Modules

Introduction To The Salvage Industry

• An overview of world trade
• World casualty statistics
• The International Salvage Union
• International salvage companies
• Introduction to salvage law
• Admiralty law and jurisdiction
• Wreck Law
• International Marine Law
• The flag state
• Governmental control of shipping

History Of Salvage

• Historical overview of the development of salvage
• Notable historical salvage operations (Scapa Flow, Pearl Harbour, Vasa, Mary Rose, K-129)
• Kursk
• HMS Nottingham
• Amoco Cadiz
• Herald of Free Enterprise
• European Gateway
• Exxon Valdez
• Venpet/Venoil
• Nowegion Dream
• Agean Captain
• Napoil
• Others of particular note

Basics Of Salvage

• Salvage principles
• Rescue towage
• Towage or salvage
• Crisis management
• Use of Lloyd’s Open Form
• SCOPIC
• Role of the salvage master
• Role of the SCR
• Ship and cargo (general average)
• Place of safety
• Redelivery to the owner

The Law Of Salvage

• Common law of salvage
• Admiralty law of salvage
• The law behind Lloyd’s Open Form
• Alternative salvage agreements
• Towage contracts
• Arrest and security
• Guarantees
• Litigation and arbitration
• Reasonable expenses and deductions
• The salvage award
• Salvors liabilities

Salvage Operations – ONE

• Collisions
• Wreck removal
• Grounding
• Fire
• Oil pollution

Salvage Operations – TWO

• Mega casualties and the future
• Mega bulk carriers
• Mega container ships
• Mega cruise liners

The Coastal State And The Salvor

• Intervention convention
• EU ship source legislation
• UK SOSREP
• Places of refuge
• PR & communications

Lloyd’s Open Form

• Review of the world’s leading salvage contract
• History of Lloyd’s Open Form
• Development of the agreement
• Significant changes to content and operation of the agreement

Alternative Agreements

• Japanese form of salvage agreement
• The Turkish salvage agreement
• The Bejing form
• The Russian Federation standard form of salvage contract
• The Hamburg form
• Alternative agreements – towcon and towhire
• BIMCO specialist agreements

Salvage From The Shipowner’s And Master’s Perspective

• The Parties
• Conflicts of interest
• Operations and interference
• Lessons of the ”Amoco Cadiz” incident
• Lloyds open form – the future
• New Turkish salvage contract
• Rescue towage