ABSTRACT
This chapter deals with liabilities arising from the vessel’s operation. These are usually called “wet” topics, to contrast with what are called the “dry” aspects of maritime law which usually refer to cargo and charterparty claims. In this book contracts for the carriage of passengers and cargo as well as charterparty claims are dealt with in separate
1. Sections 2, 4, 6 and 7 were originally written by Richard Shaw and have been modified and updated for this edition of the book by Michael Tsimplis who also wrote sections 3, 5, 8 and 9.
