The Liability of Classification SocietiesSpringer Science & Business Media, 2007 M06 30 - 380 pages Classification societies are discharging various functions in the interest of flag States and shipowners. They are important actors in the system of maritime safety. Because the liability of shipowners is limited, classification societies have been considered as exempt from liability for a long time – and in several jurisdictions this view still prevails. This study analyses which actions of classification societies may give rise to claims and whether or not the societies can be held liable under English, German or United States maritime law. Moreover, the fundamental aspects of an international convention on the limitation of the liability of classification societies are developed. |
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... Bureau of Shipping Appeal Cases Archiv für die civilistische Praxis United States Coast Guard Alternate Compliance Program affirmed American Journal ofInternational Law American Law Reports All England Law Reports All England Law ...
... Bureau Véritas', in: Associazione Italiana di Diritto Marittimo, Studi in Onore di Francesco Berlingieri (1933), at 250; Saunière, Le Buréau Véritas (1932) ; compare also Boisson, 'Classification Society Liability: Maritime Law ...
... Bureau of Shipping, 799 F.Supp. 363 (S.D.N.Y.1992), aff'd, 7 F.3d 1077 (2d Cir.1993). The sale of the vessel “Nivanga” gave rise to the New Zealand case The Attorney-General v. Wright & ORS, [2003] NZCA 48, accessible at <http://www ...
... Bureau of Shipping (ABS) describes it in the following way:6 'The classification process consists of a) the development of Rules, Guides, standards and other criteria for the design and construction of marine vessels and structures, for ...
... Bureau of Shipping, for example, distinguishes between Oil Carrier, Ore Carrier, Bulk Carrier, Ore or Oil Carrier, Oil or Bulk/Ore (OBO) Carrier, Passenger Vessel, Vehicle Carrier, Container Carrier, Towing Vessel, Refrigerated Cargo ...
Contents
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B Private Operations and Public Functions in Detail | 43 |
Obligations of the Classification Society | 54 |
NonDelegable Duty of the Shipowner to Make the Vessel Seaworthy | 55 |
Liability under United States Law | 240 |
Liability under German Law | 248 |
Damage Caused by Both a Classification and Statutory | 256 |
A Convention on the Limitation of Liability of Classification | 259 |
Bibliography | 331 |
Table of Cases 351 | 350 |
Table of International Conventions | 365 |
Index 373 | 372 |