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66 Legal Outlook<br />
Maritime law<br />
in the UAE<br />
The UAE is set to become a global<br />
shipping industry hub, from supplies,<br />
bunkering, and repair, to ship finance and<br />
maritime law.<br />
The UAE has become a sophisticated<br />
global shipping environment, with half of<br />
the world’s internationally trading fleet of<br />
tankers passing UAE shores once a year<br />
and a number of <strong>new</strong> companies are<br />
setting up their maritime business<br />
headquartered in Dubai.<br />
According to the maritime industry<br />
statistics, the UAE spends about half a<br />
billion dollars every<br />
year to buy materials<br />
for building, repairing,<br />
and servicing ships, while<br />
Dubai’s ship repair and supply<br />
sector caters to the needs of up to<br />
400 per year. With a surrounding<br />
sophisticated multi-dimensional<br />
maritime service sector, it is natural that<br />
the UAE has taken the opportunity to join<br />
the emerging maritime centres, with<br />
excellent facilities and a world-class<br />
infrastructure.<br />
The UAE is established as a major<br />
strategic hub for container operations and<br />
as a regional centre for ship management<br />
and a wide diversity of maritime<br />
service infrastructure, ship-repair and<br />
ship supply to ship classification and<br />
maritime law.<br />
The UAE Maritime Law is based on<br />
modern international law and maritime<br />
principles set out in International<br />
Conventions.<br />
Maritime disputes in UAE are determined<br />
in conjunction with laws such as Federal<br />
Law No. 26 of 1981 as amended (maritime<br />
Code), Federal Law No. 11 of 1992 (Civil<br />
Procedures Law), Federal Law No. 18 of<br />
1993 (Commercial Transactions Law) and<br />
International<br />
Conventions (e.g.<br />
IMO Convention of<br />
1948, SOLAS Convention of 1974, London<br />
Convention of 1972, Salvage Convention<br />
of 1989 and etc.) where the UAE is a<br />
member-signatory State.<br />
Discussed below are the UAE Maritime<br />
Rules concerning maritime accidents,<br />
collisions, and salvage.<br />
A ship is any installation or object<br />
which operates or is prepared to<br />
operate in maritime navigation<br />
without consideration as to its<br />
power, tonnage or the purpose behind<br />
its sailing.<br />
Maritime Collision takes place when two<br />
ships or other vessels run foul of each<br />
other, or when one runs of the other. In<br />
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