Centre for Maritime Law
"The Centre for Maritime Law (CML) at the NUS Faculty of Law is a research centre sponsored in collaboration with the Singapore Maritime Institute (SMI) and working with the Maritime Port Authority of Singapore (MPA).
CML leverages Singapore’s status as the second busiest port in the world and top International Maritime Centre (IMC), as evidenced by Menon Economic/DNV, The Leading Maritime Cities of the World 2024, and the 2024 Xinhua-Baltic International Shipping Centre Development Index Report.
CML has established itself as the go-to centre for research and teaching in maritime law in Singapore, the region, and further afield."
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CML Working Paper: Law and Practice of Ship Arrest in Russia
CML Research Associate Bulat Karimov's paper deals with ship arrest in Russia from a legislative and practical perspective. The paper presents and analyses the statistics of arrest proceedings from 2020 to 2024. Several problems are emphasised, such as the violation of time limits stipulated by procedural law, difficulty in assessing the amount of alternative security, the possible unjustified outcomes of applying the proportionality requirement, and the effect of political sanctions. The paper questions whether the ship arrest has a legal nature distinct from other preliminary remedies and whether these peculiarities deserve special regulation in Russian law.
CML Working Paper: The Appropriate Forum for Collision Actions
CML Research Associate Navid Hatamipour's paper, 'The Appropriate Forum for Collision Actions' is now online. The jurisdiction of courts over collision actions is frequently challenged. Several factors encourage parties to make every effort to have their claim heard by their preferred forum. The difference in limitation regimes is the most decisive factor. This paper compares several sets of national and international rules applicable to collision actions and evaluates them against four criteria: certainty, fairness, comity, and saving in time and costs. It concludes that most of these rules fail to satisfy these criteria.
CML signs MOU with IG P&I to promote maritime education and research
The Centre of Maritime Law (CML) at the National University of Singapore (NUS) Faculty of Law is delighted to announce the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the International Group of Protection and Indemnity Clubs (IG P&I) on 22 April 2025 at the IG headquarters in London. This collaboration marks a significant step forward in promoting academic and educational exchange within the maritime field by the two organisations.
CML Working Paper: The Function of the Appeals Mechanism in Arbitration and the Law Commission’s Arbitration Law Reform Project
Dr Kyriaki Noussia's paper examines the mechanism of appeals in arbitration and the way it is being deployed by parties in different sectors. Section 69 of the Arbitration Act 1996 permits appeals on points of law under strict requirements, ensuring the intervention of courts only in limited cases to preserve and guarantee the finality of arbitral awards. The observation of a representative body of case law reveals a tendency to misuse appeals and present questions of fact as questions of law. In this paper, the discussion focuses on appeals in the maritime and reinsurance sectors, where different attitudes established by the practice and by custom and where also parties have different approaches towards arbitration and different expectation towards appeals in arbitration.
CML Working Paper: The Impact of Containerisation on Carrier Liability
CML Research Associate Mustafa Yilmaz's paper, "The Impact of Containerisation on Carrier Liability' is now online. His paper examines the impact of containerisation on carrier liability under the Hague and Hague-Visby Rules under English law, and considers potential avenues for further development, as well as ways to align the existing legal framework with the realities of containerisation.
ICMA XXIII comes to Singapore
The Centre for Maritime Law (CML) at NUS Law is pleased to be a supporting organisation of the Twenty Third International Congress of Maritime Arbitrators (ICMA XXIII) which take place in Singapore 22-27 March 2026, after almost 20 years. Established in 1972, the International Congress of Maritime Arbitrators (ICMA) has served as a cornerstone event in the calendar of maritime arbitrators and maritime professionals globally to exchange views and news of professional interest. The 23 edition of this event is hosted by the Singapore Chamber of Maritime Arbitration (SCMA). Proposals to present papers at ICMA XXIII are accordingly now invited.