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This unique book rethinks and rewrites the previous edition. It categorises the nine interactive legal duties of the shipmaster, analysing and relating them to laws and conventions within a single volume. This book is a necessary reference and guide for shipmasters, students, practitioners and courts of maritime law and command worldwide.

John A C Cartner is uniquely qualified to write on the new command at sea. He is a graduate of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point, New York, U.S.A; has commanded vessels in the foreign trades; and continues to hold the master mariner’s certificate; is a Chartered Engineer (naval architecture); and F.R.I.N.A.and F.S.N.A.M.E. He has magisterial degrees in finance and international law; his doctoral training was in quantitative methods of research. He has served as CEO of three companies. He is a member of the District of Columbia Bar Association and the Law Society of England and Wales and has published widely in maritime and military matters and most recently a book on human rights as well as another on defending against pirates. He has received humanitarian awards for his work in defending shipmasters. He is a widely-viewed commentator on MaritimeTV.com.