Essays on high seas

The paper "Piracy Control in High Seas" asserts pirates have been taking ships and crew members hostage and in return demand for ransoms. The threat is not limited to a particular country and all sovereign states are faced with no alternative but to adopt mechanisms to control the current threat.... International piracy has been increasingly appreciated as a global threat especially within the High Seas where none of the sovereign states owns up the responsibility in ensuring security. Some efforts...

The essay "Safety of Seafarers on High Seas" focuses on the critical analysis of the major issues on the safety of seafarers on the High Seas. Much is written on the subject of the safety of seafarers who sail the High Seas, and yet many families suffer the loss of their family members.... Most of these deaths are preventable by following simple procedures and precautions. Therefore, it is of utmost importance that the protective measures applying to entry into enclosed spaces are understood by individuals...

From the paper "Cruise Inc - Big Money on the High Seas" it is clear that generally, there are quite a few factors due to which the supply chain of NCL has been affected. However, these factors play a crucial in damaging the potential profitability of NCL.... Productivity is not entirely measured on the basis of revenue generation from one trip. At NCL, the structure of revenue generation that is sales is in a scattered form. This scattered form begins with the booking of passengers who are confirmed...

It applies only to the High Seas that are out of the territorial boundaries.... odern Freedom of the Seas governs unrestricted access to the High Seas, beyond the national territory.... They have the freedom of navigation, freedom of fishing, freedom to lay submarine cables and pipelines, freedom to fly over the High Seas.... Article 4 says: "Every State, whether coastal or not, has the right to sail ships under its flag on the High Seas....

The paper provides an analysis of rights and privileges enjoyed by States in the EEZ and the High Seas.... Moreover, the paper provides an analysis of right and privileges enjoyed by States in the EEZ and the High Seas.... For example, in case of piracy in territorial waters and the High Seas, States vessels are allowed to seize and arrest ships and crews.... The doctrine of hot pursuit allows States vessel to pursue ships engaging in illegal activities up to the High Seas (UNCLOS Article 111)....

The policy was first contained in the High Seas convention of 1958 assured High Seas freedom to navigate, fish, laying of submarine cables and pipelines within the oceans.... The policy was first contained in the High Seas convention of 1958 that assured High Seas freedom to navigate, fish, laying of submarine cables and pipelines within the oceans.... Their basis essentially was on the concept of autonomy and exclusive flag state authority over ships on the High Seas....

High Seas ... Principles governing the law relating to the High Seas along with the issues or rights and obligations of the states within the maritime zones relating to territorial sea, internal waters, exclusive economic zones, etc.... In respecting the use of the sea, the member nations have also codified the issues relating to the High Seas, the continental shelf fishing, contiguous zone and the conservation of living resources.... It can be seen that the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), The League of Nations Conference for International Law (The Hague), the Convention on the High Seas, Convention on the Territorial Sea and the Contiguous Zone, Convention on the Continental Shelf, Convention on Fishing and Conservation of the Living Resources of the High Seas, along with the Customary International Law have all contributed to the Public shipping law or International Law, as is commonly called....

Introduction The 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) has been effective only to a limited extent in controlling piracy on the High Seas.... Under different Sections of the General Provisions related to High Seas, the issue of piracy has been approached to effectively control piracy but the desired success could not be met so far.... Legal issues have been an obstacle in the taking of additional measures to preventing, controlling and punishing acts of piracy as High Seas do not come under the jurisdiction of any individual country's rights over the high-seas....

enerally, Maritime zones are recognized under the international law and the zones include all internal waters, the territorial sea, the contiguous zone, the continental shelf, the exclusive economic zone, the High Seas and the area.... As it regards the High Seas, the UNCLOS article 111 gives the coastal state the right to pursue and arrest any ships that escape into international waters (Un.... Again, the Vulcan was in High Seas as per the facts established after its arrest and therefore against the international law requirement that any hot pursuit should not be undertaken outside the country's economic zone....

istorically the coastal states around the world eagerly proclaimed EEZs, and this meant that these waters were no longer labelled as High Seas areas available for fishing.... nitiatives like this have led to parallel initiatives by states to regulate some aspects of High Seas fishing activities which means that the actions of State B would extensive regulation to be classified as legal fishing....

According to UNCLOS (United Nations Convention on the law of the Sea), piracy is a multifaceted issue and takes cognition of all illegal acts of detention violence as well as depredation that is directed towards ships or persons, or even cargo on board the ship on the High Seas.... ith the rise in piracy risks on the High Seas, the emerging trend has been the insurance brokers offering marine insurance against piracy at very high premiums as compared to other risk premiums in the 21st-century marine business....

The draft article offered by ILC expressed that “ on High Seas or in any other place (for example , hijacking a plane) which falls outside the jurisdiction of any State , in such scenarios ,every State has the jurisdiction to seize the attacked ship “ and this was codified in the Geneva Conventions on the High Seas(1958).... s of date, international law as authorised by Convention on the High Seas (1958) and the United Nations Conventions on the Law of Sea (1982) continues to consider the piracy as an internationally recognisable offense....

s Paine (2013) argues, the laws about maritime and international waters were for the first time codified in the Geneva Convention on the High Seas in 1958.... Although at this time there were no specific laws and rules about the right to carry out a hot pursuit, the Geneva Convention on the High Seas in 1958 was integrated into the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) and the idea of hot pursuit was introduced.... The UNCLOS is a codification of the laws and rules of the international waters also called the High Seas....

ccording to the United Nations (2005), the conceptual aspect of ship nationality emanates from the functional characteristics of a ship mobility beyond the jurisdictional limits of state into the High Seas, where there is no existence of jurisdiction.... However, the challenge arises when the ship is in High Seas; here, the legal regimes of a flagging state cannot be enforced, as the ship is not operating within its boundaries.... n High Seas, a ship carrying a national flag, is part of the territory of the flag nation, and all persons on board are subject to the jurisdictions of the laws of ...

he right of hot pursuit is a legitimate historical doctrine that has been a limit to the principle of the freedom in the High Seas.... More than fifty years to date, it is provided for in Article 23 of the 1958 Geneva High Seas Convention and later adopted in article 111 (1) of UNCLOS (Baird, 2009).... Jupiter was the first vessel summoned by Pluto after a six hour pursue and contributed to an uninterrupted continuous pursuit of the Vulcan into the High Seas....

The regional fisheries management organizations related to ocean bodies have been actively pursuing the conservation and management of fish stock straddling the exclusive economic zone and High Seas as well as highly migratory fish stocks.... ritically assess the role of regional fisheries management organisations in the conservation and management of fish stocks that straddle the exclusive economic zone and High Seas and highly migratory fish stocks?... The regional fisheries management organisations related to ocean bodies have been actively pursuing the conservation and management of fish stock straddling the exclusive economic zone and High Seas as well as highly migratory fish stocks....

The definition only touches on the High Seas as can be found in section 1 of part VII of the ‘United Nations Convention on the Law of the seas.... Due to the state of piracy any country can attack and seize an aircraft or ship belonging to pirates either in the terra nullius or in the High Seas .... 5This goes hand in hand article 87 of part VII of the ‘Preamble to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the sea which give both coastal and landlocked countries the freedom for fishing, navigation and over flight in the High Seas. ...

The paper "The Role of Regional Fisheries Management Organisations in the Conservation of Fish Stocks" discusses that High Seas have so far been beyond the range of supervision, which needs to be extended wherever commercial ships move on the High Seas for capturing sharks directly or as bycatch.... Part VII of the Agreement deals with living resources of the High Seas through Article 116, Article 117, Article 118, Article 119 and Article 120....

In the year 1958, the High Seas Convention of Fishing which was adopted by the United Nations Conference pertaining the law of the sea (UNCLOS I) was a multilateral agreement which aimed at conservation of the world's fisheries.... Article 2 of the 1858 High Seas Convention of Fishing provision illustrates this virtue.... This mandated the coastal States the task of ensuring conservation and the optimal usage of the stocks in the segmented economic areas, flag states were also to ensure protection of the High Seas stocks....

While India presents and argument that the vessels were in their territorial waters when the incident occurred, Italy on the other hand argues the vessels were in the High Seas.... For example, article 111 of the convention gives a mention of all the conditions under which it is prudent for a given country to stop a vessel from another country while on the High Seas (Chaturvedi). ... The Italian jurisprudence as well presents the argument that the incident happened in the High Seas and according to international laws, UNCLOS article 97; such occurrences are normally handled by the country whose flag was involved in the incident (Lavalle p....

The Arabian Peninsula Country and Sovereignty 1.... .... Introduction: A Possible Situation in the Arabian Peninsula There is an initiative to consolidate the Arabian Peninsula into a single country that proposed to be known as the Arabian Peninsula Country or APC.... ... ... ... The proposed APC is being operated by an Islamic fundamentalist militarily regime....

eafarers include not only those with a passion for the High Seas but also the crew who are there to provide logistic support and who work for a minimal salary.... nother overlooked but ever-present threat to seamen's safety is the attack by pirates on the High Seas.... The arduous working hours and conditions and the occupational hazards which they face on the High Seas along with their prolonged absence from their families should be taken into consideration and the regulatory bodies should enact proper laws for safeguarding the interests of the seamen....

British Marine Equipment Association (BMEA), established in 1966, is a market oriented trade association, works for the promotion of British manufacturers and suppliers, in other countries and supplies marine equipments to ports, terminals, off shore industries, and fishing industries.... ... ... ...

The disturbing conditions have led to failed economic conditions and in recent times, that has been an increase in instances of maritime piracy off the High Seas near the coast of Somalia.... ?? Such disturbing conditions have led to failed economic conditions and in recent times, that has been an increase in instances of maritime piracy off the High Seas near the coast of Somalia.... ?? Maritime piracy, an age-old practice, is a crime in the High Seas with access to safe sanctuaries to hide form pursuers, where a group of criminals steal the cargo on a trading vessel, or the ship, as a whole....

“The Hungry Ocean: A Swordboat Captains Journey,” by Linda Greenlaw is about managing fishing on the High Seas and the only finished product there is fish, fish.... By her own admission gender has never been a problematic issue in her, illustrious and legendary career on the High Seas.... Her family lives on an island on the cost of Maine and it is but natural that she sees high prospectus for her life and career amidst the waves...

However, as with many issues within our current time, the true definition of “piracy” is not entirely accurate with regards to the actions that small bands of thugs/fisherman/Islamists turned brigands of the High Seas engage in.... For the traditional definition of piracy on the High Seas, the requisition of the goods was of primary importance with the lives and health of the crew being much lower on the list of interests that the pirates dealt with.... Although the methods and the ultimate goals that these individuals are pursuing may stand in contrast to the ways in which piracy has been practiced historically, the fact of the matter is that according to the traditional definition, these individuals are seeking to develop an amount of personal gain via the practice of robbery on the High Seas; the very definition of piracy....

ccording to the US History Encyclopedia, Freedom of the Seas is a principle that governs unrestricted access to the High Seas and to waters outside of national territory.... Roosevelt, nonetheless, established "maritime control areas" at the beginning of World War II that extended into the High Seas.... freedom of action on the High Seas, refused to provide the two-thirds majority needed to ratify it.... he expansion of territorial waters and exclusive economic zones by many nations since World War II encouraged some states to restrict in various ways free passage on the High Seas, a phenomenon known as "creeping sovereignty....

Aghast, Billy threatens to dump him in the High Seas (About the novel, a brief synopsis, fourth Para).... Aghast, Billy threatens to dump him in the High Seas (About the novel, a brief synopsis, fourth Para).... German philosoher Immanuel Kant's deontoligical theory talks about the good and bad things in relation to their universal accetability....

This articulated the American leaders, especially Madison, who came later into power, to declare war against them because he wanted them to respect the rights on the High Seas.... The Americans united to fight for their rights on the High Seas.... This essay "American Territorial Expansion and the Issue of Slavery" focuses on the issue concerning the expansion of the territory of America and the issue concerning slavery that has largely contributed to the political and social development of America respectively....

“The Hungry Ocean: A Swordboat Captain's Journey,” by Linda Greenlaw is about managing fishing on the High Seas and the only finished product there is fish, fish and more fish and the assembly line for production are the sea-waves.... By her own admission gender has never been a problematic issue in her, illustrious and legendary career on the High Seas.... Her family lives on an island on the cost of Maine and it is but natural that she sees high prospectus for her life and career amidst the waves on the High Seas....

However, as with many issues within our current time, the true definition of “piracy” is not entirely accurate with regards to the actions that small bands of thugs/fisherman/Islamists turned brigands of the High Seas engage in.... For the traditional definition of piracy on the High Seas, the requisition of the goods was of primary importance with the lives and health of the crew being much lower on the list of interests that the pirates dealt with.... Although the methods and the ultimate goals that these individuals are pursuing may stand in contrast to the ways in which piracy has been practiced historically, the fact of the matter is that according to the traditional definition, these individuals are seeking to develop an amount of personal gain via the practice of robbery on the High Seas; the very definition of piracy....

"Issues of Customs Jurisdiction at International Law" paper examines a case where a diplomatic agent does break the law in the receiving state, he cannot be arrested or otherwise detained.... Nor can he stand trial be sued or be made to testify before the judicial authorities of the receiving state....

The primary reason as to why James Madison declared war against Britain can be associated with differences in the High Seas.... For Americans, the war can be regarded as a continuation of the Revolutionary war.... They had the obligation to safeguard their.... ... ... During the presidency of James Madison, the war in Europe had gained dominance....

??The pirates have arrived on the High Seas of the online world and the lack of regulation makes their predations all too easy.... he statement makes an emotional appeal on the negative implications of “pirates on the High Seas” while at the same time it directly juxtaposes the lack of regulation as the cause....

The subject matter of the same is ownership and operation of ships traveling through the High Seas.... The subject matter of the same is ownership and operation of ships travelling through the High Seas which confers rights and imposes duties on the respective parties.... The transportation of goods along the High Seas is primarily based on contracts or agreements between the ship owner on the one hand, and the party consigning goods, on the other....

While in the High Seas, the convicts faced inhumane treatment from the brutal officers who were illiterate, ever drunk and cruel.... Other experiences that these people had while in High Seas were the vulnerability to diseases.... he ultimate aim of this paper was to examine the experiences of the convicts while on High Seas/ during transportation.... s a result of unbearable conditions and inadequate food, the group experienced high mortality rate....

The two main causes of the 1812 war, was to protect the rights of sailors, who sailed on the High Seas and the second reason was to protect the ships of America.... Thomas Jefferson became the President of the United States in 1801, and it was a time when the state of the country wasn't admirable by either him, or his follower....

The world ocean is divided into: Maritime areas, which are an integral part of a coastal state's sovereignty (internal and territorial waters); areas out of a state's coastal territory, but under its jurisdiction (contiguous zone, economic zone, continental shelf); and areas out of jurisdiction and sovereignty (High Seas). ... reas out of jurisdiction and sovereignty (High Seas).... High Seas are areas within which states have neither sovereign authority, nor control of airspace above these waters. ...

The statement of the problem that will be investigated in the paper "United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea" is: Despite mare liberum as advocated by Hugo Grotius, in reality, High Seas freedoms have been diminished legally by Article 76 UNCLOS III.... ??Despite mare liberum as advocated by Hugo Grotius, in reality High Seas freedoms have been diminished legally by Article 76 UNCLOS III”.... Ireland represents the consequences of the evolving international law of the sea in which states are increasingly expanding their coastal jurisdictions to include parts of the ocean once previously regarded as the outer/High Seas as contemplated by Grotius' mare liberum concept....

Despite mare liberum as advocated by Hugo Grotius, in reality High Seas freedoms have been diminished legally by Article 76 UNCLOS III”.... Ireland represents the consequences of the evolving international law of the sea in which states are increasingly expanding their coastal jurisdictions to include parts of the ocean once previously regarded as the outer/High Seas as contemplated by Grotius' mare liberum concept.... It is argued that when read together with Articles 55-75 which provides another method for the expansion of a coastal state's coastal zone by the creation of exclusive economic zones (EEZ), the High Seas are shrinking and freedom of the seas is increasingly becoming a misnomer. ...

Of this, the maritime piracies off the High Seas, near the Somalia coast, has turned into a major international problem, owing to increased instances of hijacking of large merchant ships by the Somali pirates, in a bid to earn ransom money.... The paper "The Solution to Piracy off the Coast of Somalia Lies on Land" affirms that Piracy is a mere reflection of the wider problems that are seen in inland Somalia, and the only long term solution would be to create a stable government and establish the rule of law....

The other international agreements are the Convention on the Continental Shelf 1958, Convention on Fishing and Conservation of the Living Resources of the High Seas 1958, Convention on the High Seas 1958, OSPAR Convention 1992, Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage 1969, Convention on Long-range Transboundary Pollution 1979 and United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change....

The effects of pollution, as well as the huge stocks of fish leading to tensions among the coastal countries trying to preserve their own rights on them, were causing threats to the seas.... The effects of pollution, as well as the huge stocks of fish leading to tensions among the coastal countries trying to preserve their own rights on them were causing threats to the seas.... It was in the year 1967 that concerns significantly had arisen resulting from the disorders prevalent in the seas owing to greater technological advancements, multiplying uses and rivalry among nations for power that demanded for some stable measures....

The international law defines piracy as illegal acts committed on the High Seas for private ends.... The law also states that all countries have a right to seize and prosecute those found committing pirate acts on the High Seas (Alina 464).... On the other hand, the law specified that piracy that takes place on the High Seas, but failed to address the issue on a country's territorial waters.... International law on piracy Although the international law prohibits piracy on High Seas, a bigger challenge came in as the Somali pirates launched attacks on ships in the international waters and quickly returned to Somalia waters....

Cruise Inc: Big Money on the High Seas Airs and Brings Insight into the Cruise Industry.... rg/2009/03/cruise-inc-big-money-on-the-high-seas-airs-and-brings-insight-into-the-cruise-industry.... he service packages offered by Norwegian Cruise Line ranges from high premium class to the economic class to attract all types of customer specially who have not experienced their journey on a cruise in their life.... The cabin rates of NCL Pearl ranges from $35 to $2000 per day for each person on the cruise depicts the strategy from the company how they implemented the competitive advantage to grab the market from low to high market segment....

Cruise Inc: Big Money on the High Seas Airs and Brings Insight into the Cruise Industry.... rg/2009/03/cruise-inc-big-money-on-the-high-seas-airs-and-brings-insight-into-the-cruise-industry.... The service packages offered by Norwegian Cruise Line ranges from high premium class to the economic class to attract all types of customer specially who have not experienced their journey on a cruise in their life.... The cabin rates of NCL Pearl ranges from $35 to $2000 per day for each person on the cruise depicts the strategy from the company how they implemented the competitive advantage to grab the market from low to high market segment....

In addition, “Germanys campaign of unrestricted submarine warfare, the loss of American lives on the High Seas, the sinking of the Lusitania and other ships and the prospect that Germany would not change her policies compelled a reluctant Wilson to ask Congress for a declaration of war in April 1917” (EyeWitness to History, n....

The continued impressments of Americans on the High Seas, capture of American merchant ships and seeming support from France, U.... In the year 1812, the United States of America was inexorably headed for war with Britain.... The years after the American.... ... ... Great Britain played a part in planning to overthrow the French revolution by organizing coalitions between 1793 and 1815 which was headed by Napoleon Reasons why U....

here is special jurisdictional association between a flag State and one of its ships on the High Seas based intraditional international law.... In the Lotus suit, the Court of International Justice (CIJ) stated that “vessels on the High Seas are subject to no authority except that of the State whose flag they fly”19....

Therefore, the vessel carrying refugees cannot be hampered from entering into the territorial waters on arrival at the boundary of the territorial sea, nor can it be refoule to territories or to High Seas where the freedom or lives of refugees is endangered (Natalie 2011, p.... Once the asylum-seekers in agony on the High Seas have been rescued, it is not clear who should take accountability for them.... The instruments of non-entree do not fully avoid the use of the principle of non-refoulment; a similarity with operation carried out on the high waters may support this approach....