Over more than three decades starting in the 1990s, thousands of robberies, acts of piracy, and other violent attacks against merchant vessels have been reported in many of the world’s waters. The grave danger of piracy poses a direct threat not only to the security and efficiency of marine transportation, but more seriously, to the lives of the men and woman carrying out this important function.
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The book provides an introduction to shipping in all its aspects. It is a valuable source of information for students of traditional maritime law as well as for those who seek to understand maritime and shipping services on a global scale.
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WMU organized Oil Spill Risk Management conference in March 2011 together with the International Maritime Organization. The volume includes a selection of papers presented during the conference addressing the topic of oil spill risk management and the preparedness and readiness of national jurisdiction, offshore and shipping industries.
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In January 2010 WMU organized a Ballast Water Week together with IMO’s GloBallast project, the Global Industry Alliance, and the North Sea Interreg project “Ballast Water Opportunity”.
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A selection of papers and presentations from two maritime security symposia held at WMU: the International Symposium on the New Regime for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts at Sea, from 21-23 November 2005 and the International Symposium on Coastal Zone Piracy from 13-15 November 2006.
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An essential volume for maritime draftsmen, practitioners and scholars, that provides a summary of the history and theory of maritime law, as well as a hands-on practitioners’ guide that details the measures required for the implementation of IMO Conventions and treaty instruments.
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