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Shipping and the Environment, 2nd Edition 2009

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COD: ISBN 978-1-84311-323-2

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Author: Colin de la Rue and Charles B. Anderson
Shipping and the Environment was quickly acclaimed as the new leading text worldwide on the law and practice of pollution from ships.
The second edition deals with a variety of developments since the first edition published in 1998.
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The first edition of this book was quickly acclaimed as the new leading text worldwide on the law and practice of pollution from ships. The forthcoming second edition deals with a variety of developments since the first edition published in 1998, including:
The effect of Erika and Prestige
Changes in international law on maritime safety and compensation
Analysis of the SCOPIC regime
New material on ports of refuge, trans-boundary movements and pollution from off-shore craft
Latest case law
Regulatory changes in the US
Enlarged chapters on enforcement of laws and criminal sanctions
What’s new:
• Erika, Prestige and changes to compensation regimes: Supplementary Fund, STOPIA and TOPIA, Hebei Spirit, interim payments, and many decisions on admissibility of claims
• Bunkers Convention, pollution from FPSOs and latest on HNS
• Major US cases, New Carissa, Athos I, Selendang Ayu, Cosco Busan, and the latest regulatory changes
• Chapter devoted to limitation of liability for pollution
• Environmental aspects of salvage: SCOPIC, Tasman Spirit and insurance cover
• Detailed chapter on international rules to prevent pollution: Law of the Sea, SOLAS and MARPOL
• Conventions on anti-fouling, ballast water and wreck removal
• Up-to-date position on air pollution and carbon emissions from ships
• Places of refuge: Castor, Prestige, MSC Napoli and IMO Guidelines
• Law and practice of dumping at sea, shipment of waste and dismantling of ships – full story behind the “ghost ships”, Clémenceau and other leading cases
• The latest on flag state and port state control, industry controls and measures to promote quality shipping
• Major new chapter on criminal liability: international and US law and practice; oily water separators, aerial observations and the cases in France; interpretation of MARPOL and the EU Directive; fair treatment of seafarers, UNCLOS safeguards and IMO Guidelines; US criminal laws, enforcement agencies and practice
"This is a ‘must have’ book for the shipping industry.”
Dr Peter M Swift, INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF
INDEPENDENT TANKER OWNERS (INTERTANKO)
"Written by practitioners closely involved in modern legal changes, this book will be helpful to all who seek a wider understanding of the important global issues of our time.”
Epaminondas G.E. Embiricos, Chairman,
GREEK SHIPPING CO-OPERATION COMMITTEE
Like its predecessor the second edition is superbly indexed and written clearly with the needs in mind of a wide international readership
This book is part of the Lloyd's Shipping Law Library.