On 24 and 31 January, Guangzhou Maritime Court received two visiting delegations from Hong Kong Seamen’s Union. It’s a 76-people delegation comprising of representatives from Hong Kong Seamen’s Union, Hong Kong Logistics Management Staff Association, a couple of Hong Kong shipping companies and shipping colleges.
The delegations visited the technical tribunal of Guangzhou Maritime Court and watched a documentary film reviewing the course of development of Chinese’s marine trial over the past 30 years. A symposium was held afterwards, during which judges from Guangzhou Maritime Court gave a detailed presentation and introduction on the procedure for arrest of ship in mainland China, criterion for accepting LOU provided by P&I Club, issues of “large ship with small certificate” (i.e. a ship’s tonnage recorded in the certificate is smaller than her actual tonnage), enforcement of arbitration award made outside Chinese territory within China, trial on cases of dispute over the delivery of goods without a bill of lading, recognition of the arbitration clause as well as the jurisdiction clause on the back of a bill of lading, procedure of auction of ship, as well as rules and regulations on the exercise of ship owner’s lien in a dispute over general average. It’s a lively discussion during the symposium, where the visiting delegations took an active part in raising questions on the issues being discussed and patient responses were offered by the judges
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