Shipping and the Law in the recent and current markets

In Naples, on the 15th and 16th October, will take place the 6th edition of Shipping and the Law in the recent and current markets. This annual conference, organised by Studio Legale Lauro under the patronage of Confitarma (The Italian Shipowners’ Association), brings together some of the most outstanding personalities of the industry such as ship owners, shipbuilders, financial experts, insurance specialists, and other jurists specialised in the maritime field. The conference works will begin on the morning of Thursday 15th October with a speech by Efthimios Mitropoulos on “Recent Developments in International Shipping”.

Others present include Emanuele Grimaldi President of Confitarma, Thomas Rehder President of the European Community Shipowners’ Association, John C. Lyras Vice President of the International Chamber of Shipping. Among the others include Esben Poulsson, Vice President of ICS and the Singapore Shipping Association, who will speak about “The Emergence of Asia as a Major Force in Shipping”; Mans Jacobsson, Former director of the Oil Pollution Compensation Funds, who will speak about “To What Extent do International Treaties Result in the Uniformity of Maritime Law?”; Former UK Court of Appeals judge, Sir Bernard Eder, who will deal with the question, “Is Payment a Condition of Hire?”; Yavuz Kalkavan, President of Besiktas Gemi Insa, on “Turkish Shipyards and Turkish Shipping”; and ship owner, Lorenzo Matacena, on “LNG - A systematic solution”.

 Organizer of the event, Francesco S. Lauro, stated that “the success of previous editions of Shipping and the Law, due mostly to the quality of speakers and the interesting topics discussed, made it necessary to cover the conference over the course of two days. Despite this, there always seems too little time for what is a total immersion in the maritime culture and also more general issues.”