Australian and New Zealand Maritime Law Journal

1992: Conference Proceedings
Articles

Oil Pollution in the Australian and New Zealand Region: A Commentary

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  • Alistair Irving

Published 1992-10-24

Keywords

  • oil pollution,
  • marine environment,
  • marine pollution,
  • limitation of liability,
  • P&I Club,
  • marine insurance,
  • The Torrey Canyon,
  • CLC 1969,
  • Special Drawing Rights,
  • International Convention on the Establishment of an International Fund for Oil Pollution Damage 1971,
  • The Amoco Cadiz,
  • The Exxon Valdez,
  • The Tanker Owners Voluntary Agreement Concerning Liability for Oil Pollution (TOVALOP),
  • Contract Regarding an Interim Supplement to Tanker Liability for Oil Pollution 1971 (CRISTAL),
  • LLMC 1976,
  • actual fault or privity,
  • Lloyd's of London,
  • strict liability
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Abstract

In this paper, Irving comments on the article titled 'Oil Pollution in the Australian and New Zealand Region' by Michael White. Irving aims to pick up on White's statements and to shed further light on the liability and compensation regime which the Conventions and Agreements have come to establish for tanker spills, how liability insurance in the form of P&I cover has responded, and how the cost and ultimately perhaps even the continuing availability of that insurance is threatened by developments in the USA under the Oil Pollution Act 1990.

(Please note that pages 84-85 of this article are missing.)

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