Noun
the branch of international law that deals with territorial and international waters or with shipping or with ocean fishery etc.
Source: WordNet1992 Convention main In the light of political changes and developments in international environmental and maritime law, a new convention was signed in 1992 by all the states bordering on the Baltic Sea, and the European Community. Source: Internet
Agbakoba, founding Partner of Olisa Agbakoba and Associates, a maritime law firm, gave the advice on Saturday in Lagos at a forum organised by the Finance Correspondents Association of Nigeria (FICAN). Source: Internet
Elsewhere in the South China Sea, Chinese dredgers have continued to reclaim land around often-tiny atolls and islets that under international maritime law confer no rights of sovereignty. Source: Internet
“Compared to these relatively robust and well-developed regimes, especially air law and maritime law, newer activities like space … have a less-developed set of rules.” Source: Internet
A leading Chinese expert on international maritime law has called for the acceleration of legislation on booming Chinese activities in Antarctica. Source: Internet
But other Chinese maritime law enforcement agencies also have fleets of ships to help enforce bans on fishing and oil and gas exploration in waters claimed by Beijing, which cover about 80 per cent of the East Sea. Source: Internet