Australian and New Zealand Maritime Law Journal

2010: Conference Proceedings
Conference Presentations

Recent Developments in Australian Maritime Law

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  • Maurice Thompson

Published 2010-10-13

Keywords

  • detention charges,
  • container hire,
  • liquidated damages,
  • financial penalties,
  • carriage of goods by sea,
  • cargo loss or damage,
  • carrier obligations,
  • burden of proof,
  • good order,
  • due diligence,
  • negligence,
  • time charterparty,
  • ship arrest,
  • surrogate ship arrest,
  • sister ship,
  • relevant person test,
  • demise charterparty,
  • ship arrest, sale and preservation fees and expenses,
  • illegal fishing,
  • Australian fishing zone,
  • limitation of liability,
  • LLMC 1976,
  • pollution clean-up costs,
  • oil pollution,
  • limitation fund
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Abstract

This paper contains the slides for Thompson's presentation about recent developments in Australian maritime law. Thompson reviews six cases from the past year, which are as follows:

1) DV Kelly Pty Ltd v China Shipping (Australia) Agency Co Pty Ltd [2010] NSWCTTT 136

2) Seafood Imports Pty Ltd v ANL Singapore Pte Ltd (2010) FCA 702

3) The Ship 'Gem of Safaga' v Euroceanica (UK) Ltd (2010) 265 ALR 88

4) EMAS Offshore Pte Ltd v Ship 'APC Aussie 1' (No 2) [2009] FCA 1583

5) Australian Fisheries Management Authority v Su (2009) 176 FCR 95

6) Owners of the 'Pacific Adventurer' (P) QUD214/2009.

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