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Articles for December 2004
look ahead TO 2005
Liz Booth considers the issues facing the marine insurance market.
The ISPS Code impact and expectations
Last year saw the implementation of the International Ship and Port Facility Security Code. Now, as the industry seeks clarification aimed at harmonising the enforcement of the Code provisions on ships and at port facilities, a close eye is being kept on traditional maritime criminal activities to gauge the tangible effectiveness of the Code. Thomas Timlen, international affairs liaison, BIMCO, reports.
Dangerous goods still all at sea?
The TT Club reviews the current situation on the shipment of dangerous goods and describes measures it is taking to address a worrying lack of awareness.
from the courts in 2004
Clyde & Co shiping partner, Julian Gray, reviews a year in the law courts, touching upon cases of interest that will be heard this year.
The letter of the law
With the New Year just upon us, Matt Illingworth, associate at DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary, reviews some key marine legal developments of 2004
The prudent un-reinsured
Some 15 years after the Exxon Valdez ran aground, the court cases are yet to be finalised. The case was back in court in December with rulings expected at the end of January. Andrew Symons, a partner in the insurance and reinsurance group of London law firm CMS Cameron McKenna, looks at the latest hearing.
Shipping in Ukraine
Looking at changing regulations and trends