ABSTRACT
This unique title examines in depth issues of jurisdiction, maritime law and practice from a modern perspective and highlights the importance of risk management with a view to avoiding pitfalls in litigation or arbitration and minimising exposure to liabilities.
The third edition has been fully revised and restructured into two self-contained volumes, the first covering jurisdictional issues and risks and the second exploring the diverse aspects of maritime law, risks and liabilities.
The second volume tackles the substantive maritime law with a particular emphasis on risk and liabilities, and analyses issues of contract, tort and criminal law, causation and remoteness of damages.
Key features of Volume Two include:
- An analysis of the regulatory regime, new EU and IMO safety at sea legislation, reforming practices for flag states and recognised organisations, vetting, codes of good practice, and International Conventions.
- An explanation of the Rules of attribution of liability, the impact of the ISM Code upon liabilities, including criminal, corporate manslaughter, and the new Directive for ship-source pollution.
- Important developments in areas including:
- Ship-managing risks, best endeavours and fiduciary duties
- Mortgagees risks and economic torts
- New BIMCO standard terms of contracts
- Ship-sale risks – including sale ‘as is’ and ‘as she was’
- Shipbuilding risks – guarantees and performance bonds
- New trends on wrongful acts of employees, collisions and measure of damages, salvage issues, environmental salvage, and towage contracts
- Piracy risks cases and general average
- New perspectives on risks and liabilities of port authorities
- Pollution liabilities, including trends of prosecution of class societies and charterers and new limits of liability under International Conventions
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|131 pages
Overarching Aspects of Risk Management
chapter Chapter 3|30 pages
Context of Regulatory Enforcement
part II|251 pages
Ownership Aspects and Management of Risks
chapter Chapter 5|33 pages
Ship-Ownership and Ship Managers' Risks
chapter Chapter 6|51 pages
Risks in the Mortgage of Ships
chapter Chapter 7|69 pages
Shipbuilding Contracts and Risks
chapter Chapter 8|93 pages
Risks in Ship Sale and Purchase
part III|352 pages
Ship and Port Risks and Liabilities
chapter Chapter 9|93 pages
Risks and Liabilities Arising from Collisions at Sea
chapter Chapter 10|100 pages
Risks and Liabilities Under Salvage
chapter Chapter 11|72 pages
Risks and Liabilities Under Towage Contracts
chapter Chapter 12|25 pages
Liability and Risks in General Average
chapter Chapter 13|58 pages
Risk Management by Harbour Authorities
part IV|138 pages
Compensation for Liabilities and Limitation Under International Conventions