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Book Review: Legal Issues in Bunkering
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
Legal Issues in Bunkering:
An Introduction to the Law Relating to the Sale and Use of Marine Fuels
By Trevor Harrison
First Edition, July 2011
Published by Petrospot Limited
PP 201 + 36 prelims. £75 / €90 / $125 + P&P
Overview
Legal Issues in Bunkering by barrister and legal consultant Trevor Harrison offers a fascinating and highly accessible overview of the key legal aspects of bunkering.
It is an indispensible information tool, distilling the salient legal points and summarising the more arcane elements of the subject.
The book is not intended as a substitute for professional help or casebooks on shipping law, but it will certainly educate the reader about the key legal topics and, importantly, guide him in the right direction should a contract go wrong.
Among its highlights, the book covers the following issues:
• the law of contract
• sellers’ terms and conditions
• charterparty relationships
• time charters and bunker clauses
• quantity and quality disputes
• claims in tort
• defaults
• ship arrest
• dispute resolution
• important case reviews
• international conventions
• national legislation on environmental issues relevant to bunkering
• oil pollution and limitations of liability
• plus extensive appendices offering further detail on contracts, arrest, anti-corruption and other key issues
About the Author
Former head Legal at Tramp Oil & Marine, Trevor Harrison practises as a maritime arbitrator, mediator and consultant, with particular expertise in bunkering.
He is a member of the Baltic Exchange, a member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (MCIArb), an Aspiring Full Member of the London Maritime Arbitrator’s Association (LMAA), on the Singapore Chamber of Maritime Arbitration Panel of Arbitrators, a Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution (CEDR) accredited member, on the Baltic Exchange-LMAA Mediator Panel, and a member of the of the Baltic Exchange’s Panel of Experts. He is a director of the International Bunker Industry Association (IBIA) and a member of its delegation to the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) Bulk Liquids and Gases (BLG) committee and Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC). He has been closely involved in the revision of the MARPOL Annex VI regulations.
Quotes:
Jonathan Lux, Partner, Ince & Co and co-author of Bunkers – An Analysis of the Practical, Technical and Legal Aspects (Petrospot, 2004):
"I am delighted to recommend Legal Issues in Bunkering to anyone with an interest in the law relating to bunkers and bunkering and to those who have an interest in steering clear of the many legal pitfalls that can beset the global bunker industry."
Llewellyn Bankes-Hughes, Publisher, Petrospot:
"Trevor Harrison is a highly-respected maritime lawyer with over 30 years’ experience. He knows his subject thoroughly, and, importantly, he knows how to put it across in a way that entertains and educates and leaves the reader eager to learn more."
