Compulsory Insurance and Compensation for Bunker Oil Pollution DamageSpringer Science & Business Media, 2007 M03 20 - 242 pages Oil tankers are not the only vessels that have caused oil pollution at sea. Numerous spills in the past have been of heavy fuel oil from non-tankers. However, the international liability and compensation regime covered only oil pollution damage caused by oil tankers. There was thus a need to bring the law on marine oil pollution responsive to oil pollution damage caused by non-tankers. In March 2001, the International Convention on Civil Liability for Bunker Oil Pollution Damage was adopted following a diplomatic conference at the International Maritime Organization. Though this convention has not yet come into force, its various aspects should already be considered as they will surely affect the maritime industry as a whole and the non-tanker sector, in particular. This book provides a timely and comprehensive study on the concept of compulsory insurance, its main purpose of ensuring compensation and its interrelations with other features such as the rule of strict liability and the limitation of liability under the convention. |
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... .................................... b) The main risks covered by the P&I Club ................................. c) Insurance contract between the shipowner and the Club...................................................
... ............... b) Possible motivation for risk minimisation.............................. E. Liability insurance and compensation fund.............................................. F. Adequacy and other types of compensation .......
... risks. No such obligations are imposed on the owners of any other types of ship. The uniform liability rule for other types of ship, however, would have a similar effect on the persons involved in being liable for oil pollution damage ...
... risks is dominated by P&I Clubs, the examination of the Club and its role in insuring against oil pollution risk is thus necessary. This examination will be based on the whole background of the marine insurance market in general and ...
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Contents
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I | 19 |
10 | 29 |
13 | 40 |
The Birth of Compulsory Insurance for Oil Pollution | 49 |
20 | 52 |
Possible | 55 |
d The International Group of PI Clubs II The insurers offering coverage for oilpollution liability | 66 |
Port State control regarding | 118 |
Operator | 139 |
Limitation of Liability and the Limit of Insurance | 145 |
Limitation of Liability | 165 |
Introduction | 171 |
The limited effect of direct action under PI insurance | 178 |
Interpretation of wilful misconduct in insurance | 188 |
F Recourse | 196 |
Strict Liability and Insurance | 81 |
Who shall be liable? | 93 |
67 | 95 |
c The role of the PI Club with regard to an oil | 102 |
Channelling | 103 |
insurance | 105 |
Insurance and the Quest for Adequate Compensation | 110 |
Oil | 199 |
maintaining their sustainable development III Shipowners the central actor | 203 |
A The concept of compulsory insurance and its compensation | 211 |
Text of the Bunkers | 227 |
Index 239 | 238 |
B The global limitation of liability system in relation to Limitation of liability rule in general ships | 240 |
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