International Shipping Law

Charterparties

• Maritime commerce
• Demise/bareboat charters
• Voyage charters
• Time charters
• Time and voyage charters

Shipping Documents in International Trade

• Bill of Leading 
• Purchase Order
• Commercial Invoice
• Letter of Credit
• Multimodal Bill of Lading
• Certificate of Origin

Cargo Claims

• Functions and Problems of the Bill of Lading
• Package Limitation: Title to Sue
• Incorporation of Charter Party Terms into Bills of Lading
• Special Problems in the Tanker Trades
• Case Study

Collision and Marine Casualties

• Introduction and Background to Accident Investigation
• The Common Causes of Marine Accidents
• First Principles of Marine Accident Investigation
• Practical Preparation for the Investigation
• Investigation Protocol

Salvage and Towage

• Salvage principles
• Rescue towage
• Towage or salvage
• Crisis management
• Use of Lloyd’s Open Form
• SCOPIC
• Role of the salvage master
• Role of the SCR
• Ship and cargo (general average)
• Place of safety

Pollution Claims

• Ballast Water and Other Marine Pollutants
• Oil Pollution and Offshore Activities
• Measurement and Management Systems
• Legal Issues, Including Insurance and Compensation

Enforcing Maritime Claims

• An Introduction to Marine Claims
• Marine Insurance
• Marine Claims: The Wet Side
• Marine Claims: The Dry Side
• Surveyors and experts in marine claims
• Management of claims and disputes

Limitation of Liability in Maritime Claims

• Limitation of Liability concept origins
• The LLMC Convention 
• The 1996 Protocol  
• Conventions Relating to the Carriage of Passengers and their Luggage by Sea 
• Conventions Relating to Liability and Compensation for Pollution Damage 
• The Nairobi Convention 
• Relationship between Global Limitation Conventions and Particular Liability Regimes 
• The Way Forward

Maritime Arbitration

• Types of Marine Disputes, Claims and Approaches to Resolution
• The Legal Framework: Maritime Disputes and Litigation
• Alternative Dispute Resolution
• Maritime Arbitration
• Designing an Arbitration Regime
• Arbitration Procedures