Shipping Law Handbook

This fifth edition of Shipping Law Handbook provides a comprehensive collection of all the source materials most commonly referred to by those involved in shipping litigation or arbitration, whether as ship owners, lawyers, arbitrators, claims handlers, or insurers. The book examines international Conventions (with lists of current parties), statutes and statutory instruments, arbitration rules, charter parties, bills of lading, insurance clauses, and other standard contracts. It also covers the following areas: arrest, jurisdiction, applicable law, arbitration, limitation of liability, cargo claims, collision, marine insurance, oil pollution, salvage, towage, general average, and standard forms. The fifth edition has been fully updated to include: LMAA Intermediate Claims Procedure (2009) * LMAA/Baltic Exchange Mediation Terms (2009) * Regulation 593/2008 on the law applicable to contractual regulations (Rome I) * Regulation 864/2007 on the law applicable to non-contractual obligation