ABSTRACT
The main provisions regarding collision of ships in the Chinese Maritime Code (CMC) 1992 are for the legal liability of the parties to be blamed. Where a ship has caused damage to another ship and persons, goods or other property on board that ship, either by the execution or non-execution of a manoeuvre or by the non-observance of navigation regulations, even if no collision has actually occurred, the provisions regarding collision of ships in the CMC 1992 shall apply. The three general rules of legal liability are established by the Collisions Convention 1910 are: in accidental collision, the damages are borne by the party that suffers them; if a collision occurs that is the fault of a party, the party at fault is liable; if a collision occurs by the fault of more than one party, the parties at fault are liable. For tortious liability in collision cases, the general principles of tort law apply.
