Pollution of the Sea - Prevention and Compensation

Preface

Contents

Contributors

Welcome Address and Introduction. Marine Pollution as a Topic of Research and Policy

Part I: Ecological Aspects of Marine Pollution

Survey: Sources, Paths and Effects of Marine Pollution

Modelling the Fate of Persistent Toxic Substances in the North Sea: y-HCH and PCB 153 Multiyear Simulations

Rebuilding the Eastern Baltic Cod Stock in a System of Change – An MPA Approach

Part II: Prevention of Marine Pollution – Institutional Foundations

Prevention of Marine Pollution: The Contribution of IMO

The Contribution of the European Union to Marine Pollution Prevention

HELCOM’s Contribution to the Prevention of Marine Pollution

Transport of Hazardous and Noxious Goods by Sea – The IMDG Code

Part III: Compensation for Marine Pollution

Origins and Compensation of Marine Pollution – A Survey

Maritime Pollution – Compensation or Enforcement?

The International Oil Pollution Compensation Funds and the International Regime of Compensation for Oil Pollution Damage

Compensation by the Coastal States – The Prestige Disaster

International Convention on Civil Liability for Bunker Oil Pollution Damage, 2001 – Liability and Insurance Aspects

Closing Remarks

About the International Max Planck Research School for Maritime Affairs at the University of Hamburg