Certificate of Achievement
has completed the following course:
Maritime Law: an Introduction to Shipping Transactions
Law Society of Scotland and Addleshaw Goddard
This online course explored the basic concepts of maritime law focusing particularly on shipping transactions. The course covered ship sale and purchase, ship finance, shipping as a global business, shipping registration and shipbuilding contracts.
4 weeks, 3 hours per week
Rob Marrs
Head of Education
Law Society of Scotland
Transcript
Learning outcomes
- Compare the benefits of registering a ship in different registers globally
- Investigate the legal structures and techniques involved in ship registration
- Evaluate the contractual approaches involved in shipping transactions
- Debate the merits of flags of convenience
- Demonstrate an understanding of ship sale and purchase
- Explain the regulation of the shipping industry globally
Syllabus
• An introduction to the maritime sector
• How ships are sold and purchased
• The mechanics behind ship registration
• What flags of convenience are and how they are used
• International regulations and conventions
• Ship finance
• Shipbuilding contracts
Issued on 24th January 2018
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