Compulsory Insurance and Compensation for Bunker Oil Pollution Damage

• Main Author: Zhu, Ling (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2007.
• Series: Hamburg Studies on Maritime Affairs, 5
• Subjects: Law.; Private international law.; Conflict of laws.; International law.; Comparative law.; Public law.; Private International Law, International & Foreign Law, Comparative Law.; Public Law.

Oil tankers are not the only vessels that have caused oil pollution at sea. Numerous spills in the past have been of heavy fuel oil from non-tankers. However, the international liability and compensation regime covered only oil pollution damage caused by oil tankers. There was thus a need to bring t...

Table of Contents:

• Pollution from Ships’ Bunkers and the Advent of the Bunkers Convention
• The Birth of Compulsory Insurance for Oil Pollution Liability
• Strict Liability and Insurance
• Insurance and the Quest for Adequate Compensation
• Limitation of Liability and the Limit of Insurance
• Direct Action against the Insurer and its Limited Effect
• Outlook on Insurance and Compensation for Bunker-Oil Pollution Liability
• Summary of Study.