The 1976 Convention on Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims underlines nature of Shipping as Maritime adventure. It provides for owner/ operator to limit amounts payable, unless it is proved “that loss resulted from his personal act or omission, with intent to cause such a loss, or recklessly and with knowledge
Shipping by its very nature is international in character, concerned as it is with ships engaged in transportation of personnel and goods from country to country. International shipping connections are manifestation of global economy and globalization which have an immense impact on the way commercial
The world knows of only one ocean named after a country and that is the Indian Ocean.From the creation of the world’s first dock to the formation of highly detailed maps inthe Harappan Era, India’s Maritime history is simply astonishing. Evidence exists that around 2300
Master of a well founded foreign going Merchant ship, safely alongside in a foreign port, may be surprised to be served a warrant of arrest of his ship in that port. To his knowledge his ship has not had any accident and there has been
Indian Teakwood ship stitched with coir yarn. Indians have been competent mariners for over 5 thousand years. They first sailed in primitive rafts, then on Katamarans made with logs or planks bound together with coir yarn. Such rafts are still in use along our coast.
Adam’s Bridge also known as Rama Setu is a chain of limestone shoals, between Rameswaram Island, off the southeastern coast of Tamil Nadu and Mannar Island, off northwestern coast of Sri Lanka. It is 18 miles long and separates Gulf of Mannar from Palk Strait. Geological evidence suggests that it was a
A claim by a local shipyard for monies owing to it under a ‘settlement agreement’ reached between it and its debtor was not an admiralty claim within the High Court Admiralty Jurisdiction Act, the High Court ruled. Some time at the end of 1999, the
Executive summary International maritime law stands on four strong pillars, namely Law of Sovereignty of Nations, Law of Freedom of the High seas, Law of Freedom of Contract and Legal Personality of a Ship. Each country is sovereign within is own political boundries, in which
As a general rule, fraud is usually against ignorance of another and is not seen as a fraud, till it is too late. A successful maritime fraud being International in nature, involves parties in different countries, thousands of miles away and mostly unknown to each
Term “FORCE MAJEURE” refers to an irresistible force or an unforeseen event beyond the control of a party, making it materially impossible to fulfill a contractual obligation. It maybe an overpowering force by itself, which prevents fulfillment of a contract and does not allow it to be