ARGENTINA
Brazil
Paraguay
Chile
Uruguay
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Law and Practice Contributed by: María Belén Espiñeira Espiñeira Maritime Lawyers
Contents 1. Maritime and Shipping Legislation and Regulation p.36 1.1 Domestic Laws Establishing the Authorities of the Maritime and Shipping Courts p.36 1.2 Port State Control p.36 1.3 Domestic Legislation Applicable to Ship Registration p.36 1.4 Requirements for Ownership of Vessels p.37 1.5 Temporary Registration of Vessels p.37 1.6 Registration of Mortgages p.37 1.7 Ship Ownership and Mortgages Registry p.37 2. Ship Finance and Leasing p.37 2.1 Ship Loan Finance p.37 2.2 Ship Leasing p.38 3. Marine Casualties and Owners’ Liability p.38 3.1 International Conventions: Pollution and Wreck Removal p.38 3.2 International Conventions: Collision and Salvage p.39 3.3 Convention on Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims p.39 3.4 Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties p.39 3.5 Procedure and Requirements for Establishing a Limitation Fund p.39 3.6 Seafarers’ Safety and Owners’ Liability p.39 4. Cargo Claims p.40 4.1 Bills of Lading p.40 4.2 Title to Sue on a Bill of Lading p.40 4.3 Ship-Owners’ Liability and Limitation of Liability for Cargo Damages p.40 4.4 Misdeclaration of Cargo p.40 4.5 Time Bar for Filing Claims for Damaged or Lost Cargo p.40 5. Maritime Liens and Ship Arrests p.41
5.1 Ship Arrests p.41 5.2 Maritime Liens p.41 5.3 Liability in Personam for Owners or Demise Charterers p.41 5.4 Unpaid Bunkers p.41 5.5 Arresting a Vessel p.42 5.6 Arresting Bunkers and Freight p.42 5.7 Sister-Ship Arrest p.42 5.8 Other Ways of Obtaining Attachment Orders p.42 5.9 Releasing an Arrested Vessel p.42 5.10 Procedure for the Judicial Sale of Arrested Ships p.42 5.11 Insolvency Laws Applied by Maritime Courts p.43 5.12 Damages in the Event of Wrongful Arrest of a Vessel p.43
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