Merchant Ships' Seaworthiness: Law and Practice, Zhan, Zhang..

Taylor & Francis

Merchant Ships' SeaworthinessLaw and Practice\nAuthor(s): Xiankai Zhan, Pengfei Zhang\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Informa Law\nISBN-13: 9781032247380, 978-1032247380\nSynopsis\nThe seaworthiness of merchant ships plays a critical role in ensuring the safety of life and property and the prevention of marine pollution. It deals with the fitness and readiness of a ship and its fundamental ability to sail safely to its destination. The standards of seaworthiness extend to literally all aspects of a ship, including the human element, physical structure, documentation, cargo worthiness and so on. It is one of the most complicated concepts in the maritime regulatory regime, and it takes many forms. However, although one of the most important terms in maritime transportation and ship management, seaworthiness is not an absolute concept, but a relative one, dependent on the particular environment, context and facts, and the standards of sea.