Admiralty & Maritime NPA
About this NPA
The Admiralty and Maritime NPA incorporates proceedings that relate to admiralty or maritime disputes including:
- in rem proceedings
- in personam proceedings
- marine insurance
- cargo claims
- other matters including matters relating to the Navigation Act 2012 (Cth) and the Coastal Trading (Revitalising Australian Shipping) Act 2012 (Cth).
The Oar Mace of Admiralty
Latest Judgments
Recent Judgments - Federal Court
- 13 Mar 2024:
Burrows v The Ship 'Merlion' [2024] FCA 220
ADMIRALTY AND MARITIME JURISDICTION - jurisdiction in rem - application to strike out pleaded claims on the basis of which ship was arrested - whether claims arising under a trust, Barnes v Addy, a "sham", misleading or deceptive conduct, conversion, and detinue have legal character of
Judge: Sarah C Derrington J - 12 Mar 2024:
Dan-Bunkering (Singapore) Pte Ltd v The Ship Yangtze Fortune (No 3) [2024] FCA 219
ADMIRALTY - application for leave to claim out of time upon the fund constituted by the proceeds of judicial sale of the ship Yangtze Fortune - liability of the fund for demise charterer's debts - construction of ss 18 and 24 of the Admiralty Act 1988 (Cth) and rr 9.02 and 9.03 of the Federal Court Rules 2011 (Cth) - whether applicant has…
Judge: Stewart J - 8 Sep 2023:
Poralu Marine Australia Pty Ltd v MV Dijksgracht [2023] FCAFC 147
CONTRACTS - contract of carriage of goods by sea - formation - whether contract was concluded by way of fixture recap email - construction of recap emails - where recap provided that terms were otherwise as per carrier's standard form booking note and bill of lading including rider clauses but with English law and London arbitration - whether… 413 ALR 47
Judge: Rares, Sarah C Derrington and Feutrill JJ
Case Law
Latest Papers & Publications
- 28 Jul 2022:
Admiralty and maritime seminar
Updates on UK, South Africa, Hong Kong, Singapore and Australia. - 18 Nov 2021:
Navigating the rough seas of enforcement
AMTAC annual address, by Justice Stewart. - 1 Sep 2021:
Introductory remarks to MLAANZ marine insurance webinar
Webinar presented by Justice Stewart.
Form & Rules
The key forms and rules for commencing these proceedings are:
Actions in rem
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Actions in personam
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Arresting a Vessel
Admiralty Marshals are available to arrest a vessel anywhere in Australia at any time on any day of the year.
This section details how to contact the registry and make an application for an arrest.
Legislation
- Admiralty Act 1988 (Cth)
- Admiralty Rules 1988 (Cth)
The admiralty and maritime work of the Court is not limited to proceedings under the Admiralty Act and Admiralty Rules, see also:
More LegislationResearch Links
- Arbitration
- International maritime and trade related organisations
- Maritime law associations
- Maritime security
- News and research
- Organisations - Australia
- Organisations - International
- Ports, port authorities and related government bodies - Australia
- Universities, maritime law centres, education and training
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