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
• Other organisations involved in the salvage industry
• The challenges facing the salvage industry

History Of Salvage

• History of salvage
• Notable salvage operations
• Sources / references

Basics Of Salvage

• Introduction
• Salvage principles
• The international convention on salvage
• Salvage claims
• Towage and salvage
• Role of the salvage master
• Role of the special casualty representative
• SCOPIC
• Place of safety and re-delivery to the owner
• General average and salvage
• Other important roles in salvage

The Law Of Salvage

• Salvage law background, sources & concepts
• Salvage law in the context of a salvage operation
• How the salvage award is assessed and paid
• Special Situations

Lloyd’s Open Form

• Background
• The beginning of Lloyd’s form
• The SCOPIC clause
• Lloyds form 2011
• The future

Alternative Agreements

• Japanese form of salvage agreement
• The Turkish salvage agreement
• The Bejing form
• The Russian Federation standard form of salvage contract
• The German Form or ‘Hamburg form’
• Alternative agreements

The Coastal State And The Salvor

• Introduction
• Territorial waters
• Innocent passage
• Shipping casualties that resulted in change
• The outcome of the casualties
• The coastal state
• Marine salvage companies
• Obligations of the salvor
• Development of the emergency towing vessel
• IMO guidelines on places of refuge
• Maritime assistance services
• SOSREP – the Secretary of State’s representative
• The United States approach to places of refuge
• Guidelines on the control of ships in an emergency
• European Union approach to places of refuge
• The future

Salvage Operations – ONE

• Salvage operations
• Background
• Casualties
• Structural failures
• Fire at sea
• Salvage in the polar regions

Salvage Operations – TWO

• Salvage operations part II
• Heavy weather
• Cargo problems
• Stability problems
• Casualty management guidelines
• The equipment and the personnel
• The Future

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