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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... Classification Societies ........................8 III. The Relevance of Classification Societies for the Maritime Industry ..11 1. The Necessity of a Classification of Vessels......................................11 2. Marine Insurance ...
... Classification. of. Vessels. I. The Concept of 'Classification' The term 'classification' might imply that ships were arranged in different classes.3 This was indeed the practice of classification societies in former times, but has long ...
... classified must correspond to the minimum standard which is laid down in the rules. It is no longer accepted that a vessel fails to meet this standard. When surveying a vessel, the classification society solely establishes whether the ...
... classification society examines the ship at all scheduled surveys. If the vessel is deficient, it cancels or suspends the class. The Registers of Ships of the members of IACS are publicly accessible. So is the information about vessels ...
... classification of the vessel was solely based on its place of construction and its age. Shipbuilders in the southern ... Insurance (1925), 165. 26 Boisson, 'Classification societies and safety at sea–Back to basics to prepare for the future', ...
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 |