IBA Annual Conference Toronto 2025
2 Nov - 7 Nov 2025
Session information
Climate change - implications to maritime transports
Monday 3 November (1430 - 1545)
Committee(s)
Maritime and Transport Law Committee
(Lead)
Description
Maritime industry is being regulated in compact against climate change, but how does climate change effect the existing legal concepts (e.g. force majeure) or the possibility to get insurance coverage. This session will explore this.
Session / Workshop Chair(s)
| Patrick Holloway | Webber Wentzel, Cape Town, South Africa; Co-Chair, Maritime and Transport Law Committee |
| Marco Remiorz | Arnecke Sibeth Dabelstein , Hamburg, Germany; Co-Chair, Maritime and Transport Law Committee |
Speakers
| Kohji Hayakawa | Atsumi & Sakai, Tokyo, Japan |
| Patrick Leahy | Gard North America Inc, New York, New York, USA |
| Isaac Ogbobula | Dentons, Port Harcourt, Nigeria |
| Robin Squires | Borden Ladner Gervais, Toronto, Ontario, Canada |