LIABILITY ISSUES IN THE OPERATION OF OCEANOGRAPHIC RESEARCH VESSELS IN THE UNITED STATES.
Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Date of Original Version
1-1-1987
Abstract
Research vessel owners and operators face virtually all of the liability problems experienced by commercial vessel operators. Operators must plan for the activities of the scientific party, who are, under the terms of the US Oceanographic Research Vessel (1965) Act, considered neither passengers nor crew. The author considers the standards that US courts have applied when injuries to either the crew or scientific party have occurred aboard research vessels. Emphasis is on defensive planning for the vessel owner through the use of the voluntary Research Vessel Safety Standards developed by the University-National Oceanographic Laboratory System (UNOLS).
Publication Title, e.g., Journal
Oceans Conference Record (IEEE)
Citation/Publisher Attribution
Nixon, Dennis W.. "LIABILITY ISSUES IN THE OPERATION OF OCEANOGRAPHIC RESEARCH VESSELS IN THE UNITED STATES.." Oceans Conference Record (IEEE) (1987). doi: 10.1109/oceans.1987.1160773.