A reference to UK and Commonwealth merchant shipping statutes which provides practitioners with a useful reference tool.;Organized in subject areas and regularly updated, this complete annotation and commentary on the UK and Commonwealth merchant shipping legislation will be of use to the work of maritime lawyers in the UK and overseas.;All the provisions of the various merchant shipping acts are contained in a single easy-to-use volume organized in subject areas.
Divided into twenty-six chapters, the work addresses all the most important areas including: registration; collisions; salvage; pilotage; environmental protection; oil pollution and shipping conferences.;""Merchant Shiping Legislation"" covers legislation in the UK, Australia, Bermuda, The Bahamas, Canada, Cyprus, Gibraltar, Hong Kong, India, Nigeria, New Zealand, Singapore, The Channel Island, the Isle of Man and the Irish Republic.;Important comparisons are made with US and EC provisions and regulations. The work will be constantly updated by means of regular service issues, at least two each year.
