The Role of the Flag State at a Seagoing Ship is in principle simple. Every ship needs to be registered somewhere. The management of that ships does this registration in a country. This country becomes the flag state of that ship. With the registration of the ship, that ship will receive a call sign and […]
the History of Maritime Regulations in a blink
Despite all the maritime regulations, the Costa Concordia still capsized and 32 people lost their lives. This accident happened in 2012. A quick overview about the history of maritime regulations, which created the feeling that this ship was build like a Titanic. Unsinkable, but unfortunately source for debate and new maritime regulations. In the […]
Law of the Sea former know as Maritime or Admiralty Law
Most of the times the different wordings are used for the same thing. Law of the Sea is the convention from 1982. One of the subjects it discusses are the boundaries of the coastal state but there are 300 articles with all kind of subjects. Environmental issues, passage through straits, legislation of a ship all belongs […]