Established as the source of information for all aspects of ship arrest, Berlingieri on Arrest of Ships, 5th Edition, analyses the provisions of the 1952 International Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules Relating to the Arrest of Sea-Going Ships and the 1999 International Convention on Arrest of Ships (entering into force September 2011) also on the background of their travaux pr¨¦paratoires and looks at issues including the:
¡öclaims in respect of which a ship may be arrested
¡öconditions for obtaining an order of arrest;
¡öships that may be arrested
¡öneed, if any, for a security;
¡ömanner by which a ship that has been arrested may be released;
¡öpossibility of re-arrest and multiple arrest and
¡öjurisdiction for the arrest and the merits of the claims
The new features of the fully updated 5th edition include:
¡öa full revision of the interpretation of the 1952 Convention in a considerably greater number of
Contracting States including and includes now also the Russian Federation, Latvia, Portugal, several African States (Algeria, Cameroon, Republic of Congo, Gabon, Chad and Morocco), and several Caribbean States (Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Belize, Grenada, Guyana, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines)
¡öanalysis of the adoption of the 1999 Convention in some States including China, the member States of the Comunidad Andina (Bolivia, Columbia, Ecuador and Peru) and Venezuela
