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05.06.2012

Maritime Arbitration Commission

Established in 1930, the Maritime Arbitration Commission (MAC) was the first permanent arbitration forum to emerge in this country, and it now ranks among the world’s oldest maritime arbitration centers.

The MAC shall settle disputes arising out of contractual and other civil law relations in respect of merchant shipping regardless of whether or not the parties involved are subject to the provisions of Russian and foreign law, or only Russian law, or only foreign law.

In particular, the MAC shall settle disputes arising out of:

affreightment of vessels, the carriage of goods by sea, as well as the carriage of goods in mixed navigation (riversea);

marine towage of vessels and other floating objects;

marine insurance and reinsurance;

sale of seagoing vessels and other floating objects, their repairs and maritime liens;

piloting, ice-breaker navigation, agency and other services for seagoing vessels, and for inland vessels insofar as the operations are connected with the navigation of such vessels on sea routes;

use of vessels for scientific research, extraction of minerals, hydrotechnical or other work;

salvation of seagoing vessels or the salvation of an inland vessel by a seagoing vessel, as well as the salvaging in marine waters of an inland vessel by another inland vessel;

raising of vessels or other property sunken at marine waters;

collision between seagoing vessels, or between a seagoing vessel and an inland vessel, or between inland vessels in marine waters, as well as connected with the infliction by a vessel of damage to port structures, navigational aids or other objects;