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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... accessed 19 March 2007. “Sundancer” is also the name of the vessel in a different United States case, Sundance Cruises Corp. v. American Bureau of Shipping, 799 F.Supp. 363 (S.D.N.Y.1992), aff'd, 7 F.3d 1077 (2d Cir.1993). The sale of ...
... accessed 19 March 2007). CMI Code of Conduct for Classification Societies, [1995] CMI Yearbook 100-106; also reprinted in Annex A & B to Wiswall, 'Classification societies: issues considered by the Joint Working Group', 2 I.J.S.L. 171 ...
... accessed 19 March 2007) of the ships of which the classification has been withdrawn, and via Equasis (<www.equasis.org>, last accessed 19 March 2007). 11 The American Bureau of Shipping, for example, distinguishes between Oil Carrier ...
... accessed 19 March 2007) are collective terms of surveys re- quired to meet requirements by international convention such as Load Line (LL), International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS 74) and MARPOL 73/78. 13 Lay ...
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 |