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Premature Redeliveries Of Vessels Versus The Regime Of Damages : The Results In The Shipping Industry After The Global Economic Meltdown In 2008, Dimitrios Kyrkos Dec 2012

Premature Redeliveries Of Vessels Versus The Regime Of Damages : The Results In The Shipping Industry After The Global Economic Meltdown In 2008, Dimitrios Kyrkos

World Maritime University Dissertations

No abstract provided.


The Importance Of Using Ship Bridge Simulation Training To Enhance The Competency Of Masters And Watch-Officers : A Case Study Of The Iraqi Dredging Fleet, Al-Kabie Mazin Da Wood Salman Dec 2012

The Importance Of Using Ship Bridge Simulation Training To Enhance The Competency Of Masters And Watch-Officers : A Case Study Of The Iraqi Dredging Fleet, Al-Kabie Mazin Da Wood Salman

World Maritime University Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Forecasting The Capesize Freight Market, Kyong H. Kim Dec 2012

Forecasting The Capesize Freight Market, Kyong H. Kim

World Maritime University Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Monetary And Ecological Cost-Benefit Analysis Of Onshore Power Supply : A Case Study Of The Port Of Mombasa, Mulwa Denis Musyoka Dec 2012

Monetary And Ecological Cost-Benefit Analysis Of Onshore Power Supply : A Case Study Of The Port Of Mombasa, Mulwa Denis Musyoka

World Maritime University Dissertations

No abstract provided.


A Study Of The Size Of Nuclear Fuel Carriers, The Most Required Ships For Safety : How Large Can Ship's Tonnage Be?, Azusa Fukasawa Dec 2012

A Study Of The Size Of Nuclear Fuel Carriers, The Most Required Ships For Safety : How Large Can Ship's Tonnage Be?, Azusa Fukasawa

World Maritime University Dissertations

No abstract provided.


The Impact Of Maritime English Communication Training For Non-Native English Language Speakers Concerning The Competency Of Seafarers : Iraqi Maritime Sector Case Study, Harth J. Ahmed Dec 2012

The Impact Of Maritime English Communication Training For Non-Native English Language Speakers Concerning The Competency Of Seafarers : Iraqi Maritime Sector Case Study, Harth J. Ahmed

World Maritime University Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Implementation Of Maritime Education And Training (Met) : An Exploration Of Human And Technological Resources Challenges Facing Met In Kenya, Nthia J. Mabuti Dec 2012

Implementation Of Maritime Education And Training (Met) : An Exploration Of Human And Technological Resources Challenges Facing Met In Kenya, Nthia J. Mabuti

World Maritime University Dissertations

No abstract provided.


The Paradigm Of Sustainable Development In Maritime Education And Training, Alina Prylipko Dec 2012

The Paradigm Of Sustainable Development In Maritime Education And Training, Alina Prylipko

World Maritime University Dissertations

No abstract provided.


An Analysis Of The Efficiency And Competitiveness Of Umm Qasr Port In Iraq, Salem J. Hussein Dec 2012

An Analysis Of The Efficiency And Competitiveness Of Umm Qasr Port In Iraq, Salem J. Hussein

World Maritime University Dissertations

The dissertation is a study of the importance of cost/time of a ship related to the problems and constraints in port facilities and the quality of services that are hampering Umm Qasr Port (‘UQP’) to be a competitive and efficient port. It develops and asks the composite research question: “Can UQP improve its competitiveness by modifications to its facilities, and if so, which modifications are necessary?” Under the Port User Cost concept it analyses the turnaround time of vessels in the port as the most important element concerning the users of the port. Therefore, subsequent analysis of outcomes aims to …


A Study On Implementation Of Co2 Abatement Solutions For Existing Ships, Young C. Kwon Dec 2012

A Study On Implementation Of Co2 Abatement Solutions For Existing Ships, Young C. Kwon

World Maritime University Dissertations

Recent high fuel prices and global economic recessions have driven shipowners to turn their attention to saving operational costs of their ships. For this reason, a variety of energy saving solutions has been developed and proposed in order to improve energy efficiency of ships. In addition, IMO have also proposed the best practices for energy saving solutions for existing ships through the SEEMP Guidelines. However, these proposed energy saving solutions (i.e. CO2 abatement solutions) do not give sufficient reliability due to the uncertainties of various parameters surrounding ships. These uncertainties may have a significant impact on effectiveness of individual energy …


A New Approach For Turkish Ports To Reduce Ship Emissions Case Study : Application Of Cold Ironing System For Marport Container Terminal, Nurullah H. Peksen Dec 2012

A New Approach For Turkish Ports To Reduce Ship Emissions Case Study : Application Of Cold Ironing System For Marport Container Terminal, Nurullah H. Peksen

World Maritime University Dissertations

Maritime transport is the most environmentally friendly type of transport mode. However, air pollution and greenhouse gases from ship emissions are increasing because of the growing maritime traffic. These exhaust emissions cause global warming, acid rain and a reduction in air quality which has serious adverse effects on human health. Particularly as a specialized agency of the United Nations with responsibility for the safety and security of shipping and the prevention of marine pollution by ships, International Maritime Organization has dealt with reducing ship emissions on a global basis by adapting “The Regulations for the Prevention of Air Pollution from …


An Approach To Improve International Maritime Security Through The Coordination Between The Imo Instruments And The Proliferation Security Initiative (Psi) Regime, Song Y. Yi Dec 2012

An Approach To Improve International Maritime Security Through The Coordination Between The Imo Instruments And The Proliferation Security Initiative (Psi) Regime, Song Y. Yi

World Maritime University Dissertations

This dissertation is a study on the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) which is a global effort through which nations deliberately interdict carriage of illicit WMD-related substances commuting States and non-States actors. Given its flexibility as an “activity” rather than an organization, the initiative has gained supports from more than 102 countries since its interception in 2003. Now, in its 10th year, and despite boasting over 100 participants, the PSI continues to face legal, political and structural challenges. By looking into the realities of PSI activities, the paper attempts to explore some of the key challenges, with its practical means of …


Study About Volunteer Groups' Involvement In China Maritime Search And Rescue, Qin Huapu Dec 2012

Study About Volunteer Groups' Involvement In China Maritime Search And Rescue, Qin Huapu

World Maritime University Dissertations

According to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, signatory states have the obligation to provide maritime search and rescue services. In order to comply with this obligation, various forms of maritime search and rescue services have been established all over the world. with the growing economy, merchandise trade and demand for maritime transport, search and rescue has become a higher priority in China. The issue of insufficient coverage of the national maritime search and rescue forces has arisen. In some developed countries, the national search and rescue duty is normally complemented by volunteer groups. This study …


Study On Major Legal Issues Of Carriage Of Dangerous Goods At Sea, Qi Shaojiang Dec 2012

Study On Major Legal Issues Of Carriage Of Dangerous Goods At Sea, Qi Shaojiang

World Maritime University Dissertations

This dissertation focuses on major legal issues of carriage of dangerous goods by sea. Due to the particular features and high risk of dangerous goods during the process of transportation, dangerous goods transportation by sea has always caught the public eye. Nowadays, due to technological development and increasing volume of dangerous goods trade, concerns relating to its legal issues have been seen as a critical matter in the ship-ping industry. This study discusses the present situation and the trend of maritime dangerous goods legislation first, and then, looks into the various definitions of dangerous goods in differ-ent conventions and regulations. …


Risk Factors Of Warehouse Receipt Pledge : A Research Based On Risk Assessments For Chinese Logistics Enterprises, Ren Xiaobin Dec 2012

Risk Factors Of Warehouse Receipt Pledge : A Research Based On Risk Assessments For Chinese Logistics Enterprises, Ren Xiaobin

World Maritime University Dissertations

This dissertation is concerned with risk analysis of Warehouse Receipt Pledge (WRP) business based on the application of risk theory as well as principle component analysis methodology. It is aimed at helping logistics providers engaged in WRP take appropriate measures to manage risks effectively during business process. Simultaneously, it explicitly clarifies the risks regarding the business flow of WRP and how it becomes bridge to integrate conventional logistics business with finance business. In order to enable logistics providers to adopt right ways to address identified categories of risk, it combines China Shipping Line (CSL) as a research case with risk …


The Application Of International Law Principle In Practice Of The Delimitation On Continental Shelf, Li Xiaolu Dec 2012

The Application Of International Law Principle In Practice Of The Delimitation On Continental Shelf, Li Xiaolu

World Maritime University Dissertations

The dissertation is based on the characteristics and development of geology and geography to starts the analysis of international conventions such as ‘UNCLOS” and other legal documents concerning delimitation of the continental shelf in the legal system with combining various theories from both China and international scholars, and will have a systematically study over origins and current legal status of continental shelf, as well as its basic principles of delimitation method in practice. Meanwhile, by illustration the effectiveness brought by international political, diplomatic, economic development to the natural resource exploitation, and discussion of Chinese continental shelf delimitation practice, the article …


How Exclusive Is The Exclusive Economic Zone : Contemporary Analysis Of The United Nations Convention On The Law Of The Sea 1982, Oscar Garrido-Lecca Hoyle Dec 2012

How Exclusive Is The Exclusive Economic Zone : Contemporary Analysis Of The United Nations Convention On The Law Of The Sea 1982, Oscar Garrido-Lecca Hoyle

World Maritime University Dissertations

International agreements as maritime international laws are the main tool for the sustainable development of the protection and employment of the oceans and seas. Dealing with maritime issues that arise every day, requires a highly focused analysis and establishment of principles and rules to prevent these problems. Globalization provides the opportunity to carry out business around the world and its development has created transnational companies. Technological advances have allowed extended opportunities to explore and exploit the natural resources of the seas, with the resulting risk of these resources becoming extinct if such activities are not controlled. In this scenario, the …


The Manpower Aspect In The Field Of Sports, Melania Kiswandari Dec 2012

The Manpower Aspect In The Field Of Sports, Melania Kiswandari

Indonesia Law Review

As a result of enhanced professionalism and commercialization in the field of sports, it has become an industry of its own. Professionalism and industrialization are correlated; therefore sports actors’ performance achieved as a result of their professionalism lead to the commercialization, and even to the industrialization of certain (branches of) sports. On the other hand, it is considered that industrialization which involves the commercial aspect is able to maintain, and even enhance sports actors’ professionalism/performance. In practice, such correlation is not always directly proportional, but inversely proportional. There have been cases of issues related to sports actors’ welfare not being …


The Rights Of Private Economic Actors Under The World Trade Organization Agreements In Indonesia, Intan Soeparna Dec 2012

The Rights Of Private Economic Actors Under The World Trade Organization Agreements In Indonesia, Intan Soeparna

Indonesia Law Review

Nothing in the Uruguay Round mentions directly about rights of private economic actors. It seems that the relationship to private economic actors (or may be individual) does not exist within the WTO Agreements, because as a general rule, private parties are not legal subjects of the international legal order. However, this article will prevail upon this situation, by looking closer at the essence of the WTO Agreements to discern the rights of private economic actors that derive from the WTO. The main question of this article is to what extent then Indonesia is dealing with the rights of private economic …


The Arabs In The (Inter)National, Haider Ala Hamoudi Dec 2012

The Arabs In The (Inter)National, Haider Ala Hamoudi

Santa Clara Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.


Jihad Re-Examined: Islamic Law And International Law, Manisuli Ssenyonjo Dec 2012

Jihad Re-Examined: Islamic Law And International Law, Manisuli Ssenyonjo

Santa Clara Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.


Jihad Re-Examined Or Jihad Repaired? Bellum Iustum In A World Of International (Dis)-Order, H.A. Hellyer Dec 2012

Jihad Re-Examined Or Jihad Repaired? Bellum Iustum In A World Of International (Dis)-Order, H.A. Hellyer

Santa Clara Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.


The Tangled Law And Politics Of Religious Freedom, Peter G. Danchin Dec 2012

The Tangled Law And Politics Of Religious Freedom, Peter G. Danchin

Santa Clara Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.


Equality In Sheep's Clothing: The Implications Of Anti-Discrimination Norms For Religious Autonomy, Brett G. Scharffs Dec 2012

Equality In Sheep's Clothing: The Implications Of Anti-Discrimination Norms For Religious Autonomy, Brett G. Scharffs

Santa Clara Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.


Comment On Brett G. Scharff's Equality In Sheep's Clothing: The Implications Of Anti-Discrimination Norms For Religious Autonomy, Asifa Quraishi-Landes Dec 2012

Comment On Brett G. Scharff's Equality In Sheep's Clothing: The Implications Of Anti-Discrimination Norms For Religious Autonomy, Asifa Quraishi-Landes

Santa Clara Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.


Equality And Sovereignty Of Religious Institutions: A South African Perspective, Johan D. Van Der Vyver Dec 2012

Equality And Sovereignty Of Religious Institutions: A South African Perspective, Johan D. Van Der Vyver

Santa Clara Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.


Islam In The Inter(National), Lama Abu-Odeh Dec 2012

Islam In The Inter(National), Lama Abu-Odeh

Santa Clara Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.


Comment On Lama Abu-Odeh's Islam In The Inter(National), Shadi Mokhtari Dec 2012

Comment On Lama Abu-Odeh's Islam In The Inter(National), Shadi Mokhtari

Santa Clara Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.


Toward A New Egypt: A Special Presentation By Dr. H.A. Hellyer, H.A. Hellyer Dec 2012

Toward A New Egypt: A Special Presentation By Dr. H.A. Hellyer, H.A. Hellyer

Santa Clara Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.


Preface, Marc S. Wiesner Dec 2012

Preface, Marc S. Wiesner

Santa Clara Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.