LIST OF MARITIME CLAIMS FOR SHIP ARREST IN CAMEROON

LIST OF MARITIME CLAIMS FOR SHIP ARREST IN CAMEROON

Article 149 of the code provides that the maritime debts which may give rise to ship arrest are those which result from one or more of the following causes, provided that claims which are only partially maritime are assimilated to maritime claims as listed below;

Maritime Claims

1. 1. Loss or damages caused by the exploitation of the vessel;

1. 1. Death or corporal injuries arising, onshore or offshore, in direct relation to the exploitation of the ship;

1. 1. Operations of rescue or assistance, as well as all contracts of rescue or assistance, including, as the case may be, for special indemnity concerning operations of rescue or assistance to a ship which, by itself or by its cargo, was running the risk of causing damage to the environment;

1. 1. Damages caused or likely to be caused by the ship to the environment, to the coast or to connected interests; measures are taken to prevent, reduce or eliminate the damages; indemnity for these damages; cost of reasonable measures to repair which was effectively taken or to be taken; Members 43 losses suffered or likely to be suffered by third parties in relation to these damages; and damages, costs or losses of a similar nature to those which are indicated in this item d);

1. 1. Costs and expenses related to the retrieving, removing, recovery, destruction or neutralization of a sunk, wrecked, grounded, or abandoned ship, including all that is found or was found on board the ship, and costs and expenses related to the conservation of an abandoned ship and the upkeep of its crew;

1. 1. Every contract related to the use or hire of a ship by chartering or otherwise;

1. 1. Every contract related to the transportation of goods or passengers by ship, by chartering, or otherwise;

1. 1. Losses or damages suffered by, or in relation to, goods, including luggage transported by the ship;

1. 1.  General average;

1. 1. Towing or piloting of a ship;

1. 1. Goods, materials, supplies, oil-fuel tank, equipment, including containers supplied or services rendered to the ship for its exploitation, management, its conservation, or its maintenance;

1. 1. Construction, reconstruction, repairs, transformation, or equipment of a ship;

1. 1. Port, canal, dock (dry-dock), anchoring, and inland waterways duties and fees;

1. 1. Wages and other sums of money payable to the captain, naval officers, and other crew members, by virtue of their engagement on the ship, including repatriation fees and social insurance contributions payable on their behalf;

1. 1. Payments made on behalf of the ship or its owners;

1. 1. Insurance premiums, including annual insurance contributions, in relation to the ship, payable by the owner of the ship or by the charterer by devolution or on their behalf;

1. 1. Agency fees or brokerage commissions or other in relation to the ship, payable by the owner of the ship or by the charterer by devolution or on their behalf;

1. 1. Every dispute arising from the ownership or possession of a ship;

1. 1.  Every dispute between the co-owners of a ship in relation to its exploitation or the right to the proceeds of exploitation of the ship;

1. 1. Mortgage or rights of a similar nature over a ship;

 

• • Every dispute arising from a contract of sale of a ship.

 

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