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

3 Mar - 5 Mar 2026

Session information

Future developments in international maritime law

Wednesday 4 March (0930 - 1045)

Description

EU ETS in maritime sector emissions
Speaker
Diego de San Simón San Simón & Duch, Madrid; Website Officer, IBA Maritime and Transport Law Committee

The Convention on the International Effects of Judicial Sales of Ships
Speaker
Dr Ann Fenech Fenech & Fenech Advocates, Valletta

Decarbonisation in shipping
Speaker
Dr Jan-Erik Pötschke Ahlers & Vogel, Hamburg

The need for an international convention on liability and compensation relating to the transboundary damages from offshore oil and gas activities
Speaker
The Honourable Steven Rares KC 12 Wentworth Selborne Chambers, Sydney, New South Wales

Session / Workshop Chair(s)

Patrick Holloway	Webber Wentzel, Cape Town, South Africa; Co-Chair, Maritime and Transport Law Committee
Ulla Von Weissenberg	Procopé & Hornborg Attorneys, Helsinki, Finland; Member, Maritime and Transport Law Committee Advisory Board

Speakers

Diego De San Simón	San Simón & Duch, Madrid, Spain; Website Officer, Maritime and Transport Law Committee
Dr Ann Fenech	Fenech and Fenech Advocates, Valletta, Malta
Dr Jan-Erik Pötschke	Ahlers & Vogel Rechtsanwaelte PartG mbB, Hamburg, Germany
Hon Steven David Rares KC	12 Wentworth Selborne Chambers, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Session presentations

Steven Rares Presentation
Diego de San Simón Presentation
Jan-Erik Pötschke Presentation
Ann Fenech Presentation

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