History of the Australian carriage of goods by sea regime and recent amendments.

Full text of the United Nations Convention on the Carriage of Goods by Sea (The Hamburg Rules) Hamburg, 30 March 1978

Should a Carrier by sea who carries cargo on deck in breach of a contract of carriage that is governed by the Hague Rules be entitled to take advantage of Article 1V rule 5 to limit his liability for loss or damage to that cargo, by reference to number of packages and/or weight of the cargo?

United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Carriage of Goods Wholly or Partly by Sea and signatory countries.

Jurisprudence on Interpretation of the 1910 Collision Convention regarding the 'allocation of liability' (art. 4), the 'legal presumptions of fault' (art. 6) and the 'time for suit' (art. 7).

Jurisprudence on Interpretation of the 1952 Arrest Convention regarding the arrest in respect of claims other than maritime claims (Art. 8.2), the arrest of a sister ship (Art. 3.4), the arrest of a ship not owned by the person liable (art. 3.4), the associated ships (Art. 3.2), the claims against the time charterer (Art. 3.4), the claims in respect of which a ship may be arrested (Art. 2), the claims in respect of which a ship may not be arrested (Art. 2), the corporate veil, the definition of 'Arrest' (Art. 1.2), the financial conditions of the person liable (Art. 2), the forced sale (Art. 9), the jurisdiction (art. 4, 5, 7.1), the maritime claims and other provisions.

International Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules of Law with Respect to Collisions between Vessels, Sept. 23, 1910, (the 1910 Collision Convention) an subsequent amendments (1948, 1960)

Protocol on Liability and Compensation for Damage Resulting from Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal, 1999 and a list of signatories and ratifications.

Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal, 1989 and the parties that ratified the convention

This book contains the Club's 2008 Rules and Bye-Laws, full contact details for the managers worldwide and the latest contact details for the Club's correspondents in a single edition.

A list of package and kilo limitations of 148 countries according to the international conventions which they have each ratified.

Several Members have contacted the Managers in connection with the use of waybills and the recently agreed change to the Rules regarding delivery of cargoes carried under straight bills of lading, a change which reflects equivalent changes to the Pooling Agreement, occasioned by the case of the RAFAELA S.

The article examines the arrest of ships in Australia under the Admiralty Act 1988.

This book contains the Club's 2009 Rules and Bye-Laws, full contact details for the managers worldwide and the latest contact details for the Club's correspondents in a single edition.

Post accident arbitration agreements; Washington State: shifting discovery burdens: USCG & medical evacuations at sea; Cruise ship crime reporting; Medicare set asides & liability (part two) plus a news round-up on bodily injury team activities.

Supplemental Rules for Certain Admiralty and Maritime Claims of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (2009) - USA

International Convention on Arrest of Ships, 1999 - Final Act of the United Nations/International Maritime Organization Diplomatic Conference on Arrest of Ships.

It is pleasing to be able to report that the Club has successfully weathered the storms of the last 18 months and that our free reserves and capital (including hybrid) have now increased to more than $400 million.

An Act to confer on third parties rights against insurers of third-party risks in the event of the insured becoming insolvent, and in certain other events

This notice outlines the customs procedures which apply to the importation of goods into the United Kingdom from places outside the Community, from the time of their arrival until they are entered to free circulation or another customs procedure.