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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... Flag State on the Delegation of Power and the Statutory Survey Contract with the Shipowner or Shipyard.. 53 2. Obligations of the Classification Society ........................................... 54 C. Non-Delegable Duty of the ...
... Flag State................................................................239 II. Liability under United States Law ... Flag State................................................................248 III. Liability under German Law ...
... flag State. Representations that are made by classification societies are not only relied upon by the maritime industry. These societies also participate in the development of the safety standards they enforce and apply. However ...
... flag State and they are governed by public law.12 Hence, a classification society offers usually both the Classification of a vessel and Statutory Services – two distinct services which are to be distinguished in the following pages ...
... flags of convenience which are unclassed and uninsured, compare Goss, 'Maritime Insurance and Economic Welfare', 30 Marit. Pol. Mgmt. 357 (2003), at 361. 33 Regarding the Institute Classification Clause see infra Part 1 A III 2. There ...
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 |