ABSTRACT
This 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.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter Chapter 2|12 pages
Blockchain and electronic bills of lading
Can revolutionary technology facilitate evolutionary change?
chapter Chapter 3|12 pages
Distributed ledger technology and commercial insurance
The beginning of a new era?
chapter Chapter 4|8 pages
UNCITRAL model law on electronic transferable records
The missing link towards e-shipping?
chapter Chapter 6|30 pages
Use of unmanned aircraft systems in a maritime context
Operational, regulatory and legal issues
chapter Chapter 8|8 pages
Maritime intellectual property
Shining a light on the protection of disruptive technologies within the shipping industry
chapter Chapter 12|18 pages
Paving the way for a European Emissions Trading System for shipping
EU and IMO on different paths
