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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... risk to third parties. These societies could only state that a vessel is safe which proves not to be, but the risk is usually caused by the vessel rather than by the incorrect representation. Whether or not such representation provides ...
... risk is spread between individuals or companies called underwriters. As an example, Lloyd's of London is such a society of underwriters consisting of more than 17,000 individual and 95 corporate members.40 The second way is by mutual ...
... risks.50 Both marine underwriters and P&I Clubs receive information about the date of all class surveys, the expiry date of the classification certificate and overdue surveys, as well as the text of overdue conditions of class and ...
... risk: regulation, insurance and moral economy', 23 Progress in Human Geography 189 (1999), at 204; Bennett, 'Mutual Risk: P&I Insurance Clubs and Maritime Safety and Environmental Performance', 25 Mar. Pol'y 13 (2001), at 17; Furger ...
... risk and expense until she is delivered to the Buyers, but subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement she shall be delivered and taken over as she was at the time of inspection, fair wear and tear excepted. However, the ...
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 |