Charterparties: Law, Practice and Emerging Legal Issues

This book consists of edited versions of the papers delivered at the Institute of International Shipping and Trade Law’s 12th International Colloquium at Swansea Law School in September 2016. Featuring a team of contributors at the top of their profession, both in practice and academia, these papers have been carefully co-ordinated so as to ensure to give the reader a first class insight into the issues surrounding charterparties.

The book is set out in three parts.

-Part I offers a detailed and critical analysis of issues of contemporary importance concerning time charters.

-Part 2 carries out a similar analysis with regard to voyage charterparties.

-Part 3 deliberates issues common to both type of charterparties.

Offering critical analysis of contemporary legal issues on charterparty contracts, this book considers recent legal and practical developments and is therefore essential reading for both professional and academic readers with an interest in charterparties.

Baris Soyer

is Professor of Commercial and Maritime Law, and Director of the Institute of International Shipping and Trade Law at Swansea University, UK.

Andrew Tettenborn is Professor of Commercial Law at the Institute of International Shipping and Trade Law at Swansea University, UK.