International Law of the Shipmaster
PART III
DOMESTIC LAWS AFFECTING THE SHIPMASTER
DOMESTIC LAWS AFFECTING THE SHIPMASTER
Introduction to . provides by state information of relevance to the shipmaster and his place in law. The section may be used to peruse the redacted law for a state, to find the law with the citations provided, to determine what conventions are in force for a state and for other uses as needed.States are categorized as to the frequency of vessels of ≥ 1,000 grt as reported by Lloyd’s/Fairplay Maritime Intelligence Unit; the CIA World Factbook, 31 Dec 2008, which is in the public domain; UNCTAD Report on Maritime Transport, 31 Dec 2008 and proprietary sources as necessary for each state as of 30 June 2009. See §1.1, infra. States are further segregated by IMO membership or lack of it. To avoid false precision, states have been grouped into nine categories which are mutually exclusive and exhaustive of the states.