and he held the post of President of Division of the Stockholm Court of Appeal. He
has also been Head of the Department of International Civil Law of the Swedish
Ministry of Justice. He is a member of the Board of Governors of the World
Maritime University (WMU) in Malmö (Sweden). He works as a consultant in
maritime and environmental matters and as an academic lecturer at numerous
institutions in a number of countries, inter alia, as Visiting Professor at the WMU
and at the Maritime Universities in Dalian and Shanghai and as Visiting Fellow at
the IMO International Maritime Law Institute (IMLI) in Malta. He has published
three books and numerous articles in various fields of law. The University of
Southampton has conferred upon him the Degree of Doctor of Laws honoris
causa. In 2010 he was awarded the King of Sweden’s Gold Medal for significant
achievements in the fields of marine environment and shipping.
Henning Jessen is a fully qualified lawyer in his home jurisdiction in Germany. He
graduated from the University of Kiel in 2001. Supported by a Fulbright Scholarship, he has undertaken postgraduate studies in Admiralty and Maritime Law in the
United States (Tulane Law School, New Orleans) from 2003 to 2004. He started his
legal career as a WTO lawyer in 2006 in the German Ministry for Economic
Cooperation and Development. Since 2008, he has been working as a professor in
the areas of Maritime Law and the Law of the Sea, at two universities in the German
maritime hubs of Bremen (2008–2012) and Hamburg (2012–2016). Since 2016,
Henning Jessen is an Associate Professor for Maritime Law and Policy at the World
Maritime University (WMU) in Malmö, Sweden. His main areas of teaching and
research are the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), Legal Aspects of IMO Conventions and
Related EU Law, Carriage of Goods by Sea Law/International Aspects of Transport
Law, and Trade Facilitation and Related WTO Law. Henning has co-edited the book
EU Maritime Transport Law and contributed several chapters to this extensive
commentary (see: https://www.bloomsburyprofessional.com/uk/eu-maritime-transport-law-9781509905607/).
Shengnan Jia obtained her Bachelor of Laws (LLB) from Beijing Union University, her first LLM degree from the Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of
Social Sciences, specializing in Civil Commercial Law in 2009, and a second
combined LLM degree in Maritime Law from Lund University and World Maritime
University in Sweden, in 2013. She previously served as a partner with the Beidou
Dinging Law Firm in Beijing and as Manager of International Business in the
Zhongrui Law Firm in Beijing. She is a supporting member of London Maritime
Arbitrators Association, a member of China Centre (Maritime) of Southampton
Solent University, member of the Professional Committee of Maritime Law of
Beijing Municipal Lawyers Association and a member of the editorial board of
Journal of Shipping and Ocean Engineering.
Tafsir Matin Johansson is Associate Research Officer at the WMU-Sasakawa
Global Ocean Institute (Global Ocean Institute) in Malmö, Sweden. He is a policy
analyst with a PhD in Maritime Affairs from WMU and an LLM in Maritime Law
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has also been Head of the Department of International Civil Law of the Swedish
Ministry of Justice. He is a member of the Board of Governors of the World
Maritime University (WMU) in Malmö (Sweden). He works as a consultant in
maritime and environmental matters and as an academic lecturer at numerous
institutions in a number of countries, inter alia, as Visiting Professor at the WMU
and at the Maritime Universities in Dalian and Shanghai and as Visiting Fellow at
the IMO International Maritime Law Institute (IMLI) in Malta. He has published
three books and numerous articles in various fields of law. The University of
Southampton has conferred upon him the Degree of Doctor of Laws honoris
causa. In 2010 he was awarded the King of Sweden’s Gold Medal for significant
achievements in the fields of marine environment and shipping.
Henning Jessen is a fully qualified lawyer in his home jurisdiction in Germany. He
graduated from the University of Kiel in 2001. Supported by a Fulbright Scholarship, he has undertaken postgraduate studies in Admiralty and Maritime Law in the
United States (Tulane Law School, New Orleans) from 2003 to 2004. He started his
legal career as a WTO lawyer in 2006 in the German Ministry for Economic
Cooperation and Development. Since 2008, he has been working as a professor in
the areas of Maritime Law and the Law of the Sea, at two universities in the German
maritime hubs of Bremen (2008–2012) and Hamburg (2012–2016). Since 2016,
Henning Jessen is an Associate Professor for Maritime Law and Policy at the World
Maritime University (WMU) in Malmö, Sweden. His main areas of teaching and
research are the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), Legal Aspects of IMO Conventions and
Related EU Law, Carriage of Goods by Sea Law/International Aspects of Transport
Law, and Trade Facilitation and Related WTO Law. Henning has co-edited the book
EU Maritime Transport Law and contributed several chapters to this extensive
commentary (see: https://www.bloomsburyprofessional.com/uk/eu-maritime-transport-law-9781509905607/).
Shengnan Jia obtained her Bachelor of Laws (LLB) from Beijing Union University, her first LLM degree from the Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of
Social Sciences, specializing in Civil Commercial Law in 2009, and a second
combined LLM degree in Maritime Law from Lund University and World Maritime
University in Sweden, in 2013. She previously served as a partner with the Beidou
Dinging Law Firm in Beijing and as Manager of International Business in the
Zhongrui Law Firm in Beijing. She is a supporting member of London Maritime
Arbitrators Association, a member of China Centre (Maritime) of Southampton
Solent University, member of the Professional Committee of Maritime Law of
Beijing Municipal Lawyers Association and a member of the editorial board of
Journal of Shipping and Ocean Engineering.
Tafsir Matin Johansson is Associate Research Officer at the WMU-Sasakawa
Global Ocean Institute (Global Ocean Institute) in Malmö, Sweden. He is a policy
analyst with a PhD in Maritime Affairs from WMU and an LLM in Maritime Law
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About the Authors