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The International Convention on Salvage [1] [2] is a treaty that was concluded in London on 28 April 1989 that replaced the Brussels Convention on Assistance and Salvage at Sea as the principal multilateral document governing marine salvage. The Convention's main innovation is that the scope of salvage law has been extended to cover ...
When determining the salvage award, an arbitrator follows the English law of civil salvage, which is itself subject to the Salvage Convention 1989, a successor to the original 1910 Convention. The value of the ship, its cargo and freight at risk are taken into account when the arbitrator decides what the award should be, together with the ...
The scope of salvage has been expanded by the 1989 Salvage Convention, and protection of the environment is part of salvage. Oil pollution can cause damage to the environment. If the salvor prevents oil pollution from happening, he indeed performs a valuable service to the community as mentioned by (1997) 1 Lloyd's Rep 323 (HL), pp. 326–328.
The Brussels Convention forms the basis of current international marine salvage law. [1] The Convention was amended by a Protocol issued in Brussels on 27 May 1967. [3] However, the Brussels Convention has been overridden in some countries by the 1989 International Convention on Salvage, which took effect in 1996. Some states that have ratified ...
The 1989 Salvage Convention entered force on 14 July 1996 with nearly twenty parties in agreement. States that are part of both conventions consider the 1989 Convention a greater priority over the 1910 one, where their provisions are mutually incompatible.
The Nagasaki Spirit [1997] [1] [2] is an English admiralty law case on marine salvage and on the provisions of Article 13 and 14 of the 1989 Salvage Convention.. The case identified problems with the drafting of the convention, a response to which was the 2000 SCOPIC codicil which may be attached to the Lloyd's Open Form ("LOF") to vary the terms of the salvage reward.
Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), Nairobi, 1992; Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons; Convention on Civil Liability for Damage Caused during Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road, Rail, and Inland Navigation Vessels (CRTD), Geneva, 1989; Convention on Cluster Munitions; Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and ...
This category is for treaties that were written and opened for signature in the year 1989. For treaties that entered into force in 1989, see Category:Treaties entered into force in 1989 . 1984