On Special Compensation In Salvage At Sea

This dissertation analyzes the special compensation in salvage at sea, mainly analyzing the inadequacy of special compensation and putting forward suggestions on the amendments to the provisions on special compensation in Maritime Code of the People's Republic of China. Chapter 1 is about the forming process of special compensation. Special compensation came into being with the development of salvage practice and the demand of environmental protection. The analysis on the inadequacy of special compensation and the comparison of special compensation in International Convention on Salvage, 1989 and in Maritime Code of the People's Republic of China are in Chapter 2. Chapter 3 introduces SCOPIC, which to some extend fills some inadequacy of special compensation. It simplifies the calculation of special compensation and makes special compensation more feasible in salvage practice. Chapter 4 analyzes the value of special compensation and makes a prediction on the developing trend of special compensation. The last chapter puts forward suggestions on the amendments to the provisions of special compensation in Maritime Code of the People's Republic of China on the basis of the aforesaid analysis.