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Legal issues in bunkering : an introduction to the law.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Trevor Harrison
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: [Place of publication not identified] : Petrospot Limited, 2010.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Dedication
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • About the author
  • Acknowledgements
  • Contents
  • Table of Cases
  • List of Tables and Figures
  • Figure 1.â€?Distillate marine fuels
  • Table courtesy of BSI (www.bsigroup.com)
  • Figure 2.â€?Residual marine fuels from ISO 8217 2010
  • Table courtesy of BSI (www.bsigroup.com)
  • Figure 3.â€?Some contractual bunkering chains
  • Figure 4.â€?The complexity of contractual and tortious relationships in bunkering
  • This chart was devised by and is reproduced with the permission ofAlex Macinnes, a solicitor in the London office of Norwegian law firm Wikborg Rein (www.wr.no)Introduction
  • The legal aspects of bunkering
  • International business
  • What are bunkers?
  • Origin of the term
  • Different types of bunker fuel
  • Simple definition of bunkers
  • When does oil become bunkers?
  • Can oil stop being bunkers?
  • Lubricants
  • Some other definitions
  • A little more about bunkers
  • What goes into bunker fuel?
  • Other fuel sources
  • PART I
  • DOING BUSINESS
  • Chapter 1
  • The basics of the law of contractLegal systems
  • Contract
  • Agreement
  • Intention to create legal relations
  • Consideration
  • Summary
  • Sequence
  • Certainty
  • Chapter 2
  • Particular features of bunker contracts
  • Incorporating Terms and Conditions
  • Course of dealing
  • Priority of provisions
  • No Terms & Conditions
  • The battle of the forms
  • Chapter 3
  • The short life of an unremarkable bunker stem
  • Identifying the essential components of a contract
  • Chapter 4
  • What sellers include in their Terms and Conditions
  • Definitions (1)Grades and quality (2)
  • Quantities and measurements (3)
  • Sampling (4)
  • Delivery (5)
  • Documentation (6)
  • Requisition
  • Bunker delivery note
  • Short delivery complaint or protest
  • Price (7)
  • Payment (8)
  • Credit
  • Prohibition of set-off
  • Timely payment and interest
  • Interest rates
  • Liens and other rights of the seller
  • Claims (9)
  • Quantity claims
  • Quality claims
  • The use of samples
  • Delay or demurrage
  • Indirect and consequential loss
  • Limitation of liability
  • Risk and title (10)
  • Termination (11)Indemnity (12)
  • Force majeure (13)
  • Safety and the environment (14)
  • Dispute resolution (15)
  • Law and jurisdiction
  • Alternative dispute resolution
  • The BIMCO Standard Dispute Resolution Clause
  • Catch-all jurisdiction provisions
  • Conclusion
  • Chapter 5
  • The role of bunker brokers and other intermediaries
  • Chapter 6
  • Charterparty relationships
  • Time charters
  • Bunkering clauses
  • BIMCO Fuel Sulphur Content Clause
  • Bunker Quality Control Clause for Time Chartering
  • Raising standards
  • Dispute resolution