Artificial intelligence (AI) and the advent of automated ships will pose difficult questions in determining liability under the Hague Rules for maritime casualties, the 2 ..
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What Happened?
The Court of Appeal upheld the decision of the Admiralty Judge in ‘The CMA CGM LIBRA’ in that a defective Passage Plan can render a vessel unseaworthy notwithstanding that the defect stemmed from navigational decisions. Any such error is attributable to the carrier or owner and constitutes a failure by the carrier or owner to exercise ‘due diligence’ before and at the commencement of the voyage to make the vessel seaworthy under the Hague/Hague-Visby Rules.
Food For Thought
Seaworthi...
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CMA CGM Libra, 364 metres long with carrying capacity of 11, 400 shipping containers, docked near Point Pleasant park on Jan. 12. It is the largest ship the Halifax port has ever serviced according to the Halifax Port Authority.
The CMA CGM Libra would’ve been hard to miss, says media relations manager Lane Farguson.
The ship was 364 metres in length—roughly the size of three football fields—and has a carrying capacity of 11,420 20 ft. container units.
Halifax has received vessels that hold 10,000...
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