Henning Jessen

Professor, Nippon Foundation Chair in Maritime Law and Digital Change
Germany
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hj@wmu.se
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Henning Jessen

Professor, Nippon Foundation Chair in Maritime Law and Digital Change
Germany
Contact
Email: 
hj@wmu.se
Phone: 
Degrees

Ph.D. (Dr. iur), Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg
LL.M. in Admiralty and Maritime Law, Tulane University
Law Degree (First and Second State Exams) Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel

Qualifications

Specialization
Areas of Expertise
Carriage of Goods by Sea Law
IMO Conventions
Law of the Sea
Maritime Law
Marine Insurance

Dr. Jessen joined the WMU in 2016 (Maritime Law & Policy specialization). Since 2018, he is the Programme Coordinator of WMU’s Postgraduate Diploma in Marine Insurance Law & Practice, in 2022 he joined the editorial board of WMU’s Journal of Maritime Affairs. He is a fully qualified lawyer in his German home jurisdiction and graduated from the University of Kiel in 2002. Supported by a Scholarship of the German-American Fulbright Commission Dr. Jessen undertook postgraduate studies in 2003-2004 (Admiralty and Maritime Law) in the United States at Tulane Law School, New Orleans. In 2005, he received his PhD from Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany, with highest honours (summacum laude).

From 2006 to 2008, Dr. Jessen worked for the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development. Since 2008, he has been working as a Professor of Maritime Law and the Law of the Sea, at two universities in the German maritime hubs of Bremen (2008-2012) and Hamburg (2012-2016). Dr. Jessen has co-edited and authored an extensive commentary on the EU’s regulatory activity in maritime transport law. His main areas of teaching and research are legal aspects of IMO Conventions and related EU Law as well as the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), carriage of goods by sea law, marine insurance, international transport law across all modes and related trade facilitation.

Dr. Jessen joined the WMU in 2016 (Maritime Law & Policy specialization). Since 2018, he is the Programme Coordinator of WMU’s Postgraduate Diploma in Marine Insurance Law & Practice, in 2022 he joined the editorial board of WMU’s Journal of Maritime Affairs. He is a fully qualified lawyer in his German home jurisdiction and graduated from the University of Kiel in 2002. Supported by a Scholarship of the German-American Fulbright Commission Dr. Jessen undertook postgraduate studies in 2003-2004 (Admiralty and Maritime Law) in the United States at Tulane Law School, New Orleans. In 2005, he received his PhD from Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany, with highest honours (summacum laude).

From 2006 to 2008, Dr. Jessen worked for the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development. Since 2008, he has been working as a Professor of Maritime Law and the Law of the Sea, at two universities in the German maritime hubs of Bremen (2008-2012) and Hamburg (2012-2016). Dr. Jessen has co-edited and authored an extensive commentary on the EU’s regulatory activity in maritime transport law. His main areas of teaching and research are legal aspects of IMO Conventions and related EU Law as well as the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), carriage of goods by sea law, marine insurance, international transport law across all modes and related trade facilitation.

Emergent Technologies and Maritime Transport: Challenges and Opportunities
Tiago Fonseca, Khanssa Lagdami, Jens-Uwe Schröder-Hinrichs
Proceedings of the International Association of Maritime Universities (IAMU) Conference
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), 
115-128
Assessing Innovation in Transport: An Application of the Technology Adoption (TechAdo) Model to Maritime Autonomous Surface Ships (MASS)
Tiago Fonseca, Khanssa Lagdami, Jens-Uwe Schröder-Hinrichs
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), 
Study on social aspects within the maritime transport sector
Laura Carballo Piñeiro, Tiago Fonseca, Khanssa Lagdami
(
), 
Pub-000017
A Schönborn
Fuel
165
(
), 
389-396
Pub-000013
A Schönborn, M.D. Le, R. Fournet, P.-A. Glaude, V. Warth, B. Sirjean
Energy & Fuels
33
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12
), 
12704–12713
Pub-000011
A Schönborn
Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers
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), 
Pub-000001
A. Schönborn, MD Le, R Fournet, PA Glaude, V Warth, B Sirjean
Combustion and Flame
205
(
), 
466-483
Die Rechtsprechung des WTO-Streitbeilegungsgremiums im Jahre 2004
2004
Bayer Frank, Jessen Henning
German YB Int'l L.
47
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), 
834
Rechtsfragen des safe port/ safe berth in Chartervertr\agen: Gunds\atze der Risikoverteilung und aktuelle Rechtsprechung
2012
Jessen Henning
Transportrecht - Zeitschrift für das gesamte Recht der Güterbeförderung, der Spedition, der Versicherungen des Transports, der Personenbeförderung und der Reiseveranstaltung
35
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9
), 
357-369
The Way Forward for Hong Kong to Combat Vessel Source Emissions in the Pearl River Delta Region
2015
Zhu Ling, Jessen Henning, Zhang Mingzhao
Ocean Development \& International Law
46
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3
), 
208-224
The EU's Offshore Oil and Gas Directive (2013/30/EU) and Arctic Governance: Does the Activity of Third Parties Have Any Regulatory Impact?
2016
Jessen Henning
Oil, Gas \& Energy Law Journal (OGEL)
14
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2
), 
Sustainable Energy Generation from the Oceans
2018
Jessen Henning
Sustainable Ocean Resource Governance: Deep Sea Mining, Marine Energy and Submarine Cables
(
), 
76-83
From a voluntary self-assessment to a mandatory audit scheme: monitoring the implementation of IMO instruments
2016
Jessen Henning, Zhu Ling
Lloyd's Maritime and Commercial Law Quarterly
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3
), 
389-411
Uwe Jacobshagen (Hrsg.): Seeschifffahrtsrecht, Polizei und Sicherheitsmanagement
2014
Jessen Henning
Archiv des oeffentlichen Rechts
139
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1
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156-159
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