2003: Conference Proceedings
Conference Presentations

U.S. Cruise Law: Hot Topics

Published 2003-10-01

Keywords

  • cruise law,
  • Athens Convention 1974,
  • marine environment,
  • duty of care,
  • 2002 Protocol to the Athens Convention Relating to the Carriage of Passengers and their Luggage by Sea 1974,
  • strict liability,
  • limitation of liability,
  • contract of carriage,
  • waste management
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Abstract

This paper was presented as part of Business Session 2, on the topic of 'The Future Direction for the Cruise Industry’, which was chaired by Andrew Tulloch. It contains the slides for Miller’s discussion of ‘US Cruise Law: Hot Topics’, including such topics as protection of the marine environment and the new 2002 Protocol to the Athens Convention.