SPECIAL ISSUE ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE POLAR CODE IN THE ARCTIC

INTRODUCTION
ALDO CHIRCOP
Professor of Law, Schulich School of Law,  
Dalhousie University, Canada

DIGEST OF CONTEMPORARY

DEVELOPMENTS

ANALYSIS AND COMMENT

Limitation periods under the Athens Convention
KATE LEWINS
Warner (Respondent) v Scapa Flow Charters (Appellant)
[2018] UKSC 52

Intermediate holders and arbitration clauses in the bill of lading
FRANK STEVENS
Sea Master Shipping Inc v Arab Bank (Switzerland) Ltd
[2018] EWHC 1902 (Comm)

ARTICLES
Canada’s implementation of the Polar Code
ALDO CHIRCOP
Professor of Law, Canada Research Chair in Maritime Law and Policy, Schulich School of Law, 
Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada 
PETER G PAMEL
Partner, Borden Ladner Gervais, Montréal, 

Canada
MIRIAM CZARSKI
Master of Law programme, 
University of Cambridge

The implementation of the Polar Code in Denmark and Greenland
LARS ROSENBERG OVERBY
Hafnia Law Firm PLC, Denmark

Norway and the Polar Code
ERIK RØSÆG
Professor of Law, Scandinavian Institute of Maritime Law, University of Oslo, Norway

Implementation of the Polar Code in the context of Russian Arctic policy and Northern Sea Route Regulation: a commentary
M SKARIDOVA
Senior Lecturer, Department of International and Maritime Law, Russian State Admiral Makarov
University of Maritime and Inland Shipping
A SKARIDOV
Head of Department, International and Maritime Law, Russian State Admiral Makarov University of Maritime and Inland Shipping

US polar policy and implementation and interpretation of the Polar Code: background, practice and prognosis
PHILLIP A BÜHLER
Moseley, Prichard, Parrish, Knight & Jones, Florida; Institut fur Seerecht und Seehandelsrecht, Universitat Hamburg

BOOK REVIEWS
Lowndes & Rudolf: General Average and York-Antwerp Rules (15th edn)
Richard Cornah, Richard Sarll, Joseph Shead (eds)
The York-Antwerp Rules: The Principles and Practice of General Average Adjustment (4th edn)
N Geoffrey Hudson, Michael D Harvey
The Law of Yachts and Yachting (2nd edn)
Richard Coles, Filippo Lorenzon

Index of cases
Index of legislation
Index