Legal issues in bunkering [[electronic resource] ] : an introduction to the law relating to sale and use of marine fuels / / by Trevor Harrison

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910779426403321
• Autore: Harrison Trevor
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Oxfordshire, : Petrospot Ltd., 2011
• ISBN: 1-908663-05-7; 1-299-19068-5
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (240 p.)
• Soggetti: Ships - Fuel - Law and legislation; Law of the sea
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Cover""; ""Dedication""; ""Foreword""; ""Preface""; ""About the author""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Contents""; ""Table of Cases""; ""List of Tables and Figures""; ""Figure 1.â€?Distillate marine fuels""; ""Table courtesy of BSI (www.bsigroup.com)""; ""Figure 2.â€?Residual marine fuels from ISO 8217 2010""; ""Table courtesy of BSI (www.bsigroup.com)""; ""Figure 3.â€?Some contractual bunkering chains""; ""Figure 4.â€?The complexity of contractual and tortious relationships in bunkering""; ""This chart was devised by and is reproduced with the permission ofAlex Macinnes, a solicitor in the London office of Norwegian law firm Wikborg Rein (www.wr.no)""""Introduction""; ""The legal aspects of bunkering""; ""International business""; ""What are bunkers?""; ""Origin of the term""; ""Different types of bunker fuel""; ""Simple definition of bunkers""; ""When does oil become bunkers?""; ""Can oil stop being bunkers?""; ""Lubricants""; ""Some other definitions""; ""A little more about bunkers""; ""What goes into bunker fuel?""; ""Other fuel sources""; ""PART I - DOING BUSINESS""; ""Chapter 1 - The basics of the law of contract""""Legal systems""; ""Contract""; ""Agreement""; ""Intention to create legal relations""; ""Consideration""; ""Summary""; ""Sequence""; ""Certainty""; ""Chapter 2 - Particular features of bunker contracts""; ""Incorporating Terms and Conditions""; ""Course of dealing""; ""Priority of provisions""; ""No Terms & Conditions""; ""The battle of the forms""; ""Chapter 3 - The ; short life of an unremarkable bunker stem""; ""Identifying the essential components of a contract""; ""Chapter 4 - What sellers include in their Terms and Conditions""; ""Definitions (1)""""Grades and quality (2)""; ""Quantities and measurements (3)""; ""Sampling (4)""; ""Delivery (5)""; ""Documentation (6)""; ""Requisition""; ""Bunker delivery note""; ""Short delivery complaint or protest""; ""Price (7)""; ""Payment (8)""; ""Credit""; ""Prohibition of set-off""; ""Timely payment and interest""; ""Interest rates""; ""Liens and other rights of the seller""; ""Claims (9)""; ""Quantity claims""; ""Quality claims""; ""The use of samples""; ""Delay or demurrage""; ""Indirect and consequential loss""; ""Limitation of liability""; ""Risk and title (10)""; ""Termination (11)""""Indemnity (12)""; ""Force majeure (13)""; ""Safety and the environment (14)""; ""Dispute resolution (15)""; ""Law and jurisdiction""; ""Alternative dispute resolution""; ""The BIMCO Standard Dispute Resolution Clause""; ""Catch-all jurisdiction provisions""; ""Conclusion""; ""Chapter 5 - The role of bunker brokers and other intermediaries""; ""Chapter 6 - Charterparty relationships""; ""Time charters""; ""Bunkering clauses""; ""BIMCO Fuel Sulphur Content Clause""; ""Bunker Quality Control Clause for Time Chartering""; ""Raising standards""; ""Dispute resolution""; ""Links in the chain""