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In Canada, as is the case in many other countries, 'cabotage' laws exist which means that foreign registered vessels cannot perform commercial marine operations solely within domestic waters unless there [...]

An important and much awaited decision with respect to limitation of liability for maritime claims and wilful misconduct under a marine insurance contract has been rendered by the Supreme Court [...]

The Transportation Safety Board (the 'TSB'), the independent Canadian agency that investigates marine and other transportation occurrences, has recently changed its regulations for the first time in 22 years. The [...]

The BC Supreme Court recently determined that the two-year limitation period found Article 16 of the Athens Convention (the 'Convention'), incorporated into Canadian law through the Marine Liability Act, S.C. [...]

With the much discussed proposed rise in marine and tanker traffic to Northern British Columbia and other potentially sensitive areas of the country, Canada's oil spill preparedness and response regime [...]