NIGERIA Law and Practice Contributed by: Adedoyin Afun and Michael Abiiba Bloomfield LP
Nigeria Abuja
Benin
Cameroon
Contents 1. Maritime and Shipping Legislation and Regulation p.397 1.1 Domestic Laws Establishing the Authorities of the Maritime and Shipping Courts p.397 1.2 Port State Control p.398 1.3 Domestic Legislation Applicable to Ship Registration p.398 1.4 Requirements for Ownership of Vessels p.398 1.5 Temporary Registration of Vessels p.399 1.6 Registration of Mortgages p.399 1.7 Ship Ownership and Mortgages Registry p.400 2. Marine Casualties and Owners’ Liability p.400 2.1 International Conventions: Pollution and Wreck Removal p.400 2.2 International Conventions: Collision and Salvage p.401 2.3 1976 Convention on Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims p.402 2.4 Procedure and Requirements for Establishing a Limitation Fund p.402 2.5 Seafarers’ Safety and Owners’ Liability p.403 3. Cargo Claims p.403 3.1 Bills of Lading p.403 3.2 Title to Sue on a Bill of Lading p.404 3.3 Ship-Owners’ Liability and Limitation of Liability for Cargo Damages p.404 3.4 Misdeclaration of Cargo p.405 3.5 Time Bar for Filing Claims for Damaged or Lost Cargo p.405 4. Maritime Liens and Ship Arrests p.406 4.1 Ship Arrests p.406 4.2 Maritime Liens p.406 4.3 Liability in Personam for Owners or Demise Charterers p.406
4.4 Unpaid Bunkers p.406 4.5 Arresting a Vessel p.407 4.6 Arresting Bunkers and Freight p.408 4.7 Sister-Ship Arrest p.408 4.8 Other Ways of Obtaining Attachment Orders p.408 4.9 Releasing an Arrested Vessel p.408 4.10 Procedure for the Judicial Sale of Arrested Ships p.408 4.11 Insolvency Laws Applied by Maritime Courts p.410 4.12 Damages in the Event of Wrongful Arrest of a Vessel p.410
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