Shipping and the Environment
Law and Practice
Samenvatting
From the time it was first published in 1998, Shipping and the Environment has been the leading text on international and US law and practice in this field. Written by renowned legal and insurance practitioners with over 100 years of combined specialist experience, including first-hand knowledge of many major incidents, it is not only a comprehensive reference work but an abundant source of introductory material and practical insights, all explained with a clarity appreciated by lawyers and non-lawyers alike in a broad international readership.
While updating its core subjects of pollution from ships, wreck removal and dumping at sea, this enlarged text extends into other modern areas including pollution from offshore operations after Deepwater Horizon, plastics released into the sea, recycling of vessels, polar operations, and the fast-changing restrictions on carbon emissions from ships, as well as safety threats such as cyberattacks, terrorism and modern forms of piracy.
With a highly readable introductory chapter amounting to a book within a book, this is a volume of great importance to all whose work or studies are concerned with marine environmental affairs, whether in government, international bodies, industry, technical organizations, the professions, environmental NGOs, the academic world or other walks of life.
Specificaties
Inhoudsopgave
THE ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS OF SHIPPING
PART II - LIABILITY AND COMPENSATION FOR OIL POLLUTION DAMAGE
COMPENSATION FROM THE SHIPOWNER UNDER THE CIVIL LIABILITY CONVENTION 1992
COMPENSATION FROM THE INTERNATIONAL OIL POLLUTION COMPENSATION FUNDS
OIL POLLUTION – THE POSITION IN THE UNITED STATES
POLLUTION FROM OFFSHORE OPERATIONS AND CRAFT
POLLUTION FROM SHIPS’ BUNKERS
PART III – COMPENSATION FOR DAMAGE BY HAZARDOUS AND NOXIOUS SUBSTANCES
HNS DAMAGE AND THE HAZARDOUS AND NOXIOUS SUBSTANCES CONVENTION 2010
HNS DAMAGE – THE POSITION IN THE UNITED STATES
PART IV – ADMISSIBILITY AND ASSESSMENT OF CLAIMS
CLAIMS – GENERAL PRINCIPLES
CLEAN-UP OPERATIONS AND OTHER PREVENTIVE MEASURES
DAMAGE TO PROPERTY
ECONOMIC LOSS
DAMAGE TO NATURAL RESOURCES AND COSTS OF RESTORATION
PART V – THE LAW RELATING TO PARTICULAR PARTIES
SALVORS
CHARTERERS AND CARGO OWNERS
SHIP MANAGERS, OPERATORS AND ASSOCIATED PARTIES
THE OWNERS OF COLLIDING SHIPS
PILOTS AND MARITIME AUTHORITIES
SHIP FINANCIERS
P&I CLUBS AND OTHER LIABILITY INSURERS
HULL AND CARGO INSURERS
PART VI – LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR POLLUTION AND HNS DAMAGE
PART VII – PREVENTION, REDUCTION AND CONTROL OF DAMAGE TO THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT
INTERNATIONAL RULES TO PREVENT POLLUTION FROM SHIPS
PREVENTION OF POLLUTION FROM SHIPS IN THE UNITED STATES
THE RESPONSE TO AN INCIDENT – INTERNATIONAL CONVENTIONS
THE RESPONSE TO AN INCIDENT – THE POSITION IN THE UNITED STATES
REMOVAL OF WRECKS AND DUMPING AT SEA
SHIPMENT OF WASTE AND DISMANTLING OF VESSELS
ENFORCEMENT OF RULES TO PREVENT POLLUTION
CRIMINAL LIABILITY FOR POLLUTION FROM SHIPS
APPENDIX
INDEX