Shipping Law

The publication was released with the authors' intention to provide valuable insight into several important issues of the world's oceans of today together with their management. This volume has been organized in two big sections.

While the first section of the book contains the major findings of the hi-end industry experts addressing the fact of America not being a Party to the UNCLOS, in its second part the authors examine the key contemporary trends in commercial shipping, safety matters, navigational freedom, maritime piracy and terrorism threats, rocks and islands, scientific researches, and many other critically important aspects.

The publication is definitely a very useful one for the industry professionals and for the students and any persons involved in shipping law activities. The content of the document is bringing together the results of the several senior level meetings and will present high value for the above mentioned categories of readers being very practical and relevant.

This collection of selected essays written in the period 1988-2006 cover the various important aspects of the contemporary law of the sea. These essays address the fundamental provisions in the UNCLOS together with its historical development and including the rules that govern the resources and navigation, maritime jurisdiction and environment protection, settlement of the disputes etc. The essays have been arranged in six groups.

The first part of the book is dealing with the development of the law of the sea while the second part is devoted to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. The third and fourth parts address the Implementation Agreements of 1994 and 1995 respectively, covering the efforts made in order to ensure the universal participation, role of the international lawyer, etc. The fifth part is dealing with the delineation of the maritime boundaries - this is deservedly treated as one of the most critical problems of today's world.

The closing part of the volume is covering the settlement of the disputes including the international tribunal, internal judicial practice, international tribunal, ITLOS, trust funds and other important aspects. An excellent volume for the maritime lawyers and other people with the interest in the modern maritime law.

One of the most popular publications on the shipping law written by the authors and released to provide readers with detailed commentary every article of the Hague-Visby Rules.The original intention of the authors was to place subject articles within the context of the court decisions and Rules. It is a really must-have rulebook for everyone making decision or involved in shipping law in any other way.

The volume shall be treated as practical annotation to the content of the subject Rules and will therefore be practically useful for the lawyers. In fact, the volume is the essential reading for anyone affected by the new Rules from the barristers and legal advisers to solicitors and claims handlers.

The tables of cases have also been included as supplementary material, together with the applicable legislation. The authoritative content of the document will allow readers to expand their understanding of the Rules and better advise their clients. Highly recommended work by the team of recognized experts.

Have a close look into this fully revised and thoroughly updated work devoted to the law of towage providing readers with the comprehensive professional account of the law together with the detailed analysis and commentary on the standard contracts commonly used in the industry including several most widely used forms.

The publication has already established itself as an excellent text prepared by one of the leading experts and shipping practitioners having a truly great experience in the field. The author has analyzed the drafting history of the standard contract forms and covered the arbitration decisions.

The content was worked out from the practitioner's viewpoint and with an eye on the potential situation that may happen in practice, providing all readers from the newcomers and students to the professional lawyers with the required guidance on the contract forms and advice on the areas where the contracts may need amendment. Try this book and you will benefit from a wealth of useful information it contains.

This is the leading text-book on the marine construction and shipbuilding contracts - it is already very popular and globally used by the shipbuilders, ship owners as well as by their legal and commercial advisers. The original edition of the book was released more than a decade ago and there have been so many significant changes in the shipbuilding world, and most of the important changes took place after 2008 - that was the time where numerous attempts were done by the ship owners trying to renegotiate the delivery dates and pricing as well as the dramatic increase in the number of rejected contracts and cancellation disputes.

The content of the book is examining the major principles of the English contract law as applicable to the ship construction. The volume shall be treated as the essential reading for the shipyards and offshore constructors, charterers and purchasers of the newly delivered tonnage, banks and similar financial entities, insurers and lawyers working in the industry. The amount and quality of the information selected by the author for inclusion in the book and the way it is presented have made this publication a leading one in the world and gained worldwide popularity.

In the maritime shipping industry, the Master of the vessel is often mentioned in cases, occasionally as a party and frequently in obiter dicta and is discussed in the secondary sources and reviews; however, there are usually not too many references available to follow for many interesting points. In this publication by Informa the authors have placed in a single book a survey of the law affecting the shipmaster within the jurisdictions in which he finds himself and his vessel.

Note that the present volume is neither about how to be a shipmaster nor about the practice of shipmastering to the top standards - it is a book placing the Master in context of shipping law, regulation, custom, and practice both domestically and internationally in the different legal domains in which he might be examined. The topics addressed in this volume include the doctrines of the "Law of the Shipmaster" and the major domestic laws that commonly govern the master of the vessel in the UN States and the IMO; Principal References; Charter parties; Constitutions; Maritime Statutes; List of Acronyms; Convention and Codes. In short, this is a must-have publication for the practicing lawyers and for the students.

The present volume written by Francisco Vicuna was released to explain all problems as well as the pressures on the fisheries operating on the high seas currently; the author has also analyzed how subject situation is actually leading to the significant changes in both environmental and legal considerations that normally govern these activities.

He provides detailed examinations of the relevant international agreements and conventions discussing them together with the major developments in the field of the state practice plus the actions that are being undertaken by the different international organizations - all of them have been presented in the tables.

The conservation of fisheries and their management have been covered, and the matters of compliance and enforcement in these fisheries have been paid particular attention. Long story short, this is a book for those involved in the activities related to the fisheries operating in high sea and willing to be aware of all relevant issues.

In this very comparative and thorough study of shipping interdiction, the author considers the State action of searching, stopping and arresting foreign flag vessels with their crew on the high seas in case of piracy, drug smuggling, slavery, migrant smuggling, fisheries management, the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and maritime terrorism.

This book will be very useful to those engaged in any shipping related activities. The author has also provided good examination of the rules governing the use of force and human rights protection, as well as the compensation for incorrect interdiction. The publication is very well written and contains the results of the very well performed research, that is why it is so highly readable and authoritative. The author has managed to catch the balance between the depth and detail, providing readers with the in-depth analysis.

This is a recommended reading for literally all players of the maritime industry since none of the topics covered in the book may be considered irrelevant to any category of people working in the industry; in fact, they are all equally affecting everyone and shall be taken good care of in order to provide safe and efficient operation.