Maritime Liabilities in a Global and Regional Context

Barış Soyer is Professor of Commercial and Maritime Law and Director of the Institute of International Shipping and Trade Law, Law School, Swansea University. He was previously Lecturer in Law, University of Exeter (2000-2001).Andrew Tettenborn is Professor of Commercial Law at the Institute of International Shipping and Trade Law, Law School, University of Swansea. He was previously Professor of Law, University of Exeter (1996-2010) and Fellow of Pembroke College and Lecturer in Law, University of Cambridge (1979-1996).

• Part 1: Maritime Liabilities: Boundaries and Limitation 1. A future liability convention in the offshore sector - could it be inspired by the tanker oil spill regime? 2. International and national oil pollution regimes: their coexistence in continental Europe after the Erika and Prestige incidents 3. Compensation and liabilities for oil spills from FPSOs and similar storage craft 4. Temporal Limits of the Athens Regime- Potential Conflicts between International and Domestic legal regimes 5. Smart containers: the smarter, the more scope for liability? 6. Wreck Removal – Nairobi and Beyond 7. Safe and Environmentally Sound Ship Recycling – Is There a Case for Liability Claims? 8. Cyber Risk, Liabilities and Insurance In the Marine Sector 9. Is it a ship or not? If not - then what is it? 10. Limitation of Liability: Recent Important Developments in the United Kingdom and other Common Law Jurisdictions 11. The Law of Wrecks and Belgian Limitation 12. Direct Action against Insurers and P & I Clubs Part 2: Enforcement of Maritime Liabilities and Related Issues 13. The Arrest Conventions: An Update Needed? 14. Jurisdiction and applicable law after Brexit 15. International Arbitration and maritime Cross-Border Insolvency: A Sensible Interaction