A comprehensive treatment of Chinese maritime law and judicial practice, this book covers both substantive law and procedure law of maritime law in mainland China. It also contains special chapters for the law of the jurisdictions of Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan and compares Chinese maritime law with its counterparts England and the United States

PART I: Substantive Maritime LawChapter 1: Introduction to Chinese Maritime LawChapter 2: ShipsChapter 3: Master and SeamenChapter 4: CharterpartiesChapter 5: Bill of Lading- FunctionsChapter 6: Bill of Lading- PartiesChapter 7: Bill of Lading- Obligations, Liabilities, and LimitationsChapter 8: Freight Forwarding and Muiltimodal TransportChapter 9: Carriage of Passengers by SeaChapter 10: Towage ContractsChapter 11: Collision of ShipsChapter 12: Salvage at SeaChapter 13: General AverageChapter 14: Limitation of Liability of Maritime ClaimsChapter 15: Marine InsuranceChapter 16: Marine PollutionChapter 17: Applicable Law and Time LimitsPART II: Maritime Procedure LawChapter 18: Introduction to Chinese Maritime Procedure Law and the Chinese Court SystemChapter 19: Maritime JurisdictionsChapter 20: Preservation of Maritime ClaimsChapter 21: Maritime InjunctionChapter 22: Preservation of Maritime EvidenceChapter 23: Maritime SecurityChapter 24: Procedures for Trail, Constitution of Limitation Fund for Maritime Claim, Recognition and Payment of Debts, Exigence of Maritime LienChapter 25: Conflict of lawsChapter 26: Maritime Arbitration, Conciliation and Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitration Awards and Foreign JudgmentsAnnex I Maritime Code of the People’s Republic of ChinaAnnex II Special Maritime Procedure Law of the People’s Republic of China

"This is an especially useful book on an increasingly important subject-the application, interpretation and outworking of maritime law in the People's Republic of China (PRC)...The authors must be congratulated on their hard work in pooling together so many PRC cases and weaving them so expertly into the body of legal rules."The Journal of International Maritime Law"[Maritime Law and Practice in China] is comprehensive, well-informed and well-arranged, and will be an important source of information for foreign practitioners in the increasing numbers of maritime cases before the Chinese courts and arbitration tribunals."Ian Gaunt, President of the LMAA