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Erika trial brings European debate

CTG to supply Sensor Water Monitors

2013 Green4Sea Forum - Prof. Harilaos N. Psaraftis

2013 Green4Sea Forum - Eirik Nyhus

IMO Sub- Committee on STW to be held next week

Day of the Seafarer 2013

2013 Green4Sea Forum - Elias Kariabas

Athens Convention re to the Carriage of Passengers and their Luggage by Sea (PAL) into force The Athens Convention relating to the Carriage of Passengers and their Luggage by Sea, 2002, which substantially raises the limits of liability for the death of, or personal injury to, a passenger on a ship, is set to enter into force on 23 April 2014, after the required 10 ratifications were reached on 23 April 2013, with the ratification of the 2002 Athens Protocol by Belgium.The 2002 Protocol to the Athens Convention relating to the Carriage of Passengers and their Luggage by Sea, 1974, (PAL), revises and updates the 1974 Convention, which established a regime of liability for damage suffered by passengers carried on a seagoing vessel. As a precondition for joining, Parties to the 2002 Protocol are required to denounce the 1974 treaty and its earlier Protocols.The Athens Convention declares a carrier liable for damage suffered by a passenger resulting from death, personal injury or damage to luggage if the incident causing the damage occurred in the course of the carriage and was due to the fault or neglect of the carrier. Such fault or neglect is presumed, unless the contrary is proved, ...

A chill on environmental protection as Arctic shipping heats up

IMO film promoting the role of women in the maritime sector