Co-Chair
Patrick Holloway

Maritime and Transport Law Committee

The Maritime and Transport Law Committee is one of the oldest and most established committees of the IBA, with more than 650 members worldwide.The Committee is a 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 Organisation Legal Council, and maritime law societies in jurisdictions around the world.

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Forthcoming conferences and webinars View All Conferences

The Cape of Storms: A comparative navigation of current hot topics in maritime & transportation law

03 Mar - 05 Mar 2026

Cape Town , South Africa

IBA Annual Conference Copenhagen 2026

04 Oct - 09 Oct 2026

Copenhagen , Denmark

Material from and Photos from Past Conferences

Mid-year conference: The new world of shipping post-Covid, 6-8 June 2022, Singapore

Please read the Keynote Address of Justice Pang Kan Chau of the Singapore Supreme Court

Maritime Book Launch - June 2022 from International Bar Association on Vimeo.

Publications
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Maritime and Transport Law Committee – From the Editors – February 2026

A note from the Editors of the IBA Maritime and Transport Law Committee, Sarah Gahlen and María Belén Espiñeira

Released on Feb 27, 2026

Maritime and Transport Law Committee – From the Co-Chairs – February 2026

A note from the Co-Chairs of the IBA Maritime and Transport Law Committee, Patrick Holloway and Marco Remiorz.

Released on Feb 27, 2026

The sea as a way to the restoration of Ukraine: shipping logistics in wartime

The war in Ukraine has dramatically changed the country’s logistics map. It has: destroyed old routes; called into question the reliability of the infrastructure; forced businesses to look for new models of work, in some cases to build supply chains from scratch; and meant constantly having a plan B, C, and so on, ready. Shipping logistics, which before the full-scale invasion was a key to agricultural and metallurgy exports, have now plunged into a deep crisis due to the suspension of shipping in 2022. Today, when, thanks to the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Ukrainian ports are working again, it is still undergoing a painful but necessary process of transformation.

Released on Feb 27, 2026

Meet the officer: Diego de San Simón

An interview with Diego de San Simón, Website Officer of the IBA Maritime and Transport Law Committee

Released on Feb 27, 2026

Subcommittees and other groups

The Maritime and Transport Law Committee also coordinates the activities of the following subcommittees/working groups.

  • Land Transport Subcommittee
  • Maritime and Transport Law Committee Advisory Board

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