ABSTRACT
This chapter deals with various aspects of marine pollution of potential interest to the charterers of ships and the owners of the cargoes they carry.
First, consideration is given to situations in which they may incur liability to parties who suffer pollution damage. The risk of such liability is greatest in the US under the laws of certain states, which are sufficiently broad in scope to include charterers and cargo owners.1 Consideration is then given to possible circumstances in which pollution could be attributed to negligence or other actionable fault on their part,2 followed by examination of the extent to which such claims are excluded by the international compensation regimes.3
