International Maritime Organisation

Samir Mankabady was a Reader in Shipping and Insurance Law in the Department of Maritime Studies, Liverpool John Moores University.

• 1.Reporting, Investigation, Statistics and Causes of Accidents i) Reporting of Casualty or Incident ii) Inquiries and Investigations iii) Casualty Statistics iv) Causes of Accidents 2. Collision as a Major Cause of Accidents i) The Collision Rules ii) Civil Liability iii) Criminal Liability 3. Other Causes of Navigational Accidents i) Vessel Traffic Services (VTS) ii) Accidents Caused by Defective Charts iii) Accidents with Wrecks 4. Salvage and Towage i) The Law of Salvage ii) The Law of Towage 5. General Average i) General Average Act ii) Outline of the Rules iii) Adjustment of General Average 6. Personal Injury i) Seafarers and Other Persons on Board The Ship ii) Passengers 7. Pollution i) Oil ii) Noxious Liquid Substances

No other work embraces such a wide range of topics relevant to the subject matter…unlike most other legal textbooks the author is concerned not only with the law but with the social, economic, and psychological background.’ Geoffrey Brice, The International and Comparative Law Quarterly Vol 36, No. 3, 1987.