Cartner on the International Law of the Shipmaster On The New Command at Sea

This unique book rethinks and rewrites the previous edition. It categorises simply the nine interactive legal duties of the shipmaster, analysing and relating them to laws and conventions within a single volume. Cartner on the International Law of the Shipmaster contends that command depends on decision-making, and that shipmasters are not provided sufficient, timely, relevant, and pertinent information for command decisions. The book proposes voyage planning follow the spacecraft model of the USA's National Aeronautics and Space Administration, providing readers with a metric for command. It constructively criticises the conventions and management and is aimed at reducing catastrophes by focusing on the hitherto elusive human factor in the shipmaster. Cartner proposes that command at sea be its own profession and discipline with those called to it specifically trained in its intricacies; he argues that current ships are not designed to be command-worthy or security-worthy and that management should reorder its relationships with shipmasters as tactical managers afloat. The insights the book provides are an invaluable aid to decision making for the modern civil commander and anyone association with this pivotal and essential profession. This book is a necessary reference and guide for shipmasters, technologists, naval architects, regulators, underwriters, students, practitioners and courts of maritime law and command worldwide.

Prologue : The Civil Commander Part 1: Shipping and Navies Part 2: Definition of Civil Command at Sea Part 3: The Maritime Venture Part 4: Seven Pillars of Wisdom Part 5: The Nine Duties of the Civil Commander Part 6: From Whence the Civil Commander Came Part 7: Modern Laws and the Licensee and Appointee Part 8: Technologically-Driven Revolution in Shipping Part 9: The TITANIC Part 10: The Last Century? Part 11: Hang [Him or Her] from a Sour Apple Tree! Chapter 1 : The Duty of Self:Toward the Compleat Civil Commander at Sea Part 1: The Duty of Self and of Self-Competence Part 2: The Fit and Informed Self-Competent Civil Commander Part 3: Civil Commander Resilience Part 4: The Civil Commander Manager Part 5: Lead, Follow or Get Out of the Way Part 6: The Progression To Command Part 7: Three Existential Identities Part 8: Death, Be Not Proud Part 9: The Legal Duties of Self to the Offices Held and to Others Chapter 2: THE DUTY TO PUBLIC AUTHORITY: The Regulatory Regime of Command at Sea Part 1: How the world is organised Part 2: Registry States Part 3: Coastal States Part 4: Port States Part 5: The Natal state Part 6: Interdiction Chapter 3: THE DUTY TO PRIVATE AUTHORITY: The Private Tactical Mission in Command at Sea Part 1: Agencies of the Shipmaster Part 2: The Owner Part 3: The Shipmaster and His or Her Agency Part 4: The Shipmaster’s Agency Contract Part 5: Acts within the Scope of Authority. Part 6: Torts of the Shipmaster Part 7: Limitation of the civil commander's liability Part 8: The Seven R’s: (1) Repudiation (and Nullification), (2) Rescission (pleaded and Cancellation), (3) Renunciation, (4) Release, (5) Ratification (And Acquiescence and Waiver) and (6) Retroactiveness Chapter 4: THE DUTY TO THE VESSEL: The Command-worthy Vessel and Commander at Sea Part 1: Seaworthiness Part 2: The Conventions as to Vessels. Part 3: Solas 78 as to the duty of the Vessel Part 4: Security of the vessel Chapter 5: THE DUTY TO CARGO: The Duty Safely to Carry and Contain Part 1. Observing and Measuring CargoPart 2: The Bill of Lading Part 3: SOLAS 78 Chapter VI Part 4: SOLAS 78 Chapter VII– Carriage of Dangerous Goods Part 5: Charterparties CHAPTER 6: DUTY TO LIFE Part 1: The MSC 2006 Part 2: MLC 2006 Title 1: Minimum Requirements for Seafarers Part 3: MSCL, 2006 Title 2: Conditions of Employment Part 4: MLC 2006 Title 3: Accommodations, Recreational Facilities, Catering Part 5: MLC 2006 Title 4: Health Protection, Medical Care, Welfare, Social Security Part 6: MLC 2006 Title 5: Compliance and Enforcement Part 7: Other Lives Part 8: The STCW 95 as Amm. 2010 Part 9: Unsafe, Dangerous and Enclosed Spaces Chapter 7: Duty to the Voyage: The Voyage is the Mission Part 1: SOLAS 78 Part 2: Radiocommunications Part 3: STCW and the New Civil Commander Part 4: International Code for Ships Operating in Polar Waters (the Polar Code) Part 5: The Mission Must Continue: Deliver the Goods Chapter 8: Duty to the Environments: Air and Ocean, Inside and Out Part 1: Fire and the Internal Environment Part 2: The External Environment and MARPOL 73/78 Ch. 9: Epilogue: The Duty to Information and the Steps to Change Part 1: The Civil Commander Part 2: Vessels and Command

John A C Cartner is uniquely qualified to write on the new command at sea. He is a graduate of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point, New York, U.S.A; has commanded vessels in the foreign trades; and continues to hold the master mariner's certificate; is a Chartered Engineer (naval architecture); and F.R.I.N.A.and F.S.N.A.M.E. He has magisterial degrees in finance and international law; his doctoral training was in quantitative methods of research. He has served as CEO of three companies. He is a member of the District of Columbia Bar Association and the Law Society of England and Wales and has published widely in maritime and military matters and most recently a book on human rights as well as another on defending against pirates. He has received humanitarian awards for his work in defending shipmasters. He is a widely-viewed commentator on MaritimeTV.com.