Shipping Laws in India

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Description
CONTAINING
(1)    Major Port Trusts Act 1963
(2)    Indian Ports Act 1908
(3)    The Bills of Lading Act, 1856
(4)    The Admiralty Court's Act 1861 and
(5)    The Carriage of Goods by Sea Act 1925
(6)    The Land Ports Authority of India Act, 2010
(7)   The Merchant Shipping Act, 1958 (As Amended by Act No. 31 of 2014 and Act No. 32 of 2014 w.e.f. 01-04-2015).
(8)   The Merchant Shipping
(Limitation of Liability For Maritime Claims) Rules, 2015
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Contents
Introduction
PART 1:    THE MAJOR PORT TRUSTS ACT, 1963
Chapter 1:    Preliminary
Chapter 2:    Board of Trustees and Committees Thereof
Chapter 4:    Property and Contracts
Chapter 5:    Works and Services to be Provided at Ports
Chapter 5A:    Tariff Authority for Major Ports
Chapter 6:    Imposition and Recovery of Rates at Ports
Chapter 7:    Borrowing Powers of Board
chapter 8:    Revenue and Expenditure
chapter 9:    Supervision and Control of Central Government
Chapter 10:    Penalties
Chapter 11:    Miscellaneous
PART 2:    THE INDIAN PORTS ACT, 1908
Chapter 1:    Preliminary
chapter 2:    Powers of the Government
Chapter 3:    Port-Officials and their Powers and Duties
Chapter 4:    Rules for the Safety of Shipping and the Conservation of Ports
Chapter 5:    Port Dues, Fees and other Charges
Chapter 6:    Hoisting Signals
Chapter 7:    Provisions with Respect to Penalties
Chapter 8:    Supplemental Provisions
PART 3:    THE INDIAN BILLS OF LADING ACT, 1856
PART 4:    ADMIRALTY COURTS ACT, 1861
PART 5:    THE INDIAN CARRIAGE OF GOODS BY SEA ACT, 1925
Article I - IX
PART 6:    THE LAND PORTS AUTHORITY OF INDIA ACT, 2010
STATEMENT OF OBJECTS AND REASONS
Chapter 1:    preliminary
Chapter 2:    The Land Ports Authority of India
Chapter 3:    Functions of Authority
Chapter 4:    Property and Contract
Chapter 5:    Finance, accounts and Audit
Chapter 6:    Miscellaneous
PART 7:    THE MERCHANT SHIPPING ACT, 1958
Introduction
STATEMENT OF OBJECTS AND REASONS
Part 1:    Preliminary
Part 2:    National Shipping Board
Part 3:    General Administration
Part 4:    Shipping Development Fund
Part 5:    Registration of Indian Ships
Part 6:    Certificates of Officers
Part 6A:  Obligations of Certain Certificate Holders to serve Government or in Indian ships
Part 7:    Classification of Seamen, Seafarer, Maritime Labour Standards and Prescription of Minimum Scale
Part 8:    Passenger Ships
Part 9:    Safety
Part 9A:    Nuclear Ships
Part 9B:    Security of Ships and Port Facilities
Part 10:    Collisions, Accidents at Sea and limitation of Liability
Part 10A:    Limitation of Liability
Part 10B:    Civil Liability for oil Pollution Damage
Part 10C:    International Oil Pollution Compensation Fund
Part 11A:    Prevention and Containment of Pollution of the Sea by Oil
Part 11B:    Control of Harmful Anti-Fouling Systems on Ships
Part 12:    Investigations and Inquiries
part 13:    Wreck and Salvage
Part 14:    Control of Indian Ships and Ships Engaged in Coasting Trade
Part 15:    Sailing Vessels
Part 15A:    Fishing Boats
Part 16:    Penalties and Procedure
Part 17:    Miscellaneous
Part 18:    Repeals and savings
THE MERCHANT SHIPPING (LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR MARITIME CLAIMS) RULES, 2015
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Author Details
B.V.R. SARMA, joined the service of Visakhapatnam Port Trust on 22-3-1966 in the ministerial cadre and on getting promotion to the next cadre, Shri Ch. V. Sharma garu, then working as Law officer in Visakhapatnam Port Trust pursued, rather forced, Sarma to join the Law Course in Andhra University in the Evening College. Sarma completed the three year course with a first Class degree in law, a prize in "CRIMINOLOGY and University first in ADMINISTRATIVE LAW. During his study period. he was fully supported by his wife, Smt. Sarojini. But for the support and co-operation extended by his wife, Sri Sarma would not have completed the course successfully.
R. Ravi Kumar, has vast experience of about 36 years in the port sector with 18 years experience in the Ministry of Shipping and 9 years in Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust and seven years in Visakha Container Terminal and 2 years in JM Baxi Group. In the Government, he had dealt with port policy matters including formulation of port privatization guidelines, port legislation, port tariffs and port establishment. He represented the country as an expert on port legislation on United Nations Economic and Social Council for Asia and Pacific Forum and contributed to framing uniform guidelines on port legislation for the Asia and Pacific region. In JNPT he worked as Chief Manager (Admn) & Secretary to the Board of Trustees and also as Deputy Chairman-in-charge He was closely associated with the projects relating to the award of two container terminals on BOT basis in JNPT. There after he joined Visakha Container Terminal Pvt. Ltd., which is a JM Baxi Group Company and is a joint venture of United Liner Agencies (India) Pvt. Ltd., and the DP World. Presently he is working in the corporate office of JM Baxi Group at Mumbai.