Shipbuilding contracts

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The book is edited as a commentary, and comments are given to each of the relevant articles and parts of SHIP 2000 in a natural sequence, making it useful as a practical handbook for practitioners. Frequent comparisons with other standard contracts, such as NEWBUILDCOM, SAJ Form and AWES form, are made throughout the book, and hence this is a commentary on standard shipbuilding contracts, not just SHIP 2000. The book is an essential tool for lawyers, shipbuilders, shipowners and shipbrokers, as well as other parties being involved in shipbuilding matters.

Øystein Meland has been a partner in the Norwegian international law firm Wikborg Rein since 1985 and is today working as Of Counsel with the firm’s office in Bergen. For close to 40 years Meland has worked extensively with maritime law issues and particularly shipbuilding matters for both Norwegian and international clients, and he was head of the firm’s Shipping and Offshore Practice for many years. Meland has argued several large international arbitration matters on shipbuilding, as well as other international disputes, and has extensive experience as arbitrator. Meland is Manager of Bergen Shipowners Association, member of the Norwegian Shipowners legal committee, drafted and negotiated SHIP 2000 on behalf of the shipbuilders’ association and wrote the first commentary to SHIP 2000 published in Norwegian in 2006.

This book is also available at www.juridika.no

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Shipbuilding Contracts

Shipbuilding Contracts is the second book by the same author on shipbuilding matters, based on the Norwegian book Skipsbygging from 2006. In its second edition the book has now been expanded to include further comments on provisions and clauses in other shipbuilding contracts and has also had its commentary on law, regulations and practice for the last 15 years updated. The text covers all relevant legal aspects connected with shipbuilding, with Norway as the starting point. The book is structured as a commentary to the Norwegian Standard Shipbuilding Contract, SHIP 2000, which is recommended used, not just in Norway and the Nordic Countries, but also internationally.

Øystein Meland

Shipbuilding Contracts A Commentary Based on SHIP 2000 This book is also available at www.juridika.no


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