Course Materials
The following documents, articles, links, etc. are routinely referred to in my courses. However, not
all of them may be required reading in the course you are taking.
I will advise you, in class, of the course materials required for your specific course.
Please also note:
Live Classes- additional materials to be provided in class.
On-Line Students - additional materials to be posted on the course's bulletin board.
Seminar students - additional materials to be provided at seminar.
Naturally, you are free to enjoy any of the materials found below.
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Introductory Materials
Welcome Maritime College Students
Welcome ASBA Web Students
Academic Policy- (Graduate and Undergraduate Students)
Letters of Recommendation
Terms and Acronyms- Charter Parties 1
Terms and Acronyms - Charter Parties II
8450
8460
Glossaries and Abbreviations
Maritime Glossary (Transportation Institute)
Link to List of Maritime Abbreviations
Dictionary of Nautical Terms
ASBA Documents
ASBA Code of Ethics
Recommended ASBA Agency Terms
Charter Parties
Norgrain 1989 (grain voyage charter)
ASBATANKVOY (tanker voyage charter)
NYPE Time Charter (1993 version) annotation and charter (click on link at bottom of annotation for
a copy of the actual charter party)
Commercial Transactions
CISG
Sample Letter of Credit
Letter of Credit Overview
Institute Cargo Clauses A
Institute Cargo Clauses B
Institute Cargo Clauses C
Dictionary of International Trade Terms
BIMCO Bills of Lading
INCOTERMS (ICC web site)
INCOTERMS Discussion
Pomerene Act (Bills of Lading)
Foreign Corrupt Practice Act
Small Business Assoc. - Breaking into the Trade Game
The International Grain Trade
Bill of Lading Fraud
Articles and Papers
Introduction to Time, Demise and Voyage Charter Parties
Article - Hire Calculations
Article - Legal Consequences of Titanic
Paper- Understanding Notice of Readiness
Article - Signing Bills of Lading As Presented
Article - Shipowners Right to Detention
Paper - Maritime Liens / Attachment
Cesser Clause
Cargo Notes
Statutes and Conventions on Carrier's Defenses to Cargo Liability
Limitation of Liability (U.S. Limitatation of Liability Act)
Deviation Under the Voyage Charter
ASBA/BIMCO Conference -Global Trends..(Summary of Conference).
Article- Maritime Disasters Through the Ages (excerpt)
ASBA Deskbook Excerpt (on Salvage)
Himalaya Clauses
Switched Bills of Lading
Exxon Valdez
What is the F.M.C.?
IMO Document on Pollution Prevention
Article on - Subject Details
Sompo Japan v. Union Pacific
What is Seaworthiness
Off Hire Dispute - Rescue Operations
Prohibition of Lien Clause (case study)
Legal Brief Excerpt Tendering NOR ASBATANKVOY
What is Laycan
General Average
General Average Clauses
General Average Notification Letter
York Antwerp Rules
Non-Separation Agreement
General Average Exercise
Article on GA Security
Salvage
SMA's Open Salvage Agreement and the International Salvage Convention
Salvage and the Blackwall Factors
Marine Arbitration
SMA's Guide to Maritime Arbitration in New York
SMA's Arbitration Rules
1996 Arbitration Act (U.K.)
International Conventions
Hague Rules of 1924
Hague Rules as amended by Visby Amendments
Hamburg Rules
International Convention for --Arrest of Seagoing Ships (1952)
International Salvage Convention
Athens Conventions (Carriage of Passengers)
COLREGS (Preventing Collisions at Sea)
Historical Documents
Rules of Oleron
Barcelona Maritime Code
Other Important Documents
Voylayrules
Sample Letter of Indemnity - delivery of cargo without B/L
NYPE93 Charter Party Quiz
NORGRAIN89 Charter Party Quiz
InterClub Agreement
Some Famous (Admiralty) U.S. Supreme Court Cases
Mary Whalan (collision law)
Silvia -(definition of seaworthiness)
Robins Dry Dock (the Rule of Robins Dry Dock)
The Jason (general average negligence clauses)
The Barnstable (maritime liens)
The Sky Reefer (choice of forum under COGSA)
Latsis v. Chandris (seaman status)
Caribe Prince (Harter Act / due diligence)
Exxon v. Central Gulf (maritime lien / ship's agency)
Guzman v. Pichirilo (when is there a demise)
Herd v. Krawill (Scope of Himalaya Clauses)
The Amistad (salvage)
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The following documents, articles, links, etc. are routinely referred to in my courses. However, not
all of them may be required reading in the course you are taking.
I will advise you, in class, of the course materials required for your specific course.
Please also note:
Live Classes- additional materials to be provided in class.
On-Line Students - additional materials to be posted on the course's bulletin board.
Seminar students - additional materials to be provided at seminar.
Naturally, you are free to enjoy any of the materials found below.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Introductory Materials
Welcome Maritime College Students
Welcome ASBA Web Students
Academic Policy- (Graduate and Undergraduate Students)
Letters of Recommendation
Terms and Acronyms- Charter Parties 1
Terms and Acronyms - Charter Parties II
8450
8460
Glossaries and Abbreviations
Maritime Glossary (Transportation Institute)
Link to List of Maritime Abbreviations
Dictionary of Nautical Terms
ASBA Documents
ASBA Code of Ethics
Recommended ASBA Agency Terms
Charter Parties
Norgrain 1989 (grain voyage charter)
ASBATANKVOY (tanker voyage charter)
NYPE Time Charter (1993 version) annotation and charter (click on link at bottom of annotation for
a copy of the actual charter party)
Commercial Transactions
CISG
Sample Letter of Credit
Letter of Credit Overview
Institute Cargo Clauses A
Institute Cargo Clauses B
Institute Cargo Clauses C
Dictionary of International Trade Terms
BIMCO Bills of Lading
INCOTERMS (ICC web site)
INCOTERMS Discussion
Pomerene Act (Bills of Lading)
Foreign Corrupt Practice Act
Small Business Assoc. - Breaking into the Trade Game
The International Grain Trade
Bill of Lading Fraud
Articles and Papers
Introduction to Time, Demise and Voyage Charter Parties
Article - Hire Calculations
Article - Legal Consequences of Titanic
Paper- Understanding Notice of Readiness
Article - Signing Bills of Lading As Presented
Article - Shipowners Right to Detention
Paper - Maritime Liens / Attachment
Cesser Clause
Cargo Notes
Statutes and Conventions on Carrier's Defenses to Cargo Liability
Limitation of Liability (U.S. Limitatation of Liability Act)
Deviation Under the Voyage Charter
ASBA/BIMCO Conference -Global Trends..(Summary of Conference).
Article- Maritime Disasters Through the Ages (excerpt)
ASBA Deskbook Excerpt (on Salvage)
Himalaya Clauses
Switched Bills of Lading
Exxon Valdez
What is the F.M.C.?
IMO Document on Pollution Prevention
Article on - Subject Details
Sompo Japan v. Union Pacific
What is Seaworthiness
Off Hire Dispute - Rescue Operations
Prohibition of Lien Clause (case study)
Legal Brief Excerpt Tendering NOR ASBATANKVOY
What is Laycan
General Average
General Average Clauses
General Average Notification Letter
York Antwerp Rules
Non-Separation Agreement
General Average Exercise
Article on GA Security
Salvage
SMA's Open Salvage Agreement and the International Salvage Convention
Salvage and the Blackwall Factors
Marine Arbitration
SMA's Guide to Maritime Arbitration in New York
SMA's Arbitration Rules
1996 Arbitration Act (U.K.)
International Conventions
Hague Rules of 1924
Hague Rules as amended by Visby Amendments
Hamburg Rules
International Convention for --Arrest of Seagoing Ships (1952)
International Salvage Convention
Athens Conventions (Carriage of Passengers)
COLREGS (Preventing Collisions at Sea)
Historical Documents
Rules of Oleron
Barcelona Maritime Code
Other Important Documents
Voylayrules
Sample Letter of Indemnity - delivery of cargo without B/L
NYPE93 Charter Party Quiz
NORGRAIN89 Charter Party Quiz
InterClub Agreement
Some Famous (Admiralty) U.S. Supreme Court Cases
Mary Whalan (collision law)
Silvia -(definition of seaworthiness)
Robins Dry Dock (the Rule of Robins Dry Dock)
The Jason (general average negligence clauses)
The Barnstable (maritime liens)
The Sky Reefer (choice of forum under COGSA)
Latsis v. Chandris (seaman status)
Caribe Prince (Harter Act / due diligence)
Exxon v. Central Gulf (maritime lien / ship's agency)
Guzman v. Pichirilo (when is there a demise)
Herd v. Krawill (Scope of Himalaya Clauses)
The Amistad (salvage)
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