Description
Book SynopsisThis book analyses the impact of two vital and contemporary developments on shipping law and practice: disruptive technologies and climate change.
It considers the impact of these new technologies, honing in on likely emerging issues and unresolved questions, especially about existing and potential private law liabilities and concentrates, from the point of view of English, EU and international law, on the legal implications of climate change and associated environmental risks in the shipping sector.
Written by a contributor team drawn from the most experienced and knowledgeable academics and practitioners in shipping law, this treatment of these growing areas of practice will be of great use to lawyers and administrators across the world.
Trade Review'The editors are to be congratulated for bringing the scholarly discourse from a colloquium at Swansea University and present that as a book which holds testimony to the fast-paced evolution that the shipping business is currently undergoing.'
Abhinayan Basu Bal, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
Table of Contents1. Shipping and Distributed Ledgers: Of Paper, Code and Progress 2. Blockchain and Electronic Bills of Lading: Can Revolutionary Technology Facilitate Evolutionary Change 3. Distributed Ledger Technology and Commercial Insurance: The Beginning of a New Era? 4. UNCITRAL Model Law on Electronic Transferable Records: The Missing Link Towards E-Shipping? 5. Autonomous Systems: Cyber Risks and Seaworthiness 6. Use of Unmanned Aircraft Systems in a Maritime Context: Operational, Regulatory and Legal Issues 7. The Role AI and Machine Learning Will Play in Maritime and Trade Law 8. Maritime Intellectual Property: Shining a Light on the Protection of Disruptive Technologies within the Shipping Industry 9. The Human Element in Autonomous Shipping 10. Shipping and Climate Change 11. International Legal Aspects of Arctic Shipping 12. Paving the Way for a (European) Emission Trading System for Shipping: EU and IMO on Different Paths 13. Liability for Climate Damage and Shipping
