Maritime Law and Convention.
1. Concept of Law and
Contract Act: Concept of Law-Civil, Criminal Law, Statute Law, Admiralty court,
Corner’s court, Juries, Public Law, Private Law, Public and Private
International Law; Understanding of Plaintiffs, Respondent, Summons,
Affidavits, Arbitration.2. Bangladesh Contract Act with reference to following: Agreement, Offer and Acceptance, consideration, consent, capacity to contract, valid void and voidable contracts, quasi contract, breach of contract, remedies for breach, discharge of contract, agency bailment, FOB & CIF contract, Invoice and consular Invoice, Letter of Credit, Bill of Lading, Bills of exchange, Way bill, Charter Parties.
3. Scope of Maritime Law: Sources, Subjects and objects. Continental Shelf, Exclusive Economic Zone, Sea Bed, Admiralty Jurisdiction, innocent passage, International aspects of Registration Ship building contracts and mortgage. Nationality of ships, flags
of convenience and flag Discrimination.
4. Knowledge about classification, Recognized classification societies,
character symbols of classification.5. Knowledge about Tonnage, Weight Tonnage class, Measurement Tonnage class, Tonnage Mark.
6. Maritime Lien, Possessory Lien, Freight, General Average.
7. Marine Insurance and Marine Losses; Total Loss
and Partial Loss, Constructive total Loss, Particular average loss, General
Average Loss, General Average Sacrifice, General Average Expenditure.
8. Knowledge on Marine Fisheries Ordinance 1983, Marine Fisheries Rules of
Bangladesh.
9. Knowledge on Fish & Fish Products
(Inspection & Quality) control ordinance of Bangladesh with special
reference to HACCP (Hazard Analysis Control Critical Point) for quality control
on board the fishing vessel.
10. Bangladesh Merchant Shipping Ordinance 1983 in general with special
reference to;I. Definitions
II. Registration of Ships
III. Shipping Master
IV. Fishing Vessel
V. Function of POMMD
VI. Seamen & Apprentices
VII. Limitation and Liability
VIII. Investigation and Inquiries, etc.
11. Primary knowledge on the role of UN organizations like IMO, ILO, FAO over fishing vessel operation and Maritime business.
12. Simple knowledge on ILO conventions related
to Fishing Vessel and Fisherman (ILO Work in Fishing Convention 2007), and
Torremolinos Protocol, 1993, SOLAS, STCW- 95 (as amended in 2010), STCW-F-95,
MARPOL 73/78.
13. Maritime Declaration of health and requirements of international health
regulation.
14. Knowledge about Food law, safety of food,
Composition of food, Understanding about Codex, Standard documents of Codex,
Specialist Committees of Codex Commission.
15. Knowledge on the chapters on Fishing and
Fisheries as covered in the UN convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS),1982 with
special reference to Territorial water, Exclusive Economic Zone, Continental
Shelf, Coastal state, landlocked state.
