Maritime and Transport Law overview
The Maritime and Transport Law Committee is one of the oldest and most well-established committees of the IBA. Formerly known as Committee A, it has more than 650 members worldwide.
The committee has a tradition of being the platform where leading maritime law professionals meet, create connections and discuss the most current legal issues in the field of maritime and transport law.
The committee arranges a number of sessions on developments in maritime and transport law at the annual conferences of the IBA. Frequent half-year seminars are held in the world’s maritime centres, and the committee is also active in cooperating with other organisations in the maritime law area such as Comite Maritime International, International Maritime Organization Legal Council, and maritime law societies in jurisdictions around the world.
The committee works for and supports the unification of maritime and transport law on a worldwide basis.
The committee enables members to:
- increase knowledge of maritime and transport issues throughout the world;
- improve client advice;
- meet fellow practitioners face-to-face; and
- become well-known to other competent specialists.
Additionally, the Maritime and Transport Law Committee works with the following committee to form the Maritime and Aviation Law Section: