Shipboard management

Introduction : learning the law -- Sources of law -- Conventions overview -- The International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea-SOLAS -- Survey Requirements -- Seaworthiness and risk management -- Risk management in polar operations -- The International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers 1978, its regulations and its amendments-STCW -- The International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships-MARPOL -- MARPOL -- issues o-overview -- The MLC-the application of the convention -- The management of seafarers -- The master's responsibility -- The master and shipboard management -- Routines and emergencies -- The master and the owner -- Leadership and shipboard management -- Port state control -- Pilotage -- Piracy and stowaways -- The role of evidence in criminal proceedings -- Essentials of contract law -- Contract formation -- Contract-What can possibly go wrong? -- Agency -- Charterparties -- The Bill of Lading -- Liability in negligence -- Marine insurance -- Salvage.