are still well covered. But the real core of many of the 37 chapters focusses on the
numerous new developments faced by the modern maritime industry today and in
the near future. Today’s global occupation with environmental issues, such as the
maritime sector’s role in climate change, is addressed, as are other pressing issues
related to maritime and cyber security, port sanctions, illegal immigration, waste
management, decarbonization, maritime education and training, piracy, vessel abandonment, the development of “intelligent” and autonomous ships, application of
blockchain technology to shipping and a number of other subjects all presented in an
up-to-date form.
Special recognition must be given to the co-editors of Maritime Law in Motion. I
know from experience that compiling this type of multi-authored publication is
complex and risky, especially with contributors scattered across the world. However,
this Canadian-Filipino-Chinese trio of editors managed to carry it off with consummate skill. That they have done so is also not surprising. Professor Proshanto
Mukherjee is at the culmination of a long and distinguished career that has taken
him from command of a ship to law practice and then to professorships at the IMO
International Maritime Law Institute, Malta, the World Maritime University (WMU)
in Malmö, Sweden, and WMU’s sister institution in Dalian, China. After a career in
the Philippines Coast Guard, Professor Max Mejia studied at and graduated from
WMU where he now holds a high position. Professor Jingjing Xu also graduated
from WMU and is now Head of the University of Plymouth’s Business School in the
United Kingdom. I am delighted to acknowledge that all three are former students of
mine and I am quite prepared to bask in the glow of what I expect to be an entirely
successful venture!
Canadian Maritime Law Association,
Vancouver, BC, Canada
Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS,
Canada
World Maritime University, Malmö,
Sweden
IMO International Maritime Law
Institute, Msida, Malta
University of Queensland, Brisbane,
QLD, Australia
Comité Maritime International,
Antwerp, Belgium
August 2019
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numerous new developments faced by the modern maritime industry today and in
the near future. Today’s global occupation with environmental issues, such as the
maritime sector’s role in climate change, is addressed, as are other pressing issues
related to maritime and cyber security, port sanctions, illegal immigration, waste
management, decarbonization, maritime education and training, piracy, vessel abandonment, the development of “intelligent” and autonomous ships, application of
blockchain technology to shipping and a number of other subjects all presented in an
up-to-date form.
Special recognition must be given to the co-editors of Maritime Law in Motion. I
know from experience that compiling this type of multi-authored publication is
complex and risky, especially with contributors scattered across the world. However,
this Canadian-Filipino-Chinese trio of editors managed to carry it off with consummate skill. That they have done so is also not surprising. Professor Proshanto
Mukherjee is at the culmination of a long and distinguished career that has taken
him from command of a ship to law practice and then to professorships at the IMO
International Maritime Law Institute, Malta, the World Maritime University (WMU)
in Malmö, Sweden, and WMU’s sister institution in Dalian, China. After a career in
the Philippines Coast Guard, Professor Max Mejia studied at and graduated from
WMU where he now holds a high position. Professor Jingjing Xu also graduated
from WMU and is now Head of the University of Plymouth’s Business School in the
United Kingdom. I am delighted to acknowledge that all three are former students of
mine and I am quite prepared to bask in the glow of what I expect to be an entirely
successful venture!
Canadian Maritime Law Association,
Vancouver, BC, Canada
Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS,
Canada
World Maritime University, Malmö,
Sweden
IMO International Maritime Law
Institute, Msida, Malta
University of Queensland, Brisbane,
QLD, Australia
Comité Maritime International,
Antwerp, Belgium
August 2019
Edgar Gold
viii
Foreword