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This collection of essential titles, relied on by practitioners worldwide, provides an indispensable source of reference for anyone involved in maritime or transport law. Order individual volumes to suit your specific needs, or purchase the full library for a comprehensive set of titles dedicated to law and practice in this area.

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Admiralty Jurisdiction and Practice, 3rd Edition
Nigel Meeson
Price: £370 / €463 / US$666 / S$1110
Admiralty Jurisdiction and Practice is the definitive work on litigation in the Admiralty Court. It provides a thorough explanation of jurisdiction, practice and procedure, and also contains forms and precedents.
This book deals with several legal issues not covered elsewhere, including:
• Impact of insolvency on Admiralty proceedings
• Interplay between the jurisdiction and practice of the Admiralty court
• Series of rules on jurisdiction laid down by international Conventions
• Limitation periods peculiar to certain claims falling within the admiralty jurisdiction collision action rules
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Bareboat Charters, 2nd Edition
Mark Davis
Price: £330 / €413 / US$594 / S$990
This is the only English law text book on the subject of Bareboat Charters and has now been revised and updated. It contains invaluable guidance on the subject and is an indispensible guide for maritime lawyers, charterers, ship managers and others with an interest in bareboat charters.
The Barecon 89 form has been withdrawn from use since the publication of the first edition and has been replaced by Barecon 2001, and forms the basis of this second edition.
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Berlingieri on Arrest of Ships, 4th Edition
Francesco Berlingieri
Price: £380 / €475 / US$684 /S$1140
The new edition provides:
• An in depth analysis and a comparison between the provisions of the 1952 and 1999 Conventions
• A commentary on the new 1999 Arrest Convention and its Travaux preparatories
• Details of a number of court decisions issued since the 3rd Edition, in which provisions of the 1952 Convention have been considered and interpreted
• An analysis of the jurisprudence of a number and implementation by certain States party to the 1952 Convention and implementation by certain States parties
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EC Shipping Law, 3rd Edition
Vincent Power
Price: £325 / €406 / US$585 / S$975
Covering all aspects of EC shipping law in detail, this fully updated new edition takes a commercial as well as a legal perspective throughout. Chapters included cover EC marine environmental law and marine insurance law - freedom of establishment and freedom to provide shipping services in the EC.
This third edition has been completely revised to include recent developments, and features extensive appendices on council decisions, resolutions and recommendations.
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Enforcement of Maritime Claims, 4th Edition
D. C. Jackson
Price: £345 / €431 / US$621 / S$1035
This new edition addresses legislative developments and discusses the factors that affect the enforceability of a claim, including jurisdiction, how to enforce a claim, security remedies and the relevance of foreign law, including the critical impact of membership of the European Union.
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The Law of Tug and Tow, 2nd Edition
Simon Rainey
Price: £390 / €488 / US$702 / S$1170
The Law of Tug and Tow, 2nd Edition provides a detailed and comprehensive analysis of the modern English law specifically relating to the operations of tug and tow and the increasingly important related activities in the field of the offshore service and supply industry. The book is of inestimable value to anyone engaged in the business of negotiating contracts of tonnage.
Particular attention has been paid to:
• The Towcon or Towhire forms in particular of the BIMCO “knock-forknock” liabilities clause, clause 18
• Admirality Jurisdiction
• The nature of contract of towage
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Laytime and Demurrage, 5th Edition
John Schofield
Price: £415 / €519 / US$747 / S$1245
Laytime and Demurrage, 5th Edition is the only book to deal with all aspects of laytime, demurrage and detention, tracing the development of the law from its origins in the nineteenth century and earlier, right up to the early years of the twenty first century.
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Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims, 4th Edition
Patrick Griggs, Richard Williams and Jeremy Farr
Price: £370 / €463 / US$666 / S$1110
Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims is the definitive guide for private practitioners and in house or P&I Club shipping lawyers. It covers the limitation of liability for maritime claims analyses and comments upon legislation.
Legislation covered includes the 1976 Convention on the Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims, the 1996 Protocol to the Convention on the Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims, the Athens Convention relating to the Carriage of Passengers and Their Luggage by Sea 1974 and the 2002 Athens Protocol to the Athens Convention.
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London Maritime Arbitration, 3rd Edition
Clare Ambrose, Karen Maxwell and Angharad Parry
Price: £380 / €475 / US$684 / S$1140
The authors have used their practical experience and extensive legal research to give a clear explanation of how arbitration law works and what factors influence L.M.A.A. arbitrators. The book provides a specific guide to maritime arbitration rather than simply a commentary on the 1996 Act; in particular because significant practical issues are not dealt with directly by the Act, for example, confidentiality, freezing orders and anti-suit injunctions.
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Marine Cargo Insurance
John Dunt
Price: £325 / €406 / US$585 / S$975
Marine Cargo Insurance brings together the case law on marine cargo insurance to assist practitioners, whether they are lawyers, underwriters, insurance brokers or surveyors and investigators, to resolve issues of meaning and interpretation of the Institute Cargo Clauses (ICC), the most widely used standard form of marine cargo insurance cover. The work will examine marine cargo insurance by reference to English and foreign legal cases and the Marine Insurance Act 1906.
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Marine Insurance Legislation, 4th Edition
Professor Robert Merkin
Price: £170 / €213 / US$306 / S$510
A comprehensive and fully updated annotation of the Marine Insurance Act 1906, setting out the authorities on which the legislation was based and the manner in which the legislation has been construed, with crossreferences to the most recent Institute Clauses.
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P&I Clubs Law and Practice, 4th Edition
David Semark
Price: £360 / €450 / US$648 / S$1080
The fourth edition ofP & I Clubs Law and Practice provides a detailed account of the constitution, workings and daily practice of shipowners mutual and indemnity clubs.
Due to the ever-increasing scope of liabilities that are being placed upon ship owners, the role of P&I Clubs is becoming far more crucial. As a result the size and complexity of insurance claims is ever evolving, underlining the increasing need for reliable information.
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Ship Registration: Law & Practice, 2nd Edition
Richard Coles and Edward Watt
Price: £360 / €450 / US$648 / S$1080
Ship Registration: Law and Practice is the most comprehensive guide available to registering a ship, explaining legal concepts and their practical application, with special consideration given to:
• Underlying legal concepts behind the registration of ships
• Flags of convenience – what they are and why their use is on the increase
• Registering a bareboat charter and how these differ from the norm
• Factors governing choice of flag
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The Ratification of Maritime Conventions - Looseleaf
Institute of Maritime Law, University of Southampton, and in consultation with the International Maritime Organisation
Price: £1299 / €2338 / US$1624 / S$3897 (Mainwork: 4 volumes + updates)
The Ratification of Maritime Conventions provides essential information for ensuring vessels operate within international law. An invaluable daily reference source, this clear and accurate looseleaf will help you to protect your fleet or that of your client with coverage of public international law, jurisdiction, arbitration and enforcement, safety and navigation, property transactions and rights, carriage of goods and passengers, employment and pollution.
For more information or to order, please visit www.informaprofessional.com/rats

Ship Sale and Purchase, 5th Edition
Iain Goldrein QC, Paul Turner and Matt Hannaford
Price: £395 / €494 / US$711 / S$1185
Ship Sale and Purchase contains practical guidance in relation to the negotiation, preparation and completion of ship sale contracts and will provide you with a unique and detailed analysis of this important area of martitime law.
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Shipping and the Environment, 2nd Edition
Colin de la Rue and Charles B. Anderson
Price: £485 / €606 / US$873 / S$1455
Shipping and the Environment was quickly acclaimed as the new leading text worldwide on the law and practice of pollution from ships. The second edition deals with a variety of developments since the first edition published in 1998 including:
• The effect of Erika and Prestige
• Changes in international law on maritime safety and compensation
• Analysis of the SCOPIC regime
• New material on ports of refuge, trans-boundary movements and pollution from off-shore craft
• Latest case law
• Regulatory changes in the US
• Enlarged chapters on enforcement of laws and criminal sanctions
For more information or to order, please visit www.maritime-professional.com/shippingenv

Time Charters, 6th Edition
Terence Coghlin, Andrew W. Baker, Julian Kenny and John D.Kimball
Price: £470 / €588 / US$846 / S$1410
Time Charters is recognised as the most comprehensive reference work in its field. The book has been updated to include new developments that affect the law and practice of time charters. Maintaining the clear and logical format adopted in the previous editions, Time Charters provides access to the case law to enable users to find, easily and quickly, leading authorities on any particular question that might arise
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Voyage Charters, 3rd Edition
Julian Cooke, Timothy Young QC, Andrew Taylor, John D.Kimball, David Martowski and LeRoy Lambert
Price: £475 / €594 / US$855 / S$1425
Voyage Charters presents one of the most complex areas of maritime law, with disputes frequently arising over the interpretation of charters. It is essential for the parties to these contracts and their legal advisors to have a clear and authoritative reference guide. The third edition of this bestselling book continues to provide the only comprehensive guide to voyage charters. It analyses on a clause by clause basis the two major charterparty forms, the Gencon and Asbatankvoy and makes reference to numerous other forms.
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The York-Antwerp Rules: The Principles and Practice of General Average Adjustment, 3rd Edition
Geoffrey Hudson and Michael Harvey
Price: £270 / €338 / US$486 / S$810
This book is an essential read for practitioners in maritime law and marine insurance in order to update their knowledge of the intricacies surrounding this fascinating subject.
Having taken a leading part in the evolution of the 1974 Rules and been Chairman of the Conference drafting committee in 1994, Geoffrey Hudson is uniquely well placed to compare, contrast and comment on the two versions.
Co-author Michael D. Harvey has been a Fellow of the Association of Average Adjusters since 1978 and both authors are practicing average adjusters with wide experience.
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