In anticipation of the advent of autonomous shipping, it is contended that the present fault-based collision liability regimes of most jurisdictions do not sufficiently cater for the situations that may arise. The wording of the 1910 Collison Conventio…
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2018 marked international maritime charity, Sailors’ Society, 200th birthday. Founded in London in 1818 to minister to the needs of destitute seafarers who had returned home from the Napoleonic Wars. It is due to the generosity of organisations like th…
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Plans call for the highly efficient Fairview Container Terminal, operated by DP World, to nearly double its throughput capacity by 2020
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A section of the Ohio River near Louisville, Ky. has been closed to all vessel traffic after 15 loaded coal barges broke away from a towing vessel that made contact with a bridge in the area.The U.S. Coast Guard said its watchstanders at Sector…
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