Meantime, ship oil pollution damage compensation system still preserving the traditional limitation of maritime liability, the compensation claim to oil pollution damage is limited, Both civil liability person or his guarantor and compensation fund burden compensation liability in certain extent.
This paper describes the development trend of the voyage data recorder and its purpose in optimizing shipbuilding specifications, passing a judgment on maritime liability and ensuring safety navigation.
The significance of the limitation of maritime liability is shipowners can understand the risk of petroleum transportation, liability insurer or guarantor can learn certain insurance or security amount, compensation funds may clarify the amount of contributions or tax.
This paper describes the development trend of the voyage data recorder and its purpose in optimizing shipbuilding specifications, passing a judgment on maritime liability and ensuring safety navigation.
The present maritime liability insurance law of our country is too simplistic,which is not very operative and sometimes cause dispute easily.Improvement is therefore necessary.In choosing models for improving the legislature,the general regulation concerning liability insurance should be made in Insurance Law while the special parts concerning maritime liability insurance should be stipulated in the Maritime Trade Law.As to indemnity insurance,independent legislature shou...