REPORTACTIVITIES 2012

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DIRECTOR’S REPORTThe year 2012 has constituted yet

another extremely fulfilling period for theInstitute of International Shipping and

Trade Law (IISTL), both in terms of theenhancement of legal scholarship as well asbuilding links with our international partnersand the wider shipping industry. It was very pleasing to see three major textsbeing published by the members of the Instituteover the course of the last fourteen months.Pollution at Sea: Law and Liability, edited byProfessor Tettenborn and myself, was publishedin June 2012 by Informa Publishing.

This book, which containsan advanced version ofthe papers presented atthe IISTL’s 7th AnnualColloquium held inSeptember 2011,focuses on a number ofthe vital private lawissues - compensation,insurance, contractand tort - raised bycontemporarydevelopments in thelaw of pollution. The

book also intends to offer a criticalanalysis on emerging public law concepts, suchas the legal position of seafarers from theperspective of criminal law in pollution incidents,as well as the impact of port state control as amitigation mechanism. Shipping, Law and theMarine Environment: Emerging Challenges forthe Law of the Sea, which is released by Lawtextin January 2013, contains the papers presentedat the 6th Annual Colloquium of the IISTL and isedited by Dr Richard Caddell and EmeritusProfessor D Rhidian Thomas. This volumeaddresses a series of developing problems raisedby contemporary shipping activities and theexploitation of marine resources, set against thebackdrop of the thirtieth anniversary of theconclusion of the UN Convention on the Law of

the Sea 1982. The book places particularemphasis on addressing the ecological hull-printof global shipping activities, such as thedevelopment of novel pollution standards andnavigational restrictions, as well as the widerimplications of new uses of ocean space. The Law of Tug and Towand Offshore Contracts,written by Mr SimonRainey QC and now inits third edition, hasbeen updated toprovide an analysis of the new versionsof standard contractssuch as Supplytime2005, Towcon2008, Towhire2008 andWreckhire 2010.This book remains the leading workon the subject and will be warmly welcomed byall those concerned with this vital area ofshipping activity. Furthermore, members of theIISTL have made significant contributions toacademic literature by publishing a series of bookchapters and scholarly articles on a range ofshipping and trade law themes in leadinginternational law journals, including the BerkeleyJournal of International Law, Journal of Air Lawand Commerce, Yearbook of InternationalEnvironmental Law, Tulane Maritime LawJournal, Transnational Environmental Law andWashington University Global Studies LawReview. The IISTL also hosted another highly successfulColloquium in September at Swansea. Thisevent, which focused on the carriage of goods bysea, land and air, attracted a record number ofdelegates including leading academics,practitioners and also members of the judiciary.Our conference activities culminated inDecember 2012, with the IISTL co-hosting aColloquium in China in collaboration with Dalian

Maritime University (DMU), Shanghai MaritimeUniversity (SMU) and Korea University. This eventwas the first in a series of colloquia to beconvened in rotation between the four partners.Moreover it was highly gratifying to see that apioneering collaboration agreement signedbetween the four institutions earlier in the yearhas facilitated valuable and tangible cooperativedevelopments so swiftly. The collaborationagreement not only enables members of theIISTL to foster deeper working relationships withacademics and practitioners from the Far East,but also provides a clear demonstration of theleading role that the Institute plays bothnationally and internationally. I warmly welcomethis new era of cooperation and I am lookingforward to working closely with our colleagues inChina and Korea in the coming years. Meanwhile, the IISTL remains deeply committedto addressing the needs of legal practice and theshipping industry. Throughout 2012, the IISTL hascontinued to place the teaching skills andexpertise of its members at the service of externalbodies. We currently service the in-house trainingneeds of many significant and prestigiousorganisations. Bridging the gap between academiaand practice has always constituted a criticalelement of our mission: the ever-increasingdemand for the services that we offer is a clearindication that we continue to make strongprogress in achieving our objectives in this regard. Needless to say, any research Institute is asstrong as its individual membership. At Swansea,we are highly fortunate to have such animpressive group of dedicated professionals whoare willing to devote their expertise andexperience for the common cause and to workwith each other in harmony. I am grateful tothem all and this Newsletter provides a perfectopportunity to celebrate their successes andachievements.

Professor B. SoyerJanuary 2013

The IISTL Intensifies Collaborationwith International Partners -Colloquium on Pollution Liabilitiesand Shipbuilding / Financing heldat Dalian PAGE 2

IISTL’s 8th Annual Colloquium on Carriage of Goods by Sea and Beyond PAGE 2

INSIDE Professional Training PAGE 3

Guest Lectures PAGE 3Extramural Activities PAGE 3Publications PAGE 4

Personnel PAGE 4Members of the Institute ofInternational Shipping and Trade Law PAGE 4

The Institute of International Shipping andTrade Law (IISTL) co-hosted a colloquium at

Dalian on 10-11 December 2012 incollaboration with Shanghai Maritime University,Dalian Maritime University (Liaoning Province,China), and Korea University (Seoul, SouthKorea), all of which are elite institutionsspecialising in maritime teaching and research.The event represented the first practical outcomeof an important collaboration agreement signedbetween our four institutions earlier in the yearwith the aim of promoting academic exchangeand cooperation. Under this agreement, eachinstitution has undertaken to host an internationalcolloquium every two years, with Dalian MaritimeUniversity volunteering to lead the way in hostingthe inaugural event. These events will be knowncollectively as the DSSK Maritime Law Colloquia,and will provide a unique forum to examinedevelopments in the crucial shipping region of theFar East, while retaining a weather eye on corelegal principles underpinning the daily business ofmaritime litigation and practice.

The colloquium held in December 2012 adoptedthe theme of ‘Contemporary Issues and NewPerspectives on Pollution Liabilities and ShipBuilding and Finance’. Sponsored by the well-known practitioners Reed Smith and Goodwell LawFirm and supported by the Liaoning InnovativeResearch Team, it attracted over 100 delegatesrepresenting China, Hong Kong, Korea and theUnited Kingdom, drawn from academia, thejudiciary, legal practice and the shipping industry. Four members of the IISTL presented papers atthe event: Professor Barıs Soyer (The LegalLiability of Offshore Installations for Oil Pollution:The North Sea Solution); Dr Richard Caddell(Compensating Tanker Spills and EnvironmentalDamage in Europe: The Erika Experience);Professor Andrew Tettenborn (ShipbuildingContracts - Contract Structure) and ProfessorRichard Williams (Shipbuilding Contracts -Contractual and Common Law Remedies). Twelve other papers were presented, includingcontributions from Professor Hu Zhengliang ofShanghai Maritime University (Deficiencies in

Chinese Law with Regard toCompensation for Damageto Marine EcologicalResources Arising fromDrilling Platform Oil Spills);Professor Shan Hongjun ofDalian Maritime University(A Perfect Oil CompensationRegime for China);Professor In Hyeon Kim ofKorea University (Lessonsfrom the M/T Hebei SpiritOil Pollution Accident inKorea) and Mr Li Lianjun of Reed Smith RichardsButler (Ship Registration and Problems in HongKong). The next colloquium in the series will behosted in 2014 by Shanghai Maritime University. Commenting on the event, Professor Barıs Soyer,Director of the IISTL, observed: “At a point at which the balance in the shippingsector is shifting gradually towards the Far East, it is very timely for the IISTL and its members tocollaborate with lawyers and academics from theregion on a formal basis to exchange ideas anddiscuss common problems. We benefittedimmensely from this experience and I would liketo take this opportunity to thank all of ourpartners - and in particular Dalian MaritimeUniversity - for agreeing to host the inauguralevent and also for doing such a tremendous jobin every aspect. I am already looking forward tothe next event in Shanghai in 2014.”

Swansea Law School’s Institute ofInternational Shipping and Trade Law held

its 8th Annual International Colloquium atSwansea on 6-7 September 2012. This year’s event was dedicated to the carriageby sea and other modes of transport and therelations between them. As ever it facilitated alively debate, not only on the rights andobligations of carriers and cargo owners, butalso on the legal position of market participantssuch as terminal operators, freight forwardersand cargo insurers.

The IISTL Intensifies Collaboration withInternational Partners - Colloquium on PollutionLiabilities and Shipbuilding/Financing held at Dalian

IISTL’s 8th Annual Colloquiumon Carriage of Goods by Seaand Beyond

From left to right - Professor HAN Lixin (DalianMaritime University), Ms LIU Chang (Attorney,Wintell Law Firm, Shanghai),Professor Barıs Soyer(Director, IISTL, SwanseaUniversity) and Professor GUO Ping (DalianMaritime University)

Professor Tettenborndelivering his paper atDSSK 2012 Colloquium

From left to right: Mr Simon Rainey QC (QuadrantChambers), The Hon Mr Justice Blair, Mr FrankStevens (Roosendaal Kezer Advocaten, Antwerp)

The Colloquium, which was very generouslysponsored by Informa Publishing Ltd,attracted a record number of delegates toSwansea from the UK, Europe and beyond. Paperswere presented by academics, practitioners andindustry experts, including:

Mr Simon Baughen (Bristol University) - Legal Position of Terminal Operators.

Dr Ellen Eftestøl-Wilhelmsson (University ofHelsinki and Scandinavian Institute of MaritimeLaw) - EU Developments in Multimodal Transport.

Christopher Hancock QC (20 Essex Street,London) - Multimodal Carriage and Limitation.

Dr Marian Hoeks (Erasmus University School ofLaw, Rotterdam) - CMR Convention from aContinental Perspective.

Dr George Leloudas (IISTL, Swansea University) -Multimodal Transport under the Warsaw andMontreal Convention Regimes.

Mr Craig Neame (Holman, Fenwick & Willan,London) - Who Contracts With Whom? A CaseStudy: Far East Import.

Dr Theodora Nikaki (IISTL, Swansea University) -Is There A Need for A Distinct Legal Regime forCarriage of Goods by Land?

Simon Rainey QC (Quadrant Chambers, London) -Impact of Piracy on Carriage of Goods by Sea.

Professor Francis Reynolds QC (University ofOxford) - Legal Position of Freight Forwarders.

Mr Dan Soffin (Gates & Partners, London & New York) - Integrating International Air and RoadCarriage: Operational and Liability Issues.

Professor Barıs Soyer (IISTL, Swansea University)- Cargo Insurance and Multimodal Transport.

Mr Frank Stevens (Roosendaal Kezer Advocaten,Antwerp) - Liability for Defective Containers.

Professor Andrew Tettenborn (IISTL, SwanseaUniversity) - Bills of Lading and MultimodalTransport Documents.

Professor D. Rhidian Thomas (IISTL, SwanseaUniversity) - The Role of Transport Documents inMultimodal Transport.

Professor Richard Williams (IISTL, SwanseaUniversity) - Liability of Carriers and Subcontractorsunder the Rotterdam Rules.

The Hon Mr Justice Blair was actively involved inthe discussions, and chaired one of the sessions.The papers presented at the event will, as is ourcustomary practice, be subsequently published inbook form. The finished work will be produced byInforma Publishing Ltd and is expected to appearin mid-2013.

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Dr Richard Caddell was invited to present a paper examining interactionsbetween environmental treaties at the inaugural Conference on ContemporaryChallenges in International Environmental Law at the University of Ljubljana,Slovenia. In September 2012 he was commissioned by the Greenlandicauthorities and the North Atlantic Marine Mammal Commission (NAMMCO) toprovide legal advice to a number of key ministers from Norway, Iceland,Greenland and the Faeroe Islands on the legal status of NAMMCO and to adviseon its future policy directions. Also in September he organised the Maritime LawSection of the annual conference of the Society of Legal Scholars. On 1November 2012, a co-written paper by Dr Caddell was used as the primary legalargument in the appeal by Orka Coalitie before the Amsterdam Court of Appeal ina pioneering action to return a captive whale to the marine environment.Throughout 2012 Dr Caddell also served on the expert working group onanthropogenic ocean noise convened by the Agreement on the Conservation ofSmall Cetaceans of the Baltic, North-East Atlantic, Irish and North Seas(ASCOBANS). He was appointed a Visiting Researcher at Tallinn Law School,Estonia and was invited to deliver a series of lectures at Tallinn University andTallinn Technical University.

Mr Måns Jacobsson participated at a conference on Tension between Universaland Regional Unification of Private Law held at the Erasmus Universiteit inRotterdam in February 2012 where he presented a paper on “The Relationshipbetween EU Legislation and Maritime Liability Conventions”. He attended theSummer Academy in Hamburg organised in August 2012 by the InternationalFoundation for the Law of the Sea where he delivered lectures on “InternationalRegimes on Liability and Compensation for Ship-source Pollution” and on “P&I Insurance and Pollution Liability”. In October 2012 he participated at the40th Conference of the Comité Maritime International (CMI) in Beijing with anadd-on in Shanghai. On that occasion he gave a lecture on “InternationalRegimes for Compensation for Ship-source Pollution - Problems Encountered and Challenges Ahead” at the Shanghai Maritime University, where he is aVisiting Professor.

Dr George Leloudas delivered guest lectures on aviation insurance law andinternational air law for the International Air Transport Association (IATA) inLondon, Geneva, Hong Kong and Singapore. Dr Leloudas also chaired the sessionon multimodal transport at the 8th IATA Cargo Claims and Loss PreventionConference which was held at Houston in November 2012.

Dr Theodora Nikaki was awarded a Visiting Fellowship by the Institute ofAdvanced Legal Studies (IALS) of the University of London. Later in the year, herapplication to be a visiting fellow at the Scandinavian Institute of Maritime Lawwas successful and she spent 2 months at Oslo conducting comparative researchon various aspects of carriage of goods regimes. During her stay at Oslo, Dr Nikaki was invited to deliver guest lectures on multimodal transport and theRotterdam Rules to students and staff at the Scandinavian Institute and theSchool of Law, University of Oslo.

Mr Simon Rainey QC delivered a paper on “Definitional Problems under the1952 Arrest Convention” at a seminar, The Arrest Convention; 60 Years On,organised by the Association de Droit Maritime Belge (Belgian Maritime LawAssociation) to mark the sixtieth anniversary of the Convention in Antwerp on 10 May 2012. He is currently a member of the Consultative Committeeestablished by the Department for Transport to consider the impact of theRotterdam Rules in the United Kingdom. He sits as a Recorder of the CrownCourt, Deputy High Court Judge and arbitrator.

Professor Barıs Soyer delivered guest lectures at Shanghai Maritime Universityand Dalian Maritime University on “Duration of Time Charterparties” and“Fraudulent Claims in Insurance Law”. He was also awarded Visiting Professorshipby Shanghai Maritime University in March 2012.

Professor D. Rhidian Thomas delivered the National Francqui Law Lectureentitled “The Rotterdam Rules: Are They Fit for Purpose?” at the University ofLeuven, on 21 February 2012. He also delivered a paper entitled “The ExpandingConcepts of Laytime and Demurrage” at the VII European Colloquium onMaritime Research held at the University of Palermo in September 2012, anddelivered lectures at the Universities of Gothenburg and Lund, Sweden, onvarious aspects of marine insurance law. He also delivered the keynote addresstitled “Ship Arrest in the Light of the Arrest Convention 1999” at a Shipping LawSymposium organised by City University London and held at Piraeus, Greece, on 1 March 2012.

Dr Shuangge Wen was invited to deliver guest lectures on issues of company law and corporate governance at the University of Salford. She also acted as the co-ordinator and Session Chair of Pan-Wales Gregynog Law Conference 2011 - 2012.

Professor Richard Williams continues to act as a member of the ConsultativeCommittee established by the Department for Transport to consider the impact of the Rotterdam Rules in the United Kingdom.

Extramural Activities The members of the Institutecontinue to serve the training needsof international shipping organisationsand companies, and City internationallaw firms in various ways. Membersof the Institute participated in thefollowing professional training coursesin 2012:

BIMCO CoursesProfessors Barıs Soyer, D RhidianThomas and Richard Williamsprovided specialist masterclasses forBIMCO (the world’s largestshipowners’ organisation) inRotterdam, Copenhagen, Hamburgand Geneva on charter party issues,bills of lading, marine cargo claimsand the international sale andcarriage of goods. Professor Williamsalso provided classes at the BIMCOSummer School in Denmark.

Shipping FoundationCourses for CityConsortium of Law FirmsMembers of the Institute providedFoundation Courses on marineinsurance, bills of lading,charterparties and shipbuildingcontracts for a consortium of six Cityinternational law firms. The lectureswere delivered by Professors BarısSoyer, Andrew Tettenborn, D RhidianThomas, Richard Williams and by Dr Theodora Nikaki.

Lloyds MaritimeAcademy(LMA, Informa London)Professor Richard Williams chairedand gave lectures on a range oftopics at a number of Masterclassesin London relating to bills of ladingand charterparties.

IBC (Asia)Professor Richard Williams conducteda series of courses on charterpartyissues, bills of lading and laytime anddemurrage for IBC (Asia) inSingapore, Hong Kong and Shanghai.

IATADr George Leloudas contributed aseries of guest lectures on aviationinsurance law and international airlaw for the International Air TransportAssociation (IATA) in London, Geneva,Hong Kong and Singapore.

Continuing its long-established tradition, the IISTL organised an impressiveseries of guest lectures throughout 2012. The IISTL invited thefollowing distinguished guestspeakers to deliver lecturesto its members, PhDstudents and LLM studentspursuing postgraduatedegrees in internationalbusiness, commercial, tradeand maritime law:Mr Rob Collins, Solicitor, Clyde & Co: “The Law and Practice of P & I Clubs”.

Mr Ian Derrick, Deputy Agent of the Bank of England - Agency for Wales:“The Work of the Bank of England”.Professor Warwick Gullett, Dean of Law and Deputy Director of theAustralian National Centre for Ocean Resources and Security, University ofWollongong, "Not So Hot Pursuit? Antipodean Developments in StatePractice of High Seas Law Enforcement against Foreign Vessels”.Mr Måns Jacobsson, (former Director of the International Oil PollutionCompensation Funds and Visiting Fellow IISTL) - “Making InternationalConventions”.Mr Richard Neylon, (Partner, Holman Fenwick Willan LLP) - “Piracy inSomalia - How to Resolve the Hijacking of A Ship: A Maritime Lawyer'sPerspective”.Mr Sion Clwyd Roberts, Media & IP Specialist, Capital Law Solicitors -“IP & the Creative Industries in Wales”.Mr John Sellar, former Chief of Enforcement of the UN Convention onInternational Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES):“Combating Wildlife Crime”.Mr Hugh Shaw, SOSREP: “Dealing with Maritime Emergencies in UK Waters- The role of the UK Secretary of State’s Representative (SOSREP)”.Professor D. Rhidian Thomas, Emeritus Professor, Swansea University -“International Litigation and Arbitration”.

GUEST LECTURES

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING

Professor Richard Williamsdelivering a training session

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Professor Barıs Soyer - DirectorAdmiralty law, marine and non-marine insuranceand carriage of goods by sea Mr Andrew Beale OBEIP, asset management and trade Dr Richard CaddellLaw of the sea, marine environmental conservation,fisheries, EU maritime law Dr Arwel DaviesInternational trade law and world trade lawDr George LeloudasMultimodal transport and air lawDr Theodora NikakiCarriage of goods by sea, multimodal transport,international trade law and conflict of laws Professor Dennis PattersonInternational trade and world trade lawMs Tabetha Kurtz-SheffordAdmiralty law, trade law and law relating to oil and gasProfessor Andrew TettenbornInternational trade law, payments and finance,commercial law

Professor D. Rhidian ThomasInternational trade and payments, carriage of goods,marine insurance, reinsurance, admiralty andarbitration Dr Shuangge WenCorporate law and conflict of lawsProfessor Richard WilliamsCarriage of goods and maritime liabilities

Research Assistants Mr Zhongyue HuMr Sebastian Meyer

Visiting FellowsMr Peter Macdonald-EggersInsurance and reinsurance law, commercial lawMr Måns JacobssonOil pollution, environmental lawMr Simon Rainey QCAdmiralty law, maritime law, arbitration

AdministrationMs April Adanah - Administrator

Members of the Instituteof International Shipping and Trade Law

Contact DetailsProfessor Barıs Soyer, DirectorInstitute of International Shipping and Trade LawSwansea UniversitySchool of LawSingleton ParkSwansea UniversitySA2 8PP

Tel: +(44) (0) 1792 295831Fax: +(44) (0) 1792 295855e-mail: B.Soyer@swansea.ac.uk

istl@swansea.ac.uk

www.swansea.ac.uk/law/istl

The IISTL is a Research Centre within theCollege of Business, Economics and Law,Swansea University.

PERSONNELIn August Dr Rui Zheng successfullycompleted his PhD on Fraudulent Claimsin Insurance Law and has subsequentlyreturned to his native China to take up alectureship at Shanghai MaritimeUniversity. Dr Zheng has served as theIISTL’s Research Assistant for four yearsand we wish him every future success inhis academic career. His contribution tothe IISTL has been immense. MrZhongyue Hu has been appointed as thenew Research Assistant for the IISTL,together with Mr Sebastian Meyer, whowill be responsible for the IISTL Library. InDecember, Ms Tabetha Kurtz-Sheffordwas appointed a Tutor in Commercialand Maritime Law. Tabetha is currentlycompleting her PhD on InternationalRegimes with regard to OffshoreInstallations and will play an active rolein the IISTL, alongside teachingresponsibilities on our LLM Programmes.We welcome all three on board!

We are also delighted to inform that Dr Nikaki’s application for promotion tosenior lectureship has been successful.She is a very valuable member of theIISTL and thoroughly deserves thispromotion. Congratulations!

In May Professor Warwick Gullett, Deanof Law and Deputy Director of theAustralian National Centre for OceanResources and Security, University ofWollongong, Australia, arrived onsecondment as a visiting research fellow.

Also, in September Professor JiangYuechuan arrived from Dalian MaritimeUniversity as a visiting research fellow.He will be at Swansea until September2013.

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� Dr Richard Caddell co-edited a book with Professor D. R.Thomas entitled, Shipping, Law and the Marine Environment:Emerging Challenges for the Law of the Sea, due to bepublished by Lawtext in January 2013. He also contributed achapter to the volume entitled, “Shipping and theConservation of Marine Biodiversity: Legal Responses toVessel-Strikes of Marine Mammals” (pp. 106-153). Dr Caddell also contributed a chapter entitled “The MaritimeDimensions of the Habitats Directive: Past Challenges andFuture Opportunities” in G. Jones QC (ed.), The HabitatsDirective: A Developer’s Obstacle Course? (Hart, 2012), pp.183-208. He also published “The Integration of Multilateral Environmental Agreements: Lessons from theBiodiversity-Related Conventions” (2012) 22 Yearbook ofInternational Environmental Law 1-39. He co-edited the 2012annual special issue of the Cambrian Law Review with SheaEsterling of Aberystwyth University, which addressed the themeof Cultural Rights. He is currently finalising articles appraisingthe regional regulation of small cetaceans and on theinterpretation of Article 65 of the UN Convention on the Lawof the Sea 1982, and is preparing book chapters on thecooperation between treaty bodies and on the conservation ofwilderness areas. He is also working on a monograph on theinternational regulation of marine mammals.

� Mr Måns Jacobsson contributed a chapter entitled “TheHNS Convention and its 2010 Protocol” in B.Soyer and A. Tettenborn (eds.), Pollution at Sea: Law and Liability(Informa, 2012) pp. 23-57. An analysis of the 2001 BunkersConvention “La Convención Bunker en Vigor” was published inAnalisis de 10 Años de Vigencia de las Leyes MarítimasVenezolanas, Academia de Ciencias Políticas y Sociales,Universidad Central de Venezuela, Serie Eventos 28, 2012, p. 407. He also gave, together with Mr Richard Shaw, anopinion at the request of the International Oil PollutionCompensation Funds and the International Group of P&IAssociations, on interim payments within the internationalregime established by the Civil Liability and Fund Conventions,published by in March 2012 in document IOPC/APR12/10/1.

� Dr Theodora Nikaki published (with Professor Barıs Soyer)an article entitled “A New International Regime for Carriage ofGoods by Sea: Contemporary, Certain, Inclusive and Efficient,or Just another One for the Shelves?” (2012) BerkeleyJournal of International Law pp.303-348. She also publishedanother article titled “Bringing Multimodal Transport Law intothe New Century: Is the Uniform Liability System the WayForward?” (2012) Journal of Air Law and Commerce. Dr Nikaki also made an invited contribution to the TulaneMaritime Law Journal in 2012 with an article entitled “UKPerspectives on International Shipping”. She is currentlyworking on a monograph on multimodal transport and is alsocompleting a book chapter on the CMR Convention, due to bepublished in 2013.

� Mr Simon Rainey QC published the third edition of hisbook, The Law of Tug and Tow and Offshore Contracts(Informa). He has completed a further paper, entitled “What isa ‘Ship’ under the 1952 Arrest Convention?”, to be publishedin the Lloyd’s Maritime and Commercial Law Quarterly in 2013.

� Professor Barıs Soyer co-edited Pollution at Sea: Lawand Liability (Informa, 2012). He also wrote Chapter 4(“Compensation for Pollution Damage Resulting fromExploration for and Exploitation of Seabed Mineral Resources”)of the same book pp.59-79. He published an article with Dr Nikaki (see opposite) in the Berkley Journal of InternationalLaw. He continued to provide editorial support for the Journalof International Maritime Law and also published several caseanalyses in that Journal. He is currently completing hismonograph on Marine Insurance Fraud due to be published in2013/14.

� Professor Andrew Tettenborn co-edited Pollution at Sea:Law and Liability (Informa, 2012). He also wrote Chapter 12(“Marine Pollution: Unorthodox Defendants and UnorthodoxSuits”) of the same book pp. 205-221. In addition he wasone of four co-authors of the ground-breaking ContractualDuties: Performance, Breach, Termination and Remedies,published by Sweet & Maxwell, and published “PassengerInjury Claims: Plain Sailing or Not?” and “Charters, Wrongsand the Law of Duress” in the 2012 volume of the Journal ofInternational Maritime Law.

� Professor Rhidian D. Thomas published an article entitled“Multimodalism and Through Transport - Language, Conceptsand Categories” (2012) 36 Tulane Maritime Law Journalpp. 761-777. He also contributed to the All England LawReports Annual Review 2012 by writing the Chapter onShipping Law. Professor Thomas continues to act as theEditor-in- Chief of the Journal of International Maritime Lawand has contributed to this Journal by writing editorials andcase analyses throughout 2012. Professor Thomas continuesto work on his monograph on Ship Arrest.

� Dr Shuangge Wen’s research in 2012 has centred onEuropean developments in the realm of corporate governancein the wake of the current financial crisis. Her lengthy article“Less is More - A Critical View of Further Action towards aHarmonised Corporate Governance Framework in the Wake ofthe Crisis” will soon be published by the highly-recognisedinternational journal Washington University Global Studies LawReview. Dr Wen is currently working on her research monographShareholder Primacy and UK Corporate Governance - Practices,Legal Aspects, and Future Directions, which will be publishedby Routledge Informa in 2013.

� Professor Richard Williams contributed a chapter entitled“The Liability of Charterers for Marine Pollution” in B. Soyerand A. Tettenborn (eds.), Pollution at Sea: Law and Liability(Informa, 2012) pp.191-204 and continues to work on the5th edition of Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims and ona Marine Claims Handbook which is to be published in 2013.

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