船舶賣買에 관한 海事法上 政策的 考察

Abstract

This thesis deals with the legal principles, case law decisions and suggestions for the Sale ＆ Purchase of ships concerning policies of maritime law. Recently, the shipbuilding market has shown a major shift towards East Asia, particularly Korea, Japan and China. The major Korean shipyards in particular have engaged in substantial investment programmes both to expand their overall shipbuilding capacity and to enter new markets, such as for liquefied natural gas(LNG) carriers. The Korean Government has recently taken interest in the sale ＆ purchase of used ships, utilizing the Internet and has made plans for building the Shipping Exchange in korea. So Part Ⅱ of this thesis examines the situation of the world's shipping industry and the different kinds of the Sale ＆ Purchase of ships. Part Ⅲ deals with the legal principles, and case law decisions. Part Ⅳ describes Forms of Shipbuilding Contracts and Memorandums of Agreement of second-hand ships. And Parts Ⅳ, and Ⅴ, makes suggestions for 1) the Shipbuilding Contracts of the shipowner's Association of Korea and 2) The Korean Shipbrokers' Association's Memorandum of Agreement for Ship Sale ＆ Purchase in the korean shipping industry. Having reached the end of this thesis, the writer suggests to make terms of sale of ships in the korean civil code and commercial code, Additionally, the writer suggests to make a special law in relation to the Sale ＆ Purchase of ships. Furthermore, the writer suggests expanding the Shipping Exchange in Korea.