Wikborg Rein : Shipbrokers Should Beware of Changes to Competition Law
law firm Wikborg Rein. penalties, says Wikborg Rein partner Trond Eilertsen. competition law regime has been viewed as an issue for owners. agreements between shipowners. warns Eilertsen. Norwegian competition authorities for approval of individual agreements. is increasingly important. agreements," Eilertsen says.
Norway Proposes New Commission
of a new Commission of Inquiry. courts' difficulty in clarifying the causes of accidents at sea. experience. shipping partner in Wikborg Rein's Oslo office. recommendations. including a change to the definition of 'accident at sea'. where there have been major injuries. whether loss of life or major injury has occurred. The duties of masters will also change under the new Commission. authority of accidents at sea," says Eilertsen. the Commission, nearest police authority, or the rescue coordination centre of any accidents.
Norway Offers Refuge
partner at Oslo-based law firm Wikborg Rein. refuge for ships in distress. Department for Emergency Response (DER). "Under the Norwegian Pollution Act of 1981, the DER has the authority to grant a stricken vessel's request for a place of refuge, to order it to shore or send it further out to sea, if it is lying within the Norwegian territorial sea," says Eilertsen. bulker, John R, grounded and broke in two off the north coast of Norway. with the owners. granted shelter," says Eilertsen. EU's Erica II directive. and Shanghai, Wikborg Rein is one of Norway's leading law firms.
