Regulating Vessel Discharges on the International and EU Level: The Examples of Scrubber Washwater, Sewage and Ballast Water (Brill Research Perspectives in the Law of the Sea)

In Regulating Vessel Discharges on the International and EU Level, Alexander Proelss and Valentin J. Schatz use the examples of scrubber washwater, sewage and ballast water to offer a detailed analysis of the regulation of marine and freshwater pollution caused by discharges from vessels. This regulatory framework is characterized by a considerable degree of complexity. This complexity results from the multiplicity of applicable legal instruments, the technical nature of the relevant provisions, and the varying spatial scopes of the applicable rules in light of the mobility of international shipping. Alexander Proelss and Valentin J. Schatz clarify existing legal uncertainties and suggest harmonized interpretations and applications of the pertinent rules and principles that avoid conflicts of norms.

Alexander Proelss is the Chair in the International Law of the Sea and International Environmental Law, Public International Law and Public Law at the Faculty of Law, University of Hamburg. He is the Director of the Institute for the Law of the Sea and Maritime Law. International environmental law and the international law of the sea, together with selected issues of EU and domestic environmental and constitutional law, constitute the focal points of his research.
Valentin J. Schatz, Faculty of Law, University of Hamburg, is Research Associate at the Institute for the Law of the Sea and Maritime Law. His research interests include the international law of the sea, maritime security law, marine environmental law and international dispute settlement.