Tag: Liability & Compensation
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2nd Table Top Exercise on Places of Refuge
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Ship Source Pollution
Published08.04.2011Directive 2005/35/EC on ship-source pollution and on the introduction of penalties for infringements was adopted in 2005. Its main objective was to transpose into the European law the standards introduced by the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL) related to the prohibition of polluting discharges into the sea and to specify the sanctions to be imposed. ...
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Bunker Oil Pollution Damage
Published23.03.2011On 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 ...
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Hazardous and Noxious Substances Damage
Published23.03.2011On 3 May 1996 the IMO adopted the International Convention on Liability and Compensation for Damage in Connection with the Carriage of Hazardous and Noxious Substances by Sea (HNS Convention 1996) which has not yet entered into force. It will enter into force 18 months after at least 12 States, including 4 with a minimum gross tonnage of 2 milion tons, have expressed their consent and if the ...
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Liability related to carriage of passengers
Published23.03.2011Liability 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 ...
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Limitation of Liability
Published23.03.2011The Convention on Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims provides for the right of shipowners (charterers, managers, operators, etc.) and salvors to limit their liability for a variety of maritime claims related to the operation of a ship (e.g. in respect of loss of life or personal injury and loss or damage to property, including damage occurred during salvage operations) to an amount ...
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Oil Pollution Damage
Published14.06.2010CLC/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 ...
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Workshop on exchange of best practice in dealing with illegal discharges and the gathering of evidence
Published08.10.2007Tags -
Workshop on places of refuge: cooperation, liability and compensation
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Workshop on the implementation of Directive 2005/35 on ship-source pollution
Published22.03.2007Tags
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