"[Maritime Law and Practice in China] is comprehensive, well-informed and well-arranged, and will be an important source of information for foreign practitioners in the increasing numbers of maritime cases before the Chinese courts and arbitration tribunals."Ian Gaunt, President of the LMAATable of ContentsPART I: Substantive Maritime LawChapter 1: Introduction to Chinese Maritime LawChapter 2: ShipsChapter 3: Master and SeamenChapter 4: CharterpartiesChapter 5: Bill of Lading- FunctionsChapter 6: Bill of Lading- PartiesChapter 7: Bill of Lading- Obligations, Liabilities, and LimitationsChapter 8: Freight Forwarding and Muiltimodal TransportChapter 9: Carriage of Passengers by SeaChapter 10: Towage ContractsChapter 11: Collision of ShipsChapter 12: Salvage at SeaChapter 13: General AverageChapter 14: Limitation of Liability of Maritime ClaimsChapter 15: Marine InsuranceChapter 16: Marine PollutionChapter 17: Applicable Law and Time LimitsPART II: Maritime Procedure LawChapter 18: Introduction to Chinese Maritime Procedure Law and the Chinese Court SystemChapter 19: Maritime JurisdictionsChapter 20: Preservation of Maritime ClaimsChapter 21: Maritime InjunctionChapter 22: Preservation of Maritime EvidenceChapter 23: Maritime SecurityChapter 24: Procedures for Trail, Constitution of Limitation Fund for Maritime Claim, Recognition and Payment of Debts, Exigence of Maritime LienChapter 25: Conflict of lawsChapter 26: Maritime Arbitration, Conciliation and Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitration Awards and Foreign JudgmentsAnnex I Maritime Code of the People’s Republic of ChinaAnnex II Special Maritime Procedure Law of the People’s Republic of China

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Book SynopsisNow presented in two convenient volumes, the sixth edition of Berlingieri on Arrest of Ships is an invaluable source of information, detailing the claims in respect of which a ship may be arrested, the conditions for obtaining an order of arrest, the need for a security, the manner by which the ship that has been arrested may be released, the possibility of a multiple arrest and the jurisdiction on the merits. Focused on the 1952 Arrest Convention, volume I provides a unique, thorough, and updated commentary, analysing each provision with reference to its interpretation in a significant number of States Parties. Moreover, the original comments have been reviewed on the basis of the Travaux Préparatoires of the Convention, which the Author has collected and arranged under each article. In addition to this, the Travaux Préparatoires are now included as a new and important appendix to the volume.Written by a renowned expert in the field, and analysingTrade Review "This is a work of major and collaborative scholarship, Professor Berlingieri having received contributions from notable academics and practitioners from many jurisdictions…The scholarship is evident in, for example: the copious reference to other international instruments and to the potential conflicts between them; the examination of individual countries’ implementation of the Arrest Convention for divergence from the Convention itself; and the frequent reference to the history and the traveux of the Convention."James M. Turner, The Journal of International Maritime Law"This is a work of major and collaborative scholarship, Professor Berlingieri having received contributions from notable academics and practitioners from many jurisdictions…The scholarship is evident in, for example: the copious reference to other international instruments and to the potential conflicts between them; the examination of individual countries’ implementation of the Arrest Convention for divergence from the Convention itself; and the frequent reference to the history and the traveux of the Convention."James M. Turner, The Journal of International Maritime LawTable of Contents1. History of the 1952 Arrest Convention2. The way to uniformity of maritime law in respect of arrest of ships3. Scope of application4. Definitions of Arrest, Person and Claimant5. The Maritime claims6. Claims in respect of which a ship may be arrested under the Convention7. Jurisdiction for the arrest8. Jurisdiction on the merits and related matters9. Arrest or detention by public authorities10. Procedure relating to the arrest11. Arrest of the ship in respect of which the claim is asserted12. Arrest of "sister" ships13. Arrest of associated ships14. Arrest of ships owned by the charterer in respect of claims of the owner of the chartered ship15. Right of rearrest and multiple arrest16. Release of the ship from arrest17. When the release of a ship under arrest is not permitted18. Liability for wrongful arrest

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Book SynopsisDelay in a marine adventure is an important and frequent phenomenon of maritime transport as it affects various parties and their interests. Insurance Law Implications of Delay in Maritime Transport is the first single book to deal specifically with this issue in the context of insurance law. The book addresses the losses and expenses that may arise from delay or loss of time in maritime transport, the types of insurance available covering or excluding losses arising from it and the impact of delay on voyage policies. The author, Aysegül Bugra, critically examines and evaluates the scope of several different types of marine insurance policies, including but not limited to: hull and machinery, cargo, freight, loss of hire and marine delay in start-up insurance. Furthermore, the book analyses the current law by tracing back the relevant common law authorities to the 18th century and examines the wordings used in practice from that time to today with a comprehensive and cTable of Contents1. Introduction to Delay as a Risk and Fortuity Considerations 2. Cargo Insurance and Delay: Physical Loss to the Subject-Matter Insured 3. Issues Arising from Delay in Delivery of Cargo 4. Cargo Insurance and Expenses Arising During the Period of Delay 5. Marine Delay in Start-Up Insurance 6. Freight Insurance and the Loss of Time Clause 7. Hull and Machinery Insurance and Delay Considerations 8. Loss of Charter Hire Insurance and Loss of Time 9. Implied Condition as to the Commencement of Risk 10. Delay in Voyage

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Book SynopsisThis unique book rethinks and rewrites the previous edition. It categorises simply the nine interactive legal duties of the shipmaster, analysing and relating them to laws and conventions within a single volume.Cartner on the International Law of the Shipmaster contends that command depends on decision-making, and that shipmasters are not provided sufficient, timely, relevant, and pertinent information for command decisions. The book proposes voyage planning follow the spacecraft model of the USA''s National Aeronautics and Space Administration, providing readers with a metric for command. It constructively criticises the conventions and management and is aimed at reducing catastrophes by focusing on the hitherto elusive human factor in the shipmaster. Cartner proposes that command at sea be its own profession and discipline with those called to it specifically trained in its intricacies; he argues that current ships are not designed to be command-worthy or security-Trade ReviewThis book deals with the legal position of the shipmaster, but also with the future of this position. The current legal position of the shipmaster, as well as the impact of a changing world on the concept, coined as ‘new command at sea for the civil commander’ is a fascinating and not overly explored territory. John A. C. Cartner is exceptionally qualified to write about the present and new command at sea. He is a graduate of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point, New York, U.S.A, and has commanded vessels conducting international trading. Moreover, he has magisterial degrees in finance and international law, while his doctoral training was in quantitative methods of research. He is a member of the District of Columbia Bar Association and of the Law Society of England and Wales. He has published widely about maritime issues.In July 2022 the book from Captain John A.C. Cartner was published. The name of this comprehensive book is: ‘Cartner on the International Law of the Shipmaster; on the New Command at Sea’. This book is the successor of the book ‘The International Law of the Shipmaster’ (2009) by John Cartner (et al).References to the well-known first edition are made in the new book, which comprises a wide-ranging review of maritime conventions, laws, regulations and jurisprudence governing the shipmaster on board his vessel. This book labels the legal duties of the shipmaster in an appropriate way. Although just released, this book will become a classic work in maritime and shipping law, worldwide.The book is a unique source of reference for the shipmaster by providing a legal background for the decisions he has to make. In addition, maritime lawyers, shipowners, ship operators, P&I Clubs, governmental departments and students may use this distinctive volume as a reliable and extensive handbook. In the first two chapters, Cartner uses and explains the term ‘civil commander’ as a substitute for the shipmaster of a vessel. He describes what a civil command is and must become, while he redefines modern civil command at sea and repositions it for the current and rapidly evolving technological times. The civil commander must be brought into the overall trade and transport system as a partial solution to some of the perplexing problems posed around the current maritime trade system. Two chapters of the book are written about the civil commander as a person and function, while eight chapters deal with duties of this function. The person of the shipmaster is described and explained as well. The shipmaster must be fit, self-competent and command-worthy according to Chapter 8 of the book.The book has some unique points of view, regarding the position of the shipmaster. The insights Cartner provides are very useful aids to the decision-making-process for the modern civil commander at sea. Some of these unique points are described here as an illustration.Cartner states that the civil commander at sea is a specific profession and discipline. He argues that current ships are not designed to be command-worthy or security-worthy and that management ashore should reorder its relationships with shipmasters as tactical managers afloat. Another interesting issue is that Cartner argues that command depends on decision-making, and that nowadays the shipmaster is not always provided with sufficient, timely, relevant, and pertinent information for his command decisions. The book comprises criminalisation of the shipmaster, but also maritime security such as piracy, refugees, stowaways and maritime law enforcement by navies and coastguards.The book proposes to use special developed computer models of precise voyage preplanning and control, with a plan developed by the management ashore supporting the shipmaster at sea for an exact record of every command decision planned and executed for the voyage.One may say that the position of the shipmaster, crossing so many overlapping jurisdictions with different precedence’s, maritime zones and national maritime legislations is one of the most complicated functions from a legal point of view. The book is a great help to analyse the varying legal positions of the shipmaster.The last chapter of the book considers the nearby future of the shipmaster, based upon technological changes. With the current technology the buzzwords are no longer command–communications–computing and cost but command–communications–computing–cost and cover; cover is defence of the vessel. Vessels can be designed with artificial intelligence features, while augmented intelligence may assist commanders in taking decisions. Thus, the civil commander, the command-worthy vessel, complete information and central mission planning and control can eliminate catastrophes and reduce the frequency of disastrous incidents, according to Cartner.This book is an invaluable reference for shipmasters, maritime lawyers, and students of maritime law. The book describes the most relevant international maritime agreements and as most of the national maritime legislations of coastal and flag states originates from these agreements, the book can be used globally. Possessing this book may give some peace of mind knowing that almost all legal knowledge about the shipmaster has been made accessible by this book. Therefore, this complete, influential and trustworthy book can be recommended to all interested in the maritime realm, worldwide. A new classic maritime book has been born.Peter van der KruitThe NetherlandsTable of ContentsPrologue : The Civil Commander, Chapter 1 : THE DUTY OF SELF :Toward the Compleat Civil Commander at Sea, Chapter 2: THE DUTY TO PUBLIC AUTHORITY: The Regulatory Regime of Command at Sea, Chapter 3: THE DUTY TO PRIVATE AUTHORITY: The Private Tactical Mission in Command at Sea, Chapter 4: THE DUTY TO THE VESSEL: The Command-worthy Vessel and Commander at Sea, Chapter 5: THE DUTY TO CARGO: The Duty Safely to Carry and Contain, CHAPTER 6: DUTY TO LIFE, Chapter 7: DUTY TO THE VOYAGE: The Voyage is the Mission, Chapter 8: DUTY TO THE ENVIROMENTS: Air and Ocean, Inside and Out, Ch. 9: EPILOGUE: The Duty to Information and the Steps to Change

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Book SynopsisThe new edition of this British Insurance Law Association (BILA)-award winning text is the definitive reference source for marine cargo insurance law. Written by an author who was closely involved with the revisions to the Institute Cargo Clauses 2009, the work expertly examines marine cargo insurance by reference to important English and foreign legal cases as well as the Marine Insurance Act 1906. Logically arranged to reflect the structure of the Institute Cargo Clauses, the most widely used standard form of cover, this text offers easy to find solutions for today's busy practitioner. New to this edition: Completely revised to include the Insurance Act 2015 (duty of fair presentation; warranties, fraudulent claims) Brand new chapter on the revised Institute Ancillary and Trade Clauses, including those to be introduced on 1 November 2015 Increased coverage of jurisdictionTable of Contents1. History and Definition of Marine Cargo Insurance 2. Law and Jurisdiction Clauses 3. Open Covers, Policies and Certificates of Insurance 4. Insurable Interest and the Indemnity Principle 5. Good Faith, Non-Disclosure and Misrepresentation and the Duty of Fair Presentation 6. Warranties, Conditions and Exclusions 7. Causation 8. All Risks and Exclusions 9. Named Perils Cover and Insurance for Specific Trades, Commodities and Transits 10. War, Strikes, Terrorism and Rejection Risks 11. Duration of the Insurance 1: The Transit Clause 12. Duration of the Insurance 2: Termination of Carriage and Change of Voyage 13. Claims and Losses 14. Recoverable Expenses and Liabilities: Sue and Labour, Salvage, General Average and Collision Liabilities 15. Measure of Indemnity 16. Subrogation, Double Insurance and Rights of Contribution

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