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Title

Compulsory insurance and compensation for bunker oil pollution damage / Ling Zhu.

Author

Zhu, Ling.

Publication

New York : Springer, 2006.

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Description

xvii, 242 p.; 24 cm.

Summary

"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."--BOOK JACKET.

Series Statement

Hamburg studies on maritime affairs , 1614-2462 ; v. 5

Uniform Title

Hamburg studies on maritime affairs ; v. 5.

Subject

• Liability for oil pollution damages
• Oil spills > Law and legislation
• Oil pollution of the sea > Law and legislation
• Oil storage tanks > Environmental aspects
• Pollution liability insurance

Note

• Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)-- Max Planck Research School for Maritime Affairs, University of Hamburg, 2006.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-225) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Ch. 1. Pollution from ships' bunkers and the advent of the Bunkers Convention -- Ch. 2. The birth of compulsory insurance for oil pollution liability -- Ch. 3. Strict liability and insurance -- Ch. 4. Insurance and the quest for adequate compensation -- Ch. 5. Limitation of liability and the limit of insurance -- Ch. 6. Direct action against the insurer and its limited effect -- Ch. 7. Outlook on insurance and compensation for bunker-oil pollution liability.

ISBN

• 9783540459002 (softcover : alk. paper)
• 3540459006 (softcover : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2006935325

OCLC

134987687

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library