Seehandelsrecht / Maritime Law

A. General

• European Conference of Ministers of Transport
  (Online Transport Documents)
• European Conference of Ministers of Transport
  (Resolutions adopted by the Council of Ministers of Transport)
• general law links
  general national resources, databases etc; on this site
• Lex Mercatoria (ITL)
  information pages, texts of original documents in trade related fields
• links of the Institute of Maritime Law, Southampton
  assorted links, e.g. arbitration, insurance, lawyers, classification societies, oil pollution
• Marine Talk
  
• Ocean News
  

B. Shipping

• UN Convention on the Liability of Operators of Transport Terminals in International Trade (1994)
  (Vienna, Austria, United Nations, from 2 to 19 April 1991)
• UN Convention on the Carriage of Goods by Sea, 1978 (Hamburg Rules)
  (concluded at Hamburg on 31 March 1978)
• IMO
  (IMO homepage)
• IMO conventions
  (via IMO)
• The Baltic Exchange
  
• BIMCO
  
• Canadian Shipowners Association
  
• Electronic Shipping Guide
  voyage schedules to and from Canada and the USA
• EQUASIS internet site
  factual information concerning ship characteristics and ship management
• GENS - The Professional Maritime Server
  collection of links relating to shipping
• Gulf & Atlantic Maritime Services
  independent shipping agency on the Web in the United States, collection of links
• Greek shipping directory
  
• Dr. Webb's Maritime, Merchant Marine, Ships and Nautical Links
  collection of links relating to ships and nautical life, few related to law
• Import Export Directory
  Serra International "Home of the Import Export Directory"
• InforMare
  on-line newspaper devoted to the world of transport
• Intermodal Association of North America
  
• International Transport Workers' Federation
  
• International Salvage Union
  
• Interocean Ugland Management
  
• Intertanko
  The International Association of Independent Tanker Owners
• John Kohnen's Nautical & Boat-building Page
  featuring Maritime Links
• Marine Spill Response Corporation
  
• maritimedirect.com
  reference site for faculty and midshipmen at the Merchant Marine Academy
• Maritime Global Net
  links relating to commercial shipping including: companies, ports, products, publications, U.S. Government resources and various associations
• National Customs Brokers & Forwarders Association of America, Inc
  
• Navigation Rules
  International and US-Inland, pdf-file, 229 pages
• Norwegian Cruise Line
  
• NZ Maritime Law
• Pacific Maritime Association
  
• SeaLand
  

C. Maritime Law

• Canadian Legal Resources
  collection of links to Canadian legal resources maintained by Peter Sims
• Glossary of Maritime Law
  Abbreviations, Definitions, Terms, Links and Odds'N Ends by William Tetley, updated weekly
• Canadian Maritime Law Association
  
• The Law Office - Maritime Law Section
  
• Maritime Law and Admiralty Law Page
  numerous links on admiralty and related subjects by Christopher Giaschi (Giaschi & Margolis, Barristers and Solicitors, Vancouver/BC)
• Glossary of International Conventions and National Laws
  of Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, France, and the People's Republic of China on Maritime Law
• CargoLaw.com
  Countryman & McDaniel, devoted to the law of cargo
• George D'Angelo's Admiralty and Maritime Law Page
  introduction to principles and major areas of maritime law, particularly U.S.law
• Maritime and Admiralty Decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court
  contains summaries and the full text of some decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court in matters of maritime law
• The Law Journal - Admiralty Law
  
• The Law Lounge - Maritime Law Links
  
• Lex Mercatoria
  an (international | transnational) commercial law & e-commerce infrastructure monitor
• The Federal Court of Canada
  text of many of the recent maritime cases summarized on these pages
• The B.C. Supreme Court and Court of Appeal
  text of recent cases decided by these courts
• House of Lords Judgments
  
• Osgoode Hall Law School Links
  links to Canadian legal resources on the internet
• Maritime Law at the University of Capetown
  with sources on marine & shipping law
• Shepstone & Wylie's
  South African law firm with a review of SA arrest procedure
• U.S. Admiralty Law - Cornell Law School
  introduction to U.S. Admiralty Law with links to some key U.S. statutes
• U.S. Admiralty Cases
  published by the Admiralty Law Society of the St. John's University School of Law
• Compilation of U.S. Maritime Laws
  by the U.S. Dapartment of Transport
• U.S. House of Representatives Transportation and Admiralty law links
  
• The US Jones Act Reform Coalition
  

D. Insurance

• Canadian Federal Statutes and Regulations
  
• Canadian Board of Marine Underwriters
  
• Coast Underwriters Ltd.
  one of Vancouver's underwriting managers
• Jim's Marine Insurance Links
  contains a collection of links
• Inland Marine Underwriters Association
  
• Insurance Canada
  
• Insurance Companies and Resources on the Net
  alphabetical index of links to insurance companies
• Insurance Institute of Canada
  
• Lloyd's of London
  
• Newcastle P&I Club
  
• Richards Hogg
  
• Royal Insurance Canada
  
• Steamship Mutual Underwriting Association
  
• The London Steam-Ship Owners Mutual
  
• The U.K. P&I Club
  
• Tokio Marine
  
• TT Club - The Transport Mutual
  
• Willis Faber
  
• Jim's Marine Insurance Links
  comprehensive collection of links
• Yahoo - Index of Marine Insurance Sites
  
• Yasuda Fire & Marine
  

E. Institutes, Universities and Associations

• Comité Maritime International
• Institute of Shipping Economics and Logistics
  
• The Nautical Institute
  
• McGill University
  
• Seerechtsinstitut Hamburg
• University of Capetown
  marine & shipping law
• University of Nantes - Maritime and Oceanic Law Centre
  maintained by the University of Nantes, collection of links, papers, dissertations and lots of other information relating to maritime law, with the Maritime and Oceanic Law Page
• Maritime Law Association of the United States
  

F. Governmental Sources

• Australian Maritime Safety Authority
  provision of highly effective maritime safety, search and rescue, and marine environment protection servicesprovision of highly effective maritime safety, search and rescue, and marine environment protection services
• Government of Canada
  official web site of the Government of Canada
• Department of Fisheries and Oceans
  
• Oceans Canada
• Transport Canada
  TC-links
• Canadian Coast Guard
  
• Transportation Safety Board
  
• Panama - Director General of Consular and Maritime Affairs
  

G. Related Subjects

Trade

• international law
  (focus on trade law)
• WTO
  World Trade Organization - homepage
• UNCITRAL
  United Nations Commission on International Trade Law - homepage
• Pace database
  on the CISG and International Commercial Law; Institute of International Commercial Law
• database on UN trade law
  hosted and updated by the University of Freiburg
• United Nations Convention on the Liability of Operators of Transport Terminals in International Trade (1994)
  (Vienna, Austria, United Nations, from 2 to 19 April 1991)
• International Trade Law
  site on trade law, collection of materials on Carriage of Goods, Insurance, Sale of Goods, and Payment Mechanisms
• International Commercial Law
  issues concerning international trade, including the sale of goods, transport, payment, insurance, alternative dispute resolution procedures, and other associated aviation and maritime law issues, from 1997




Other Transportation Sites

• Association of Maritime Arbitrators of Canada
  
• Canadian International Freight Forwarders Association
• Clear Freight
  
• Forwarding Legal Guide
  edited by Peter Jones, resource on the law relating to freight forwarders.
• Freightworld - The Freight Transportation and Logistics Site
  contains information and links relevant to all modes of transportation
• ITF links
  
• The Transport Web
  
• Transport World - The Official Index
  contains a good collection of links to sites dealing with all types of transportation
• Translink
  
• Transportation Law Journal
  
• Transportrecht
  sources on German transport law




Air Transport

• International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)
  
• Air Transport Association (ATA)
  
• Flight Safety Foundation
  




Rail and Road Transport

• International Telecommunication Union
  
• Convention on the Limitation Period on the International Sale of Goods
  (Genevat, United Nations, 1989)
• Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Goods by Road
  (Geneva, CMR, 19 May 1956)




ports

• AAPA
  American Association of Port Authorities
• Hafen Hamburg, Port of Hamburg
  
• Port of Antwerp/B
  
• Port of Cape Town/SA
  
• Port of Seattle
  
• Port of Tacoma
  
• Center for Ports and Waterways, Texas, A&M
  
• Port Vancouver, Canada
  




miscellanuous

• Marine Design Associates
  
• Maritime History Virtual Archives
  diverse collection of things maritime
• Panama Canal locks
  live view
• Sea Load Control Group
  
• Starting Point For Sailing...
  collection of links relating to sailing
• Maritime Linknet
  service for maritime professionals