On 29 November 2013, Guangzhou International Maritime Law Seminar 2013 was successfully held by the Ocean Shipping Regulation Committee of China Maritime Law Association, the Guangdong Provincial Lawyers Association, Yang & Lin Co., Law Firm and other organizations. More than 500 people from the industry were in attendance including, people’s courts, maritime safety administrations, shipping lines, insurers, mutual assurance associations, universities, environmental protection departments, fishery administrations, salvage bureaus, shipyards, port authorities, waterway administrations, maritime law firms both at home and abroad, freight forwarding agents and adjusters attended the seminar, with 30 distinguished foreign guests included.

    Participants in the seminar held heated discussions, examining difficult and cutting-edge issues relating to maritime theory and practice. Such topics included were the legality and practice in examining and hearing cases of disputes over freight forwarding by sea, marine insurance and maritime adjudication, introduction to marine investigation carried out by maritime authorities, questions related to the incidents arising during the transportation of cargoes which may liquefy, issues of evidences and law application in claims against damages of marine pollution and law application in cases of disputes over contract for domestic waterway cargo transportation.