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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... shipowner or 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 ...
... shipowner. The shipowner can limit his liability, whereas classification societies would be liable to an unlimited extent, despite of not being primarily responsible for the vessel. In an attempt to re-establish a coherent system of ...
... shipowner, but this possibility is of hardly any relevance in practice. 2. Marine Insurance and Classification ... shipowners, who form an association to protect one another against large financial loss. If a loss occurs to one of their ...
... shipowner, charterer, potential purchaser of a vessel or of the owners of cargo or a classification society itself. Marine surveyors may conduct damage surveys, surveys of the condition of a vessel, check how a vessel is loaded and the ...
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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 |