EDITORIAL

Regulatory risks for shipping in the event of no EU-UK deal – what’s real and what’s not?
JASON CHUAH

ANALYSIS AND COMMENT
Does definition of ‘ship’ include ROVs in admiralty law?
NATALIE CAMPBELL
Guardian Offshore AU Pty Ltd v Saab Seaeye Leopard 1702 Remotely Operated Vehicle Lately on Board the Ship Offshore Guardian
[2020] Federal Court of Australia 273

Fixture and Gencon 94: Are Gencon 94 law and arbitration provisions brought into the charter? The Indian view
MAYANK SURI

ARTICLES
Cargo claims and burden of proof after Volcafe v CSAV
GABRIEL REINA-VANEGAS
University of Southampton

The Supreme Court’s decision in Volcafe v CSAV appears to have overruled the traditional regime that governed the allocation of the burden of proof in cargo claims under the English incarnation of the Hague-Visby Rules, and to go against the broad principles accepted transnationally. The  author argues for a narrow  interpretation of the decision to avoid exacerbating potential conflicts in international shipping law

Scripta manent: what (not) to put in a transport document?
The Tai  Prize
FRANK STEVENS
Erasmus University, Rotterdam

Learning how to cabotage: Reforming the Jones Act
JOSHUA GOLD
Vortex Shipbroking Ltd, London

Reform of the 100-year-old Jones Act is urgent. The protectionist stance of the  Act restricts the US coastal shipping trade to US built, owned, flagged and crewed vessels, leading to high costs for shippers on the mainland and contiguous states  and a decline in the shipping industry. A critique of the legislation against the backdrop of the realities of shipping in the 21st century is followed by  an evaluation of the respective cabotage legislation of Brazil, the EU and Nigeria as a basis for potential reforms to the US coastal laws. 

NATIONAL AND REGIONAL REPORT
The potential influence of English marine insurance reform on Iranian law
MOHAMMADALI MAJD
Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada

BOOK REVIEWS
The Rotterdam Rules: The UN Convention on Contracts for the International Carriage of Goods Wholly or Partly by Sea (2nd edn)
Michael F. Sturley, Tomotaka Fujita and Gertjan van der Ziel

The Law of Ship Building Contracts (5th edn)
Simon Curtis, Ian Gaunt, William Cecil

The EU Seaports Regulation
Eric Van  Hooydonk

Index of cases
Index of legislation
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