《YEARBOOK MARITIME LAW VOLUME I 1984》

Ⅰ.ARTICLES1

IGNACIO ARROYO， Maritime Law： An Approach to the Concept1

HOWARD M.McCORMACK， A Lawyer’s View of Arbitration Proceedings and Composition of the Arbitration Panel55

ROLF HERBER， The UN Convention on the Carriage of Goods by Sea， 1978， Hamburg Rules， its Future and the Demands of Developing Countries81

Z.BRODECKI， Compensation in the Light of the 1984 Protocols to Revise the 1969 CLC and the 1971 Fund Conventions99

MARIO RICCOMAGNO，Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards in Italy under the NY Convention of 1958119

ALEXANDRE L.MAKOVSKI， Disputes concerning Lay Days135

Ⅱ.COMPARATIVE LAW151

ARGENTINA， by Jose D.Ray Recent Case Law and Relevant Seminars in Argentina151

BELGIUM， by Leo Delwaide Recent Trends in the Decisions of the Antwerp Court of Appeals concerning Maritime Law （1975-1985）155

CANADA， by William Tetley Annual Summary 1983-84 （Canadian Admiralty Decisions）161

DENMARK， by Allan Philip New Developments of Maritime Law in DK during 1982， 1983 and 1984183

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF GERMANY， by Dolly Richter-Hannes GDR Legislation and Publications in the Sphere of Maritime Law 1984187

FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY， by Rolf Herber Recent Development of Maritime Law in the Federal Republic of Germany193

FRANCE， by Jean Warot Highlights in French Maritime Law： Legislation and Jurisprudence in 1984199

GREECE， by Gr.J.Timagenis Developments in Greek Maritime Law： Legislation， Cases and Bibliography 1983-1984205

ISRAEL， by Peter G.Naschitz Recent Developments in Air Law and Maritime Law in Israel （1984）231

ITALY， by Gustavo Romanelli and Enzo Fogliani Survey on Italian Maritime Law - 1984245

JAPAN， by Kazuo Iwasaki Maritime Law in Japan during 1981-1983249

NETHERLANDS， by Vincent M.de Brauw Legislation， Case and Bibliography in Dutch Maritime Law （1982， 1983 and 1984）253

NORWAY， by Jorgen Almelov Norwegian Legislation， Case Law， and Bibliography for Maritime law in 1982-83263

POLAND， by Maria Dragun Review of Polish Court Decisions and Maritime Publications267

SPAIN， by Ignacio Arroyo Legislation， Case Law and Bibliography of Spanish Maritime Law in 1984271

SWEDEN， by Hugo Tiberg Recent Developments in the Swedish Maritime Law， 1984283

UNITED KINGDOM， by Steven Hazelwood A Brief Review of Developments in the Law of Shipping of the UK 1983-84291

UNITED STATES， by John D.Kimball New Developments in USA Maritime Law 1984299

VENEZUELA， by Luis Cova Arria Panorama of the Maritime Law in Venezuela during 1984307

Ⅲ.INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATIONS313

a.Intergovernmental Organizations313

UNCTAD： The Work of UNCTAD in Shipping Legislation， by RICARDO VIGIL315

UNCITRAL： The Work of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law， by STEPHEN R.KATZ323

IMO： Activities of the International Maritime Organization during 1984， by MARIO VALENZUELA333

OECD： The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Develop- ment and Maritime Transport （1984）， by ANTONIO MARTINEZ PUNAL341

b.Non- Governmental Organizations349

IMC： Activities of the International Maritime Committee in 1984， by IGNACIO ARROYO351

BIMCO： Activities of the Baltic and International Maritime Confer- ences， by IGNACIO ARROYO and MA HEW SCHREIBER355

UNIDROIT： The Activity of Unidroit in 1982 and 1983， by RIC- CARDO MONACO361

ISF： Activities of the International Shipping Federation 1983/84， by D.A.DEARSLEY371

INTERTANKO： International Maritime Organization 1984 Pro- tocols on Oil Pollution Liability， by TORMOD RAFGARD375

FIATA： Activities of the International Federation of Associations of Forwarding Agents （Fiata）， during 1984， by FRANCISCO J.SANCHEZ-ORTIZ385

Ⅳ.CASE LAW395

International Case Law Highlights， by IGNACIO ARROYO and MATTHEW SCHREIBER ARBITRATION： 1.- Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Award. Validity of Arbitral Agreement.Choice of Law.Effect of Voluntary Default of a Party on Arbitration Proceedings.NY Convention on Recognition and enforceability arbitral awards.（Spanish Supreme Court， 11 February 1981， Rederiaktiebilaget Gustaf Erikson v. Eurofrio Alimentos Congelados）.- 2.- Enforcement of Foreign Ar- bitral Award.NY Convention， 1958.Effect of Default of Enforce- ment of Award.（Spanish Supreme Court， 17 June 1983； Ludmila Shipping Co.v.Maderas G.L.S.A.）.- 3.-Whether Cause of Ac- tion merged in Arbitration Award （Queen’s Bench， United King- dom， 1984： Richard Adler （T/A Argo Rederei） v.Soutos （Hellas） Maritime Corporation and Another， ‘The Argo Hellas’， 1 Lloyd’s Rep.296， 341 （1984）395

ARREST： 4.- Arrest of Vessel and Construction of the Brussels Convention 1952 on Arrest of Seagoing Vessels.（The President of the Court of Rotterdam， The Netherlands， 29 June 1984； Vessel ‘River Jimini’）.- 5.- Claim for unpaid bunkers.Interpretation of the Brussels Convention of 10 May 1952 on Arrest of Vessels.Art. 8-2 0.（Court of Appeal of Rouen， France， 19 June 1984）.- 6.- Arrest of Vessel and Arbitration.Action in rem for damage to cargo.Jurisdiction of Admiralty Court to authorize arrest.Dis- charge of security for vessel.（Court of Appeal， United Kingdom， 1984： The Andria now renamed Vasso， 2 WLR 570； sub.nom.The Vasso， 1 Lloyd’s Rep.235， 2 LMCLQ， 334 （1984）.- 7.- Norwegian salesform construction and arrest of vessel.Indemnity Clause. （House of Lords， UK， 1984， The Barenbels， The Financial Times， 13 June 1984， 4 LMCLQ， 553 （1984）400

BILL OF LADING： 8.- Proceedings brought against stevedore for damages caused to container.Whether stevedore could relay on protection afforded to carriers in bill of lading.（Court of Appeal of New South Wales， Australia， 1984： Godina and Another v.Patrick Operations Pty.Ltd.1 Lloyd’s Rep.333， 2LMCLQ 343 （1984）.- 9.- Incorporating Clause.Arbitration by reference.Intention of the parties （Court of Appeal， United Kingdom， 1983： Skips A/S Nordheim v.Syrian Petroleum Co.（The Varenna）， 2 Lloyd’s Rep. 592， 2 LMCLQ 194 （1984）.- 10.- Demise Clause.Himalaya Clause.Liability.（The Federal Court of Canada， Vancouver， 1984： Weyerhouse Co.e.o.v.Anglo Canadian Shipping Co； M.S. Liberian Statesman， 20 European Transport Law 309， 1985）404

CONTRACT OF CARRIAGE BY SEA： 11.- International Maritime Carriage Parties that are Nationals of EEC member countries.（French Supreme Court-Cour de Cassation， France， Oc- tober， 1984， Le Droit Maritime Francais， 1985）407

CHARTER-PARTY： 12.- Safe port.Iran-Iraq war.Cancellation of charter-party.（United Kingdom Court of Appeal， 1984： Uni- Ocean Lines Pty Ltd.v.C- Trade S.A.（The Lucille）， 1 Lloyd’s Rep. 244， 2 LMCLQ 350， 1984）.- 13.- Construction of New York Pro- duce Exchange Charter-Party Form.Appeal of Arbitrators Award. （House of Lords， UK， 1984： Antaios Compania Naviera S.A.v. Salen Rederierna A.B.（The Antaios）， 3 WLR 592， 4 LMCLQ 547， 1984）.- 14.- Baltimecharter-party.Exemption from liability. Interpretation of charterparty language.（The House of Lords， UK， 1984.Tor Line A.B.v.Alltrans Group of Canada Ltd.（The TFL Prosperity）， 1 WLR 48， 2 LMCLQ 196 （1984）.-15.- Repudiatory breach of charter contract.Innocent party’s demand for perform- ance.（Clea Shipping Corporation v.Bulk Oil International Ltd.， ‘The Alaskan Trader’， 2 Lloyd’s Rep.645， 3 LMCLQ 378 （1984） Court of Appeal， UK， 1984）407

CHOICE OF LAW： 16.- Bill of lading clause， Forum non conve- niens.Stay of Action.（Admiralty Court， UK， 1984： Dubai Electrici- and ORS v.Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines， ‘The Arya K’： Admiralty Court of United Kingdom， 1984）412

FORUM NON CONVENIENS： 17.- Determination of proper forum.Lloyd’s Standard Marine Policy.Jurisdiction to order service in Kuwait.Whether England proper forum.（House of Lords， UK， 1983： Amin Rasheed Shipping Corporation v.Kuwait Insurance Co. ‘The Al Wahab’， 2 Lloyd’s Rep.365， 1 LMCLQ 171 （1984）413

HAGUE -VISBY RULES： 18.- Contractual Limitation of Liabili- ty.Transhipment.（House of Lords， 1984： Mayhew Foods v.Over- seas Containers Ltd.， 1 Lloyd’s Rep.317； 2 LMCLQ 202 （1984）414

JURISDICTION CLAUSE： 19.- Bill of lading jurisdiction clause. Foreign Tonnage Limitation.Hague Visby Rules construction. House of Lords， 1983： The Hollandia， 1983 A.C.565）.- 20.- Bill of lading clause on jurisdiction.Foreign tonnage limitation.Hague Visby Rules： Court of Appeal， UK， 1984： The Benarty， 1984， 2 Lloyd’s Rep.244； 4 LMCLQ 545 （1984）.- 21.- Stay of Action for damages.Exclusive jurisdiction clause.Choice of forum.Queens Bench Division， UK， 1984： The Pia Vesta， 1 Lloyd’s Rep.169）415

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY： 22.- Choice of Law.United States Limitation of Liability Act.Brussels Convention regarding Limitation of Liability.（USA District Court for the Southern District of NY： Matter of Compania Gijonesa de Navegacion S.A.， Vessel： ‘The Cimadevilla’； 590 Supp.241， 1885 American maritime cases （SDNY 1984）.- 23.- Interpretation of Merchant Shipping Acts 1894-1984.Fault or Privity of Shipowner.Failure to supervise effectively.（House of Lords， 1984： Grand Champion Tankers Ltd.， v.Norpipe A /S， 2 WLR 942； 3 LMCLQ 363 （1984）； Vessel ‘The Marion’418

SHELF （DELIMITATION OF CONTINENTAL SHELF）： 24.- Article 62 of the Statute of the International Court of Justice.Right of a Third State to intervene.Determination of when a third Party is ‘affected’ by an ICJ Decision.（International Court of Justice， The Hague， March 21， 1984： Libyan Arab Jamahiriya v.Malta420

Ⅴ.COMMERCIAL AND MARITIME EVENTS423

Formation of Uruguayan Maritime Law Association423

Denunciation of 1957 Convention on Limitation of Liability of Owners of Sea-Going Ships423

Cuba acceded to 1926 Convention on Maritime Liens and Mort- gages423

Ratification of and Accession to 1956 Convention on Arrest of Ships423

Ratification of and Accession to 1969 Convention on Liability on Oil Pollution Damages423

Accession to 1971 Fund for Compensation for Oil Pollution Damage424

1974 Athens Convention on Carriage of Passengers and their Lug- gage by Sea is near to entry into force424

Ratification of and Accession to the 1978 ‘Hamburg Rules’424

Ratification of UNCTAD Convention on Multi-Modal Transport424

Ratification of the 1968 Protocol on Bills of Lading425

Adoption of 1984 IMO Protcols on Oil Pollution Liability425

Domestic Pilotage Ordinances passed in Sweden426

New United States Legislation Reduces Domestic Regulation of Carriers and Alters Harbor Workers’ Compensation427

The International Shipping Federation is active in 1984427

France adopts Domestic Legislation affecting Liability， Maritime Insurance， Collision and Salvage428

The German Democratic Republic passes Domestic Legislation in the Sphere of Maritime Law429

Amendments to the International Convention for Safe Containers enter into force430

Important International Maritime Conventions enter into force in Spain431

1979 Protocol to amend 1957 Convention on Liability of owners of Sea-going Ships enters into force431

Dramatic Growth of Chinese Merchant Fleet431

Sharp Increase in World Capacity of Oil Tankers432

UNCTAD adopts Resolution on Maritime Fraud432

The International Convention Search and Rescue has entered into force433

Albert Lilar 1984 Prize433

Foreign Limitation Periods Act of 1984 enacted in United Kingdom433

Chinese Army helps manage Congessed Ports433

Ⅵ.DOCUMENTATION437

Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits， Revision 1983437

Inter-Club New York Produce Exchange Agreement， 1984457

UNCTAD Resolution on Maritime Fraud （Geneva， 1984）461

Ⅶ.BIBLIOGRAPHY467

BOOKS467

Book Reviews467

Book Notices477

Titles Received481

JOURNALS487

Reference of Articles published in： ‘Anuario de Derecho Maritimo’ （vol.Ⅲ： 1984）； ‘Assicurazioni’ （1984）； ‘CMI News Letter’ （1984）； ’European Transport Law’ （vol.ⅩⅨ， 1984）； ‘Il Diritto Marittimo’ （vol.LⅩⅩⅩⅥ， 1984）； ‘Journal of Business Law’ （1984）； ‘Journal of Maritime Law and Commerce’ （1984）； ‘Le Droit Maritime Francais’（1984）； ‘Lloyd’s Maritime and Commercial Law Quarterly’ （1984）487

Ⅷ.INDEX497

Table of Cases497

Ships’ Names507