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Compulsory Insurance and Compensation for Bunker Oil Pollution Damage

Oil tankers are not the only vessels that have caused oil pollution at sea. Numerous spills in the past have been of heavy fuel oil from non-tankers. However, the international liability and compensation regime covered only oil pollution damage caused by oil tankers. There was thus a need to bring t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Zhu, Ling (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2007.
Edición:1st ed. 2007.
Colección:Hamburg Studies on Maritime Affairs, International Max Planck Research School for Maritime Affairs at the University of Hamburg, 5
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Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Pollution from Ships' Bunkers and the Advent of the Bunkers Convention
  • The Birth of Compulsory Insurance for Oil Pollution Liability
  • Strict Liability and Insurance
  • Insurance and the Quest for Adequate Compensation
  • Limitation of Liability and the Limit of Insurance
  • Direct Action against the Insurer and its Limited Effect
  • Outlook on Insurance and Compensation for Bunker-Oil Pollution Liability
  • Summary of Study.