New technologies, artificial intelligence and shipping law in the 21st century

Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Notes on editors and contributors -- Foreword -- Preface -- Table of cases -- Table of legislation -- PART 1: Effect Of New Technologies On Contracting In Shipping Practice -- 1. Blockchain and smart contracts in shipping and transport: a legal revolution is about to arrive? -- 1 Introductory remarks -- 2 Is distributed ledger technology (DLT) atechnological remake of the ancestors of the bill of lading? -- 3 How do we translate this technology into a legal-contractual frame? Apossible case for non-permissioned DLTs and registers of ships -- 4 Permissioned ledgers and their potential applications to shipping and transport -- 5 Issues of responsibility in the (maritime) transport industry -- 6 Blockchain as atool to revolutionise transport markets -- 7 Other legal concerns: antitrust, data protection and security -- 8 The issue of smart contracts: would they fit in the shipping and logistics industry? -- 9 Issues of dispute resolution -- 2. Smart contracts: the BIMCO experience -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The BIMCO perspective -- 3 Conclusion -- 3. Can commercial law accommodate new technologies in international shipping? -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The current legal regimes -- 3 The Rotterdam rules -- 4 Conclusion -- 4. Electronic signatures in shipping practice -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Asymmetric encryption -- 3 The user interface -- 4 Blockchains -- 5 Monopoly and interoperability -- 6 Liability -- 7 Defences -- 8 Conclusion -- 5. Pinning down delivery: Glencore v MSC and the use of PIN codes to effect delivery -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The facts of Glencore v MSC -- 3 MSC'S defences to the misdelivery claim -- 4 The implications for interpreting bills of lading -- 5 Provision of the release note and pin codes as "actual" delivery -- 6 Symbolic delivery.