Co-Chair
Henrik Hagberg
Co-Chair
Ulla
Von Weissenberg
Maritime and Transport Law Committee
The Maritime and Transport Law 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.
About the Committee
The Maritime and Transport Law Committee is one of the oldest and most 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 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.
The Committee works with the Aviation Law Committee to form the Maritime and Aviation Law Section.
Forthcoming conferences and webinars View All Conferences
IBA Maritime and Transport Law Committee Conference
12 Jun - 14 Jun 2024
Hamburg , Germany
IBA Annual Conference Mexico City 2024
15 Sep - 20 Sep 2024
Mexico City , Mexico
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
Maritime and Transport Law Committee – From the Editors – September 2023
A note from the Editors of the IBA Maritime and Transport Law Committee, Bruce Paulsen and Jim Bercaw.
Released on Sep 07, 2023
Maritime and Transport Law Committee – From the Co-Chairs – September 2023
A note from the Co-Chairs of the IBA Maritime and Transport Law Committee, Ulla von Weissenberg and Henrik Hagberg.
Released on Sep 07, 2023
Meet the officer: Patrick Holloway, Co-Vice Chair
An interview with Patrick Holloway, Co-Vice Chair of the IBA Maritime and Transport Law Committee and partner at Webber Wentzel, Cape Town.
Released on Sep 07, 2023
Challenges and opportunities in applying EU competition law to the maritime industry
This article examines the intersection of EU competition law and maritime law with a focus on shipping alliances. It outlines many instances of shipping alliances that the European Commission has looked into for possible violations of EU competition legislation as well as the serious repercussions of such violations in the shipping sector.
Released on Sep 07, 2023
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