Maritime Law

The "Maritime Law" course is a core professional course for the Waterway Transportation and Maritime Management major in maritime institutes. It emphasizes interdisciplinary development, targets students and professionals in the maritime and legal fields, is based on the international maritime legal system, and deeply integrates practical and academic perspectives.

The curriculum design places great emphasis on internationalization, systematically teaching ten core modules such as ship property rights, maritime contracts, ship collisions, and general average. It directly addresses cognitive blind spots and strives to enhance the ability to understand practical scenarios.

Focusing on serving the training needs of international seafarers for the "Belt and Road Initiative", the course accurately empowers the international seafarer community, improves their legal literacy, and strengthens their legal professional capabilities

Syllabus

Introduction

0.1 Introduction
0.2 Definition of Maritime Law
0.3 Sources of Maritime Law
0.4 The Nature, Characteristics, and Development Trends of Maritime Law
0.5 Scope of Application of the Maritime Law

Chapter 1 Ship Ownership Rights

1.1 Ownership of vessel
1.2 Maritime Liens
1.3 Mortgage of Ships
1.4 Possessory Lien on Vessel

Chapter 2 Crew

2.1 Crew
2.2 Master

Chapter 3 The Six Major Contracts

3.1 Contract of Carriage of Goods by Sea
3.2 Contract of Carriage of Passengers by Sea
3.3 Contract of Sea Towage
3.4 Charter Parties
3.5 Bareboat Charter with Hire Purchase
3.6 Maine Insurance

Chapter 4 Ship Collisions

4.1 Introduction
4.2 Compensation for the damage caused by ship‘s collision

Chapter 5 Maritime Rescue

5.1 The Definition and Types of salvage
5.2 Conditions of Salvage at Sea
5.3 Salvage Rewards
5.4 Salvage Conventions

Chapter 6 General Average

6.1 Introduction of GA
6. 2 Conditions of GA
6.3 Sacrifice and Expenditure of GA
6.4 GA Adjustment Rules

Chapter 7 Ship Pollution Damage Compensation

7.1 Introduction
7.2 International Conventions for Pollutions from Ships
7.3 The status quo of legislation in China

Chapter 8 Limitations of Maritime Compensation Liability

8.1 Introduction
8.2 International Conventions and CMC

Chapter 9 Statute of Limitations

9.1 Introduction of Time Bar
9. 2 The Provisions of Time Bar for Maritime Litigation
9. 3 Suspension of Time Bar
9.4 Discontinuance of Time Bar

Chapter 10 Legal Application in Foreign-Related Maritime Affairs

10.1 Introduction
10.2 Law Applicable to relationship of Master and Crew
10.3 Law Applicable to Real Rights of Ships
10.4 Law Applicable to Maritime Commercial Contracts
10.5 Law Applicable to Maritime Tort at Sea
10.6 Law Applicable to General Average
10.7 Law Applicable to Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims
10.8 Law Applicable to Maritime Litigation and Arbitration

Final exam

Taught by

Hainan Vocational University of Science and Technology

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