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Admiralty and Maritime
Transnational Shipments of Nuclear Materials by Sea: Do Current Safeguards Provide States a Right to Deny Innocent Passage?, by
David B. Dixon, George Washington University.
The maritime transport of nuclear materials has created a conflict between two international law regimes: the United Nations International Law of the Sea, and the developing customary law of the 'precautionary principle' in international environmental law. In recent years several coastal states denied passage citing environmental laws.
International.
38 pages. Written:
2006. Added:
4-05-2007.
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Admiralty and Maritime
All Washed Up: Wreck on the Beach, by
Richard Harvey.
Recent dramatic & newsworthy pictures of the MSC Napoli deliberately put aground off the Devon coast on the orders of SOSREP & the wreckage of cargo and containers subsequently washed up on the beach have highlighted to British public something of the nature & quantity of the everyday goods that are supplied to them by the ships that pass our coast
Non-Specific.
2 pages. Written:
2007. Added:
3-18-2007.
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Admiralty and Maritime
Professional Liabilities in Fraud Claims, by
Simon Congdon, Holman Fenwick & Willan,.
Victims of fraud have extensive legal rights to help them recover assets taken by the fraudster, and to sue him for damages. But sometimes, these are not enough. The proceeds of fraud are as often dissipated as saved, leaving the victim with insufficient remedy.
Non-Specific.
14 pages. Written:
2006. Added:
3-18-2007.
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Admiralty and Maritime
Since the Decision inWinter Storm Shipping, by
Lennard Rambusch, Esq., Michael Frevola, Esq., Holland & Knight LLP.
As reported in a recent court filing in
New York, in December 2005 one bank in
New York received 797 writs of maritime attachment. The recent incident at Durban, South Africa, involving stowaways allegedly
forced off a vessel in the harbour has received worldwide coverage.
Non-Specific.
2 pages. Written:
2006. Added:
3-18-2007.
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Admiralty and Maritime
Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 2006, by
Blank Rome.
The referenced document contains a section-by-section analysis of the various provisions of the new law that affect commercial interests. Owners and operators of vessels and facilities and other maritime
interests, in particular, should review this advisory to determine possible effects on their activities.
Non-Specific.
8 pages. Written:
2006. Added:
3-18-2007.
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Admiralty and Maritime
Beware of the 'Magic Pipe', by
Clifford P. Case, III, Carter Ledyard & Milburn LLP.
For a number of years, federal prosecutors in the US have been active in pursuing ocean dumping cases, especially 'magic pipe' cases, in which equipment is installed to by-pass shipboard oily water separators, and ship logs on waste discharges are falsified.
Non-Specific.
3 pages. Written:
2007. Added:
3-18-2007.
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