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An analysis of the potential liability of classification societies: developing role; current disorder and future prospects
'Put simply, the, purpose of the classification certificate is not to guarantee safety, but merely to permit Sundance to take advantage of the insurance rates available to a classed vessel'. This alarming statement made concerning the purpose of classification certificates by Judge Pratt in The Sund...
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| description | 'Put simply, the, purpose of the classification certificate is not to guarantee safety, but merely to permit Sundance to take advantage of the insurance rates available to a classed vessel'. This alarming statement made concerning the purpose of classification certificates by Judge Pratt in The Sundancer raised serious concerns regarding the reliability of classification society certificates. At a time when maritime casualties were escalating; partly due to an ageing maritime fleet, the above remark disconcerted classification societies who were attempting to restore confidence in their reputation which had been seriously impaired by, inter alia, the malpractices of some of the smaller, less scrupulous classification societies. |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/35371 An analysis of the potential liability of classification societies: developing role; current disorder and future prospects Durr, Sean Diederich Hare, John Shipping 'Put simply, the, purpose of the classification certificate is not to guarantee safety, but merely to permit Sundance to take advantage of the insurance rates available to a classed vessel'. This alarming statement made concerning the purpose of classification certificates by Judge Pratt in The Sundancer raised serious concerns regarding the reliability of classification society certificates. At a time when maritime casualties were escalating; partly due to an ageing maritime fleet, the above remark disconcerted classification societies who were attempting to restore confidence in their reputation which had been seriously impaired by, inter alia, the malpractices of some of the smaller, less scrupulous classification societies. 2021-11-26T07:57:59Z 2021-11-26T07:57:59Z 1997 2021-11-24T09:23:55Z Master Thesis Masters LLM http://hdl.handle.net/11427/35371 eng application/pdf Department of Commercial Law Faculty of Law |
| spellingShingle | Shipping Durr, Sean Diederich An analysis of the potential liability of classification societies: developing role; current disorder and future prospects |
| thesis_degree_str | Master's |
| title | An analysis of the potential liability of classification societies: developing role; current disorder and future prospects |
| title_full | An analysis of the potential liability of classification societies: developing role; current disorder and future prospects |
| title_fullStr | An analysis of the potential liability of classification societies: developing role; current disorder and future prospects |
| title_full_unstemmed | An analysis of the potential liability of classification societies: developing role; current disorder and future prospects |
| title_short | An analysis of the potential liability of classification societies: developing role; current disorder and future prospects |
| title_sort | analysis of the potential liability of classification societies developing role current disorder and future prospects |
| topic | Shipping |
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