Piracy - Threat at sea: A risk analysis
22/09/2006
This latest work in Munich Re's knowledge series has been written as a contribution towards the international debate on this topical issue. Piracy - Threat at sea provides a risk analysis of the danger emanating from piracy and marine terrorism and explains the legal position at national and international levels. It highlights underwriting aspects and describes ways of minimising the risk.
Seamen's Personal Injuries
17/08/2006
Seamen's Personal Injuries and persons entitled to limit their liability under the Limitation of Liability Convention for Maritime Claims 1976.
The 2000 OPRC- HNS PROTOCOL
31/05/2006
Like the OPRC Convention, the HNS Protocol aims to provide a global framework for co-operation in combating major incidents or threats of marine pollution.
Bills of Lading and Club Cover
23/08/2004
A bill of lading is a document that has developed in maritime trade over several hundred years
ISPS/Security Clauses for US Trade,
POEA Contract
11/10/2003
The purpose of the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) contract is to ensure that the rights of migrant workers are protected while working overseas
POEA revised contract - salient points
11/10/2003
Salient points which were revised in the amendments to the POEA contract
Charterparties and the Clause Paramount
28/07/2002
Article discussing the United States legislation of the Harter Act, 46 U.S.C. §190, et seq. (1893), which was enacted to protect American shippers from comprehensive limitation of liability clauses found in bills of lading issued, primarily, by British liner companies carrying American goods to England.
Dubai Judgement No. 212 Dtd 28 December 1997: A carrier is liable for goods shipped in a sealed container. The Dubai Court has the jurisdiction to hear a claim where part of the contract is executed in Dubai despite the fact that the goods are shipped to Sharjah.
The Carriage by Air Acts Order 2002
12/02/2002
The Carriage by Air Acts (Implementation of the Montreal Convention 1999) Order 2002, 12th February 2002.
A P&I Club's view on Ship Arrests
09/12/2001
A P and I Club's view on arrest of ships and some practical aspects of a Club's Response.
Charterparty Indemnities
19/10/2001
the Charterers are responsible for and obliged to indemnify the shipowner for loss caused
Hill Harmony - Which way now?
24/02/2001
Redelivery under time charters
14/02/2001
What is Formal Safety Assessment?
30/09/2000
Article on what is the process of FSA as a way of ensuring that action is taken before a disaster occurs.
Guidance on the obligations of owners and disponent owners in relation to seaworthiness is contained in the Court of Appeal judgment in the Fjord Wind case.
Stevedore damage
19/09/1998
Stevedores are employed to assist in the loading and discharging of cargo from a vessel
The delivery of a ship or rig under a construction contract can often be delayed well beyond the original contractual delivery date. The reasons for this are of course many and varied, and the delay may be caused by factors for which the builder or the buyer (or, indeed, neither party) are responsible. In these circumstances, the construction contract will need to provide for the situations in which the delivery date is to be extended, whether (and if so when) the buyer can claim liquidated damages in respect of the delay, and whether he can ultimately cancel the contract completely. It will also need to deal with the builder's remedies where the delay is caused by the buyer, and in what circumstances he can claim additional remuneration as a result.
Unsafe ports - The "Kanchenjunga"
04/05/1998
Paper underlining the caselaw in regards to unsafe ports and the recent case of Kanchenjunga in which it was held that the owners' task when receiving an order to go to a port which he believes to be unsafe is to act reasonably.
Montreal Convention 1999
01/01/1970
Full Text of the International Convention of the Unification of Certain Rules for International Carriage by Air, 1999 and status of ratification.