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Law of Tug and Tow and Offshore Contracts

Contents

CHAPTER 1 The contract of towage

CHAPTER 2 The Implied Obligations of Tug and Tow

CHAPTER 3 Standard form contracts: (i) The uk standard conditions for towage and other services

CHAPTER 4 Standard form contracts: (ii) the bimco forms “towcon 2008” and “towhire 2008”

CHAPTER 5 Standard form contracts: (iii) the bimco “supplytime 2017” Form (together with its predecessor “supplytime 2005” and the “windtime” variant)

CHAPTER 6 Standard form contracts: (iv) the bimco “bargehire 2008” form

CHAPTER 7 Standard form contracts: (v) the bimco “heavycon 2007”; “heavyliftvoy” and “projectcon” forms

CHAPTER 8 Towage and salvage

CHAPTER 9 The ISU standard form contracts for the provision of tugs to salvors for use in salvage: “salvcon 2005” and “salvhire 2005”

CHAPTER 10 The BIMCO/ISU standard form contracts for wreck removal and marine services: “wreckhire 2010”; “wreckstage 2010” and “wreckfixed 2010”

CHAPTER 11 Collisions involving tug and tow

CHAPTER 12 Towage and limitation of liability

CHAPTER 13 Tug and tow and general average

CHAPTER 14 Admiralty jurisdiction

APPENDIX 1 Uk Standard Conditions for Towage and other Services (revised 1986)

APPENDIX 2 Towcon 2008

APPENDIX 3 Towhire 2008

APPENDIX 4 Supplytime 2017

APPENDIX 5 Supplytime 2005

APPENDIX 6 Windtime

APPENDIX 7 Bargehire 2008

APPENDIX 8 Heavycon 2007

APPENDIX 9 Heavyliftvoy

APPENDIX 10 Projectcon

APPENDIX 11 Heavyconbill 2007

APPENDIX 12 Heavyconreceipt 2007

APPENDIX 13 Heavyliftvoybill

APPENDIX 14 Salvcon 2005

APPENDIX 15 Salvhire 2005

APPENDIX 16 Wreckhire 2010

APPENDIX 17 Wreckstage 2010

APPENDIX 18 Wreckfi xed 2010

APPENDIX 19 Rules 24 and 35 of merchant shipping (distress signals and prevention of collisions) regulations 1989 (si 1989 no. 1798)

APPENDIX 20 Netherlands Tug Owners Conditions 1951

APPENDIX 21 Scandinavian Tugowners Standard Conditions of the Year 1959 Revised 1974 and 1985

APPENDIX 22 Alexander G. Tsavliris Ltd v OIL Ltd (The Herdentor), judgment of the Hon. Mr Justice Clarke of 19 January 1996 (unreported)

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