The Role of the International Conventions in Protecting the Marine Environment from ships

Name: Dr. Talal Al Adwani

Contact Information:

Tel:  (965) 69696946

E-mail:  tallyorama@gmail.com

Education and Qualifications:

• PhD in Commercial and Maritime Law – Plymouth University co-supervised by Cambridge University.
• Master of Law in International Commercial and Maritime Law (LLM) – University of Swansea-UK.
• Bachelor’s degree in Marine Operations and the law- legal sector – Northumbria University-UK.

Experience:

• Active member of the Arab expert Union.
• Lecturer at Kuwait university (visiting lecturer) and at Kuwait International Law School (2015-present).
• IMO (International Maritime Origination) for the U.N. Maritime Ambassador (2016-present)
• Expert and consultant for IMO (International Maritime Origination) for the U.N. (2016-present)

Publications:

A number of articles, including:

• A comparative study of the obligation of due diligence to provide a seaworthy vessel under the Hague/Hague-Visby Rules and the Rotterdam Rules. (Giuffre, 2017)
• ‘The obligation of the charterer’s to direct the Vessel to safe ports’, (VDM, 2011).
• IMO Conventions as Incorporated under Kuwaiti Maritime Law, due to be published in Arab Law Quarterly ALQ, 2019.
• Marine Cargo Claims under the Kuwait Law 2018
• Presented a paper in OPV Conference- on Maritime Security of the GCC States- October 2017

Languages:

• Arabic, English.