EDITORIAL
Multi-tiered dispute resolution and friendly negotiations
RHIDIAN THOMAS

ARTICLES
Towards a worldwide restatement of the general principles of maritime law
ERIC VAN HOOYDONK
Advocate, Antwerp, Professor, Ghent University, Chairman, Belgian Maritime Law Commission

Laytime and demurrage - contractual concepts in a state of flux
RHIDIAN THOMAS

The business of piracy: commercial shipping, risk management and the use of private security firms
SARA ROSS
Osgoode Hall Law School

ANALYSIS AND COMMENT
The flag state, the port state and SOLAS
DR BEVAN MARTEN
PB Sea Tow (PVI) Ltd v Attorney-General
(2 May 2014) Court of Appeal of Samoa CA 24/13

Damage to chattels: of repairs, recoverable loss and general damages
PROFESSOR ANDREW TETTENBORN
Coles v Hetherton
[2013] EWCA Civ 1704, [2014] 3 All ER 377

Who is an advising bank - the quality of documentary credit communications
JASON CHUAH
City Law School, London
Den Danske Bank A/S v Surinam Shipping Ltd
[2014] UKPC 10

Louis Dreyfus Commodities Suisse SA v MT Maritime Management BV (The MTM Hong Kong)
[2015] EWHC 25o5 (Comm), QBD (Males J)
IOANNIS AVGOUSTIS
Attorney at Law, LLM

NATIONAL REPORT
The concept of 'ship': an Italian perspective
MASSIMILIANO MUSI
Alma Mater Studiorum, Università di Bologna, Italy