Something Old: Safety and Environment Something New: Modernisation of Maritime Law Something Borrowed: The Rotterdam Rules and Its Impact? Something Blue: Projections for The Future

1. ARE THE
MARITIME LAWS
OUTDATED?
31 October 2013
Presentation by Gerald Yee, Partner, Head,
Shipping and Admiralty Practice Group, Dispute
Resolution Practice Group, Colin Ng & Partners
LLP
Tel: +65 6349 8733 Fax: +65 6438 3016
Email: gyee@cnplaw.com
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2. SOMETHING OLD
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3. Safety and Environment
A comparison of containerised liners and
dry bulk carriers
Reforms
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4. Regulations affecting
Commercial Operations and
Practices
A comparison of containerised liners and
dry bulk carriers
Reforms
Bilater al cargo access regulations
Cabotage (liner shipping)
Others
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5. SOMETHING NEW
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6. Restructuring of China’s
Maritime Law
Establishment of a Central Leading Small
Group on the Protection of Maritime
Interests in 2012
Restructuring the State Oceanic
Administration (SOA) and merge four
major maritime law enforcement forces
into one unified new China Coast Guard
Establishing a National Oceanic
Commission (NOC)
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7. Recent reform of German Law
Ship arrest
Owner’s liability for damages
Liability exclusions and the parties'
freedom of contract
Provisions on time and bareboat
charterparties
The “performing carrier”
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8. Recent reform of German Law
(continued)
Shipper's liability for damages arising out
of false information on dangerous goods
or bad packaging
Limitation period for indemnity claims
Electronic bills of lading
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9. New agreements on
International Maritime
regulations
International Convention on Civil Liability
for Bunker Oil Pollution Damage
(BUNKER)
International Convention on Standards of
Training, Certification and Watchkeeping
for Seafarers (STCW)
International Convention for the Control
and Management of Ships' Ballast Water
and Sediments (BWM)
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10. SOMETHING BORROWED
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11. The Rotterdam Rules and its
impact?
Signed by 25 countries including the
United States
Ratified by 2 countries: Togo and Spain
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12. SOMETHING BLUE
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13. Projections for the Future –
Adoption of Proposed
Reforms
Restructuring of China’s maritime law
German maritime law
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14. THANK YOU
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