INTERTANKOS Legal Work, issues, strategy

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INTERTANKOS Legal Work, issues, strategy legal
services

• Svein Ringbakken, Deputy Managing Director
  General Counsel, INTERTANKO

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Major Issues

• Oil Pollution Liability Compensation
• EU Draft Directive on Penal Sanctions
• Key Tanker Chartering Terms
• International vs Regional regulation UNCLOS
  protection
• Use of Legal Means to promote the aims of
  INTERTANKO

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Strategy behind involvement

• Important Tanker Issues
• Realistic Chance of Influence
• Co-operative Mode
• Few Key Issues, in-depth involvement
• Full Integration with lobby programs
• Washington State/Sulphur Content Regulation
• Reliance on industry legal experts and membership
  resources combined with specialist Secretariat
  team

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Legal Services

• General Legal Advisory Work
• Tanker Regulatory Work IMO, US, EU
• Specialist support available
• Knowledge or means to check local resources
• Charter Party Advisory Service
• Freight and Demurrage Information Pool (FDIP)

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FDIP

• Claims notified 79 (USD 5,2m)
• Claims settled 37 (USD 4,1m)
• Claims reported 20 (USD 949,359)
• Average no. of days between notification and
  settlement 34
• Action in co-ordination with members careful not
  to upset commercial relations

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