Miami Shipping Law

As I addressed in my presentation at the Fort Lauderdale Mariners Club seminar on October 24, 2012, a new EU Regulation governing the carriage of passengers will come into force on 31 December 2012.   Its provisions will impact on all yacht owners/operators established or operating in the EU and EEA that operate yachts certified to carry more than 12 passengers and where there is a contract of carriage in place with those passengers. The Regulation essentially gives effect to the key provisions of the Athens Convention Relating to the Carriage of Passengers and their Luggage by Sea, 1974 as amended by the 2002 Protocol, together with the 2006 IMO Reservation and Guidlijnes for implementation of the Convention covering war risks. The Regulation can be found here =>  http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2009:131:0024:0046:EN:PDF Significant features of the new Regulation are: An increase in liability limits to 400,000 SDRs (approximately Euro 476,000 or