Requirement of all voyage charters that the ship must have arrived before notice of readiness can be given and hence laytime can commence. Where a berth or dock

An important development in recent years has been the increasingly widespread practice whereby a vessel registered in one State is permitted to fly the flag of

In recent years, the traditional maritime countries have fought back in an endeavour to repatriate tonnage lost to the open registries. The response of a number

World shipping, up to the early post-war years, was dominated by the fleets of the traditional maritime nations—among these we may mention the United Kingdom wi

Article 91 of UNCLOS provides: ‘1. Every State shall fix the conditions for the grant of its nationality to ships, for the registration of ships in its territor

By ‘documentation’ we mean the issuance to a vessel by the competent authorities of a State of a document evidencing the vessel’s nationality and attesting to h

A vessel may be considered as possessing the nationality of a State even though she is unregistered, possesses no documents evidencing that nationality, nor eve

It is up to the States to introduce the proposed draft model on maritime piracy in their respective national legislation. The recommendation is consistent with

In spite of the fact that the International Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage, 1969 (CLC) and the International Convention for the Establis

The so-called ‘Voylayrules 93’ document was prepared by a joint committee of the Baltic and International Maritime Council (BIMCO), CMI, the Federation of Natio