The first Luxembourg Maritime Code has recently been published

Pr. Dr. Olivier Cachard, tenured Professor of Admiralty & Commercial law and Honorary Dean of the Faculty of Law of Nancy (University of Lorraine), together with Me Yann Hilpert,Avocat à la Cour, Partner in the Banking & Finance practice of OPF Partners, and Mr. Cédric Raths, Certified Public Accountant, Accredited Maritime Manager, Managing Partner of Reference Corporate Services have recently published the first Luxembourg Maritime Code.

The Code is a valuable toolkit that will be very useful to all members of the Luxembourg maritime community, namely accredited maritime managers, master mariners, lawyers and financiers involved in shipping finance or insurance. Moreover, the team of authors bring together different complementary views on maritime issues : the academic view with Prof. Dr. Cachard, the lawyer’s view with Maître Yann Hilpert and the accredited maritime manager view with Mr Cédric Raths.

This Code,entirely written in English,offers in a unique portable format, a collection of major applicable Statutes, International Conventions, and EU legislation in the field of maritime law and shipping. Following the thematic architecture of the Luxembourg Maritime Law, it brings together relevant National Legislation and International Conventions. Each Part is introduced by comments referring to major European Union Court of Justice decisions and to academic references.

It is available here.