MARITIME LAW

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- Who laid down the standards that the vast majority of commercial ships are built to and surveyed for
compliance? Classification Societies
- Who inspect ships to make sure that the ship, its components and machinery are built and maintained
according to the standards required for their class? Classification surveyors

- If the salvage is unsuccessful, what term that refers to whereby the salvor is entitled to no reward?
no cure-no pay
- For the preservation of ship and cargo, what is the expenditure that has been incurred by a shipowner?
Salvage
- Who defines standards as internationally-agreed measures which are "necessary and practicable in order to
facilitate international maritime traffic? convention
- Who facilitate maritime traffic by simplifying and reducing to a minimum the formalities, documentary
requirements and procedures on the arrival, stay and departure of ships engaged in international voyages?
Contracting Governments
- What manifest be the basic document providing public authorities with the information regarding dangerous
goods? dangerous goods
- Who shall require that ship owners ensure that ship’s personnel take all appropriate measures which will
help expedite arrival procedures for passengers and crew? public authorities
- What survey before the ship is put into service or before the certificate required under regulation 6 of this
Annex is issued for the first time? initial
- What certificate is required if the General requirement of the conditions of assignment to be met before any
vessels can be assign a load Line? Cert. of registry
- In FAL Convention, what section of the annex concerning formalities required of shipowners by public
authorities on the arrival, stay and departure of ships? Section 2
- After what survey, the International Sewage Pollution Prevention Certificate shall be issued?
After Renewal survey
- As a uniform international code for the transport of dangerous goods by sea, what code covering such
matters as packing, container traffic and stowage, with particular reference to the segregation of
incompatible substances?IMDG Code
- Who covers legal liability in connection with direct physical loss of or damage to the property of others
arising from the loading, unloading of cargo within a terminal?stevedores
- Who protects against liability for damage to private pleasure vessels or craft - while in their care or custody?
marina operators
- In 1976 Convention, what article increase coverage of entitlement of limitation to shipowner, charterers,
managers,operators, slavors, insurer of the parties and any person for whose act, neglect or default the
shipowner or salvor is responsible?article 1
- What means, any person rendering services in direct connection with salvage operations?Salvor
- What certificate shall be issued after survey to a cargo ship which complies with the relevant requirements of
chapters II-1, II-2, III, IV and V and other relevant requirements of SOLAS 1974 as modified by the 1988
SOLAS Protocol? Cargo Ship Safety Certificate
- What contains instructions and information, in easily understood terms illustrated wherever possible, on the
life-saving appliance provided in the ship and on the best methods of survival? Training manual
- What is intended to verify not only control of a domain name, but additional identity information to be
included in the certificate? extended validation
- What certificate certifies the ownership of a public key by the named subject of the certificate?
Digital certificates
- What means a certificate conforming with the rules and the model laid down in Appendix 2 when applied to
vaccination? valid certificate
- If the gross and net tonnage has been determined in accordance with the Convention, what Certificate shall
be issued to the ship? International Tonnage Certificate
- What is the commercial CAs that issue the bulk of certificates for HTTPS servers typically use a technique?
domain validation
- In accordance with regulation 6 of MARPOL Annex 1, any oil tanker of 150 gross tonnage and above and any
other ship of 400 gross tonnage and above which is engaged in voyages to ports or offshore terminals under
the jurisdiction of other Parties to MARPOL, what certificate shall be issued after survey?
International Load Line Exemption Certificate
- Who is responsible for carrying out the ship owners’ stated plans, and for keeping proper records to evidence
implementation of the requirements of the Convention? master
- What is an international agreement of the International Labour Organization (‘ILO’) which sets out seafarers’
rights to decent conditions of work? MLC
- Who complementing other major international convention reflects international agreement on the minimum
requirements for working and living condition for seafarers? MLC 2006
- How many hours is the normal hours of work at sea and in port for the purpose of calculating wages?
not exceed 8hrs/day
- How many years validity the certificate required by MLC 2006 in every ship? 5years
- What authority having power to issue and enforce regulations of law in respect to MLC?
Competent authority
- What is the maximum hours requirement for seafarers work in 24 hour period as per MLC 2006? 14 hours
- What title of the MLC regulations is intended for health protection, medical care, welfare and social security
protection? title 4
- What is the minimum age requirements for seafarer to work on a ship for night work and work in hazardous
areas? 18
- When was the MLC adopted by the international labour conference for the international labour organization
under article 19 of its constitution at a maritime session? February 2006
- Since when is ILO adopted the consolidated maritime labour convention 2006 as it contains a comprehensive
set of global standards based on those that are already found in 68 maritime labour instruments? 1920
- When was the Maritime Labour Convention enforced? Aug 20, 2013
- What is pledging a ship or the freight she earns to raise money necessary to complete the voyage as
repayment is contigent on safe arrival of the vessel? bottomry
- What is used in marine insurance to denote that the subject of insurance has been completely lost, or has
been so damaged? Actual total loss
- Who covers damage arising out of loading or unloading and unsafe berth or wharf conditions, plus liability
for damage to piers and pier facilities and liability for loss of life or bodily injury resulting from their
negligence? Charterers
- What is the new maximum limit of liability for claims for loss of life or personal injury on ships between 300
gross tons but not exceeding 2,000 gross tons? 3.02 million SDR
- What classification society, the one which would subsequently become the first to publish an annual register
of ships? Lloyd’s register
- What surveys are applicable for all steel ships where practicable held concurrently with statutory annual or
other load line surveys? annual survey
- What organization that establishes and maintains technical standards for the construction and operation of
ships and offshore structures? classification society
- What representatives whose duties are to protect underwriters from fraud, negligence, and needles
expenses? Lloyd agents
- What takes place of renewal surveys for those certificates which previously were renewed after one or two
years? Periodical Survey
- What is a specific association of classification societies? IACS
- Who provide services and assistance to the maritime industry and regulatory bodies as regards to maritime
safety and pollution prevention? Classification Society
- After the completion of satisfactory surveys held in order to check compliance with the rules of the society,
what is assigned to a ship? Class
- What is barred after an interval of two years from the day on which the operations of assistance or salvage
terminate? salvage action
- What is a partial loss of the subject matter insured caused by a peril insured against which is not a general
average loss? Particular average
- Under paragraph 1 of Article 10 of International Convention on Salvage 1989, who shall incure no liability for
a breach of the duty of the master? Owner of the Vessel
- What is the transfer by the insured of all his interest to the insurer with no chance of recovery and
indemnity? Subrogation
- What means any act or activity undertaken to assist a vessel or any other property in danger in navigable
waters or in any other waters whatsoever? salvage operation
- What convention of salvage shall not affect any provisions of national law or any international convention
relating to salvage operations by or under the control of public authorities? operation
- What convention of salvage shall apply to any salvage operations save to the extent that a contract
otherwise provides expressly or by implication? Contracts
- What convention of salvage is barred after an interval of two years from the day on which the operations of
assistance or salvage terminate? Action
- What is the ship owners mutually contribute to a fund to cover member’s losses not normally covered by
regular hull insurance? P & I Insurance
- When was the international convention on salvage incorporate the provision of article 14 of no cure- no pay
salvage agreement? 1989
- What is the written document that the master should prepare to exempt himself and all the crew as well as
the owner from any liabilities while cruising on heavy weather? Marine protest
- What is covered under which marine insurance policy to the damage to another vessel’s cargo caused by a
collision? Hull
- What is made a provision for a stricken tanker to engage salvage services and guarantee a reward provided
that the salvor had exercised due diligence in attempting to save the marine environment from pollution?
Lloyd’s Open Form
- What Clause is the SCOPIC remuneration shall include prevention of pollution as well as the removal of
pollution in the immediate vicinity if it is necessary for the execution of the salvage? Clause 14
- What is applied when a vessel runs aground with a possibility of refloating her but owners relinquishing all
rights to the insurers for payment of the full value of the vessel. Constructive total loss
- What is used as a contract whereby the insurer undertakes to indemnify the assured, in manner and to
extent thereby by agreed, against marine losses? Marine Insurance
- What policy which is valid for a specified time period, generally valid for a year, it may contain a continuation
clause? Time policy
- What is defined as the reasonable concern of a person to obtain insurance for any individual or property
against unforeseen events such as death, losses, etc.? insurable interest
- What is a specialist in insurance and risk management. insurance broker
- Who will help you identify your individual and/or business risks to help you decide what to insure, and how
to manage those risks in other ways? Broker
- What means that both the policyholder and the insurer need to disclose all material and relevant information
to each other before commencement of the contract? Utmost good faith
- What policy is the name of the ship and particulars of shipments are declared afterwards cannot be issued
for immovable property? open policy
- What case of the policy is taken for a sum to cover several shipments determined to cover multiple
shipments, and the details of any shipments are only declared afterwards? Floating policy
- What case of the policy is the subject matter is insured for a particular voyage is an implied term that the
marine adventure will commence within a reasonable time? voyage policy
- What in a maritime insurance policy which allows the insured to recover from the insurer any reasonable
expenses incurred by the insured in order to minimize or avert a loss to the insured property?
Standard clause
- What is a contract whereby the lessor places a fully equipped and manned ship at the disposal of the lessee
for a period of time for a consideration called hire? time charter
- What is an equally important clause states that if the charterer does not complete loading or discharging in
the laydays allowed by the charter party, he must pay for the delay at the stipulated sum per day?
demurrage clause
- What party a shipowner agrees to lease, and the charterer agrees to hire a vessel or all the cargo space, or
a part of it, on terms and condition? charter party
- What is the type of charter party the shipowner leases his entire vessel and the charter has the responsibility
of operating it as though it were his own vessel? bareboat charter party
- What is a charter party for the carriage of a full cargo, not for a period of time, but at a stipulated rate per
ton, for one voyage only, between named ports to be named on arrival in a given area?
voyage charter party
- How many days a PSCO may impose the courses of action on a ship with deficiencies can be rectified for
minor infractions? 14 days
- Whose responsibility for ships' standards rests with the flag State - but who provides a "safety net" to catch
substandard ships? port state control
- What certificate inspected by PSCO and required for marine pollution and environment deficiencies on a
ship? IOPP certificate
- What certificate required and inspected by PSCO that the ship is deemed unsafe to proceed to sea and that
certification of crew deficiencies on a ship are considered serious by the inspector? Master & Officer’s COC

- What is required by Port state control inspectors regarding maritime security? ship security plan
- What is the monthly required by port state control as per SOLAS requirement for training & drills onboard
ship to be carried out? fire and boat drills
- What is the inspection of foreign ships in national ports for the purpose of verifying that the condition of the
ship and its equipment comply with the requirements of international conventions? PSC
- Who has responsibility under international law for controlling the fishing activities of a vessel, no matter
where the vessel operates? flags states
- When was the Paris Memorandum of Understanding on Port State Control (Paris MOU), adopted in Paris
(France)? 1 July 1982
- When was the Memorandum of Understanding on Port State Control in the Asia-Pacific Region (Tokyo MOU),
signed in Tokyo (Japan)? 2 Dec. 1993
- What is a certificate issued to a seafarer by or under the authority of the administration, stating that the
relevant requirements of training competencies under stcw convention have been met?
cert. of proficiency
- What is marine industry authority (Marina) as the single maritime administration establishes and responsible
for the implementation and enforcement of the 1978 international convention of STCW as amended?
republic act 10635
- What certificates issued to masters and officers, stating that the issuance of the relevant certificate is in
compliance with the requirements of the STCW Convention? Certificate of endorsement
- What is the certificate issued to masters and officers entitling the lawful holder to serve and perform the
functions at the level of responsibility specified therein? cert. of competency
- What regulation regulating the practice of the merchant marine profession in the Philippines?
republic act 8544
- What is the documentation used to establish that the relevant requirements of the STCW Convention have
been met? Documentary evidence