The International Maritime Organisation: Volume 1 (Routledge Revivals)

Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Original Title Page
Original Copyright Page
Table of Contents
Foreword
Contributors
Abbreviations
Table of Cases
Introduction
Chapter I: IMO - Structure and Future Development
	1: IMO: Structure, Relationship with Other Organisations and Future Development
		Establishment
		Objectives
		Functions
		Structure
		Ratification of the Conventions
		Amendments to the Conventions
		Budgetary and Diplomatie missions
		Relationship with other organisations
		Future development
Chapter II: Ship Construction and Design
	2: The Conventions on Ship Construction, Design and Equipment
		(i): The Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) Convention, 1974
			Objectives
			Brief outline
			The 1978 Protocol
			The 1981 Amendments
			Further proposed Amendments
		(ii): The International Convention on Load Lines, 1966
			Scope of application
			Submersion
			Survey, Inspection and Marking
	3: The Tonnage Measurement of Ships Convention, 1969
	4: IMO: Codes for Chemical and Gas Carriers
		Introduction
		Code for Chemical Ships
		Impact of the Chemical Code
		Code for Gas Carriers
		Impact of the Gas Code
		Recent developments
Chapter III: Cargoes and Containers
	5: The International Maritime Dangerous Goods (IMDG) Code
		Background development
		The IMDG Code
		Medical First Aid Guide
		Emergency procedures
		The dangers of dangerous goods
	6: The Carriage of Radioactive Materials
		The Non-Proliferation Treaty, 1968
		Safety Conventions and Regulations
		Conventions on Liability
		National rules in the United Kingdom
		The application of nuclear and other conventions to maritime transport
	7: The International Convention for Safe Containers (CSC)
		Efforts for standardisation
		Objectives of the SCS
		Scope of application
		Structural Safety Requirements and tests
		Duties under the CSC
		Control procedures
Chapter IV: Navigation
	8: The Law on Safe Navigation at Sea - Part I - General Rules
		Maritime Search and Rescue
		Satellite Communication
		The Standard Marine Vocabulary
		Maritime Buoyage Systems
		Removal of the wreck
		Navigational charts
		Ship reporting systems
		Deep sea pilotage
	9: The Law on Safe Navigation at Sea - Part II - The Collision Rules
		The 1983 Amendments
		Further amendments under consideration
		Critical review of certain Rules
			Rule 1 - Application
			Rule 3 - General Definitions
			Rule 7 - Risk of collision
			Rule 8 - Action to avoid collision
			Rule 10 - Traffic Separation Schemes
			Rule 18 - Responsibilities between vessels
	10: Safety and Communications in Shipping
		The changing scene
		The safety problem
		The operational problem
		Maritime Satellite communications
Chapter V: Training and Technical Assistance
	11: The Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers (STCW) Convention, 1978
		The Convention
		Certificates
		Dispensations
		Control
		The Annex
		The Resolutions
	12: Technical Assistance
		Financing of Technical Assistance projects
		The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
		The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
		Forms of Assistance
		Fields of Assistance
Chapter VI: Transport and Trade
	13: The Convention on Facilitation of International Maritime Traffic
		The preparation of the Convention
		The Convention in outline
		The Annex to the Convention
		Amendment to the Annex
		Measures of facilitation
	14: The Convention on Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims, 1976
		Origins of the 1976 Convention
		Historical relationship between limitation and ship values
		The compromise of 1924
		The new approach: \"commercial insurability\"
		The general limits
		\"Unbreakable limits\"
		Entry into force
	15: The Carriage of Passengers and the Athens Convention in the United Kingdom
		Passengers and the regime of Admiralty
		Common Law liabilities
		Statutory Intervention before the Athens Convention
		Liability under the Athens Convention
		Limitation of Liability
		Application and force of the Convention
		Implementation in the United Kingdom
Chapter VII: Protection of the Marine Environment
	16: Intervention at Sea
		Introduction
		The Intervention Convention
		Assessments of the Intervention Convention
		The Law of the Sea Treaty and the Intervention Convention
	17: Liability for Oil Pollution from Ships
		Before 1969
		1969 - The Year of CLC
		After CLC, the IOPC Fund
		1976 to 1978: A Time to improve
		The current debate
		Limits of liability
		The role of IMO
	18: The International Oil Pollution Compensation Fund
		Two steps forward
		The structure of the IOPC Fund
		Claims handling policy
		The IOPC Fund\'s role regarding harmonisation of law
		Contributions to the IOPC Fund
		Incidents
		What are the necessary amendments to the Fund Convention?
	19: Marpol 73/78
		Introduction
		A brief summary of the Convention
		The Annexes
		The 1978 Protocol
		Further amendments to MARPOL
	20: The Carriage of Hazardous and Noxious Substances
		Background
		Development of an HNS Convention
		Substances covered
		The party liable
		Limit of shipowner\'s liability
		Shipper\'s liability - definition
		Shipper\'s limit of liability
		Scope of application and damage covered
		Compulsory insurance
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