APPLIES TO ACADEMIC YEAR 2016/2017

GRA 8209 Maritime and Maritime Offshore: International Law and Contracts (2016/2017)

Responsible for the course
Tore Bråthen, Morten Lund

Department
Department of Law

Term
According to study plan

ECTS Credits
4

Language of instruction
English

Introduction
The course introduces the students to International Law and Conventions related to the Shipping Industry and the maritime Offshoer Industry. It covers the legal framework applicable to ships and to maritime offshore units.. The course covers a wide range of international conventions, the relationship between international law and national law and the significance of registration of vessels and maritime offshore units and of the flag they are flying . Furthermore the course covers the most important contract forms used in the markets for chartering and deployment of vessels and maritime offshore units. The main rules regulating shipowners liabilities and right to limit liability is covered. The course also includes insurance of vessels and of maritime offshore units..

Learning outcome
Acquired knowledge:
The participants will acquire an understanding of the rules and contracts applicable to the shipping and offshore industries, with an emphasis on the following::

• The legal framework for shipping and for maritime offshore
• International Maritime Conventions
• Ship registration, classification and safety regulations
• Contract forms commonly used
• Jurisdiction problems and solutions
• Shipowners' liabilities in contract and in tort, including limitation rules
• The markets, institutions and contract forms for insurance of vessels and maritime offshore units

• Understand the concept of ship registration, classification and safety requirements
• Recognize and use common standard contracts in shipping and offshore
• Be able to interpret and use Charter parties and Bills of Lading, and understand relevant differences
• Identify and solve common legal problems encountered encountered in shipping and offshore/subsea operations
• Identify the shipowners legal liabilities in contract and in tort
• Understand the insurance markets for vessels and maritime offshore units, the role of the institutions and parties participating in these markets and the contract forms used.
• Solve practical cases of a maritime nature

Prerequisites
Bachelor degree or equivalent, 4 years work experience, managerial experience and good written and oral knowledge of the English language.

Compulsory reading
Books:
Aleka Mandaraka-Sheppard, Informa Law. 2009. “Modern Maritime Law and Risk Management”. 2nd edition. Informa Law. chapters 1,2 and 17. Chapters will be made available to students in scanned version
Arne Sandevaern, Lars Gorton and Rolf Ihle. 2009. “Shipbroking and Chartering Practice. 7th edition. LLP. 7 and 11. The chapters will be made available to the students
John Wilson. 2010. Carriage of goods by sea
. 7th edition. Pearson Education Limited. Chapter 5, 6. The chapters will be made available to the students in a scanned version
Simon Rainey. 2011. The Law of Tug and Tow and Offshore Contracts. 3rd Edition. Informa Law. Chapters 5 and 6. The chapters will be made available to the students in a scanned version
Terence Coghlin, Andrew W. Baker, Julian Kenny and John D. Kimball
. 2008. “Time Charters”
. 6th edition. Informa London. Chapter 3. Chapter will be made available to the students in a scanned version

Other:
Baltic International Maritime Conference (BIMCO). BIMCO. Selected standard Charterparties


Recommended reading
Books:
P.K Mukherjee and M. Brownrigg. 2013. Farthing on International Shipping. 4th edition. Selected chapters
Thor Falkanger, Hans Jacob Bull and Lasse Brautaset. 2011. Scandinavian Maritime Law. 3rd edition. Universitetsforlaget AS. Selected chapters

Course outline

• International Maritime Law and international Maritime Offshore Law - introduction and terminology
• Marine Insurance and insurance of Maritime Offshore units - introduction and terminology
• Shipping and Maritime Offshore: National laws, port state laws, flag state laws and international conventions
• Ship registration, Classification and Safety Regulations
• Chartering and deplyment of vessels; Contracts and Markets
• Chartering and deplyment of Maritime Offshore units: Contracts and Markets
• Insurance of vessels and of Maritime Offshore uits; Contracts and Markets
• Shipowners' liabilities in contract and in tort
• Case work
• Company visit

Computer-based tools


Learning process and workload
The course is conducted through a total of 32 hours of lectures and casework.

As a part of lectures assignments will be placed on It’s learning. Students are expected to be prepared for class by working with the assignments, as the lecturer will review these assignments in class. Feedback will also consist of the students comparing their solutions with the one that is explained by the lecturer.


Examination
Case work throughout the module - one written assigment to be handed in. Class participation count 40 % of total grade and written assigment count 60 %.
Examination code(s)
GRA 82091 - Process evaluation; accounts for 100 % to pass the program GRA 8209, 4 ECTS credits

The course is a part of a full Executive MBA in Maritime Odffshore and all evaluations must be passed to obtain a certificate for the degree.

Examination support materials


Re-sit examination
Re-takes are only possible at the next time a course will be held. When course evaluation consists of class participation or process elements, the whole course must me re-evaluated when a student wants to retake a exam. Retake examinations entail an extra examination fee.

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