DENMARK Law and Practice Contributed by: Johannes Grove Nielsen and Camilla Søgaard Hudson, Bech-Bruun
• the removal, destruction or rendering harm - less of the cargo of the ship; and • measures taken to avert or mitigate loss that is, or would be, subject to limitation of liability, as well as loss caused by such measures. The right to global limitation of liability does not apply to: • claims for reward for salvage or contribution in general average; • claims subject to any international convention or national legislation governing or prohibiting limitation of liability for nuclear damage; and • claims arising from nuclear damage caused by a nuclear-powered ship. For claims resulting from the ship’s own pas - sengers dying or being injured, the liability limit is 400,000 SDR (Special Drawing Rights) multiplied by the number of passengers the ship is permit - ted to carry under its certificate. For other claims in the event of death or personal injury, the liability limit is 3.02 million SDR for ships with a tonnage of 2,000 tons or less. For a ship with a larger tonnage, the liability limit is increased as follows: • for each ton from 2,001 to 30,000 tons, an increase of 1,208 SDR; • for each ton from 30,001 to 70,000 tons, an increase of 906 SDR; and • for each ton over 70,000 tons, an increase of 604 SDR. The limit of liability for claims relating to the loca - tion, marking and removal of a wreck is 2 million SDR for non-passenger ships operating exclu - sively on regular scheduled services. For such vessels with a tonnage of more than 1,000, the liability limit is increased as follows:
• for each ton from 1,001 to 2,000, by 2,000 SDR; • for each ton from 2,001 to 10,000, by 5,000 SDR; and • for every ton over 10,001, by 1,000 SDR. The liability limit for all other claims, as well as for any uncovered portion of claims relating to the ship’s own passengers’ death or personal injury, is 1.51 million SDR for ships with a tonnage of 2,000 tons or less. For a ship with a larger ton - nage, the liability limit is increased as follows: • for each ton from 2,001 to 30,000 tons, by 604 SDR; • for each ton from 30,001 to 70,000 tons, by 453 SDR; and • for each ton over 70,000 tons, by 302 SDR. 2.5 Seafarers’ Safety and Owners’ Liability Denmark is a signatory state to the 2006 Mari - time Labour Convention. With regard to working environments on Dan - ish territory – ie, on Danish land and in Danish waters – the Working Environment Act applies. The Working Environment Act applies to Dan - ish and foreign ships with regard to the loading and unloading of ships, and to shipyard work on board ships and work that is equivalent thereto. The Working Environment Act is administered by the Danish Working Environment Authority. The Safety at Sea Act and the Seafarers’ Employment Conditions Act apply to Dan - ish ships, including outside Danish territories. Specific Executive Orders have been adopted under these acts, such as the Executive Order on Working Environments in Ships and the Exec - utive Order on Seafarers’ Rest Periods. These
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