Tag: Liability & Compensation

On 23 March 2001 the IMO adopted the International Convention on Civil Liability for Bunker Oil Pollution Damage. It entered into force on 21 November 2008. By Decision of 19 September 2002, the Council therefore authorised EU Member States to accede to the Convention with a declaration clarifying the Community competence. The Convention is modelled on the CLC. It provides for a strict liability ...

Liability and compensation related to the carriage of passengers and their luggage by sea is currently covered by the Athens Convention of 1974. Some EU Member States are Parties to this Convention, many however have already denounced it due to the fact that it has lost its actuality and the limits of liability it contains are considered very low. In 2002 the IMO adopted a new Protocol amending ...

CLC/IOPC system (International Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage + International Oil Pollution Compensation Fund) covers pollution damage occurred in consequence of carriage of oil (persistent hydrocarbon mineral oil) by the vessel. In particular, this damage is defined as: "loss or damage caused outside the ship by contamination resulting from the escape or discharge of oil ...