Admiralty & Maritime NPA
About this NPA
The Admiralty and Maritime NPA incorporates proceedings that relate to admiralty or maritime disputes including:
- in rem proceedings
- in personam proceedings
- marine insurance
- cargo claims
- other matters including matters relating to the Navigation Act 2012 (Cth) and the Coastal Trading (Revitalising Australian Shipping) Act 2012 (Cth).
The Oar Mace of Admiralty
Latest Judgments
Recent Judgments - Federal Court
- 10 May 2022:
Viva Energy Australia Pty Ltd v MT "AG Neptune" (No 2) [2022] FCA 533
ADMIRALTY - application to amend orders permitting a vessel to sail from Newcastle to Gladstone whilst under arrest - where vessel unable to safely reach Gladstone whilst remaining within the territorial sea - whether Marshal will retain custody of the vessel - where owners undertake that no point about the validity of the arrest will be taken -…
Judge: Stewart J - 8 May 2022:
Viva Energy Australia Pty Ltd v MT "AG Neptune" [2022] FCA 522
ADMIRALTY - urgent application for orders in respect of a vessel under arrest off Newcastle - where vessel low on gasoil and fuel oil - where, once fuel is depleted, vessel would become a dead ship and thereafter a severe safety hazard - where vessel unlikely to abscond the jurisdiction - orders made permitting ship to sail to Gladstone whilst…
Judge: Stewart J - 26 Apr 2022:
Neptune Hospitality Pty Ltd v Ozmen Entertainment Pty Ltd (No 2) [2022] FCA 427
PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE - application to set aside orders made by consent - where parties agreed to settle a dispute in relation to their costs of an appeal - whether a solicitor's clerical error, or 'slip', resulted in the accidental omission of certain language in the consent orders which made a material term ambiguous - where consent orders were …
Judge: Markovic J
Case Law
Latest Papers & Publications
- 18 Nov 2021:
Navigating the rough seas of enforcement
AMTAC annual address, by Justice Stewart. - 1 Sep 2021:
Introductory remarks to MLAANZ marine insurance webinar
Webinar presented by Justice Stewart. - 23 Sep 2020:
World in a box: What legal issues might yet need to be resolved and by what mechanism?
Presented by video at the Australian Academy of Law "World in a box" online seminar, by Justice Sarah Derrington.
Form & Rules
The key forms and rules for commencing these proceedings are:
Actions in rem
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Actions in personam
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Arresting a Vessel
Generally applications for arrest of a vessel are urgent and made to the Duty Registrar in the relevant registry.
Admiralty Marshals are available to arrest a vessel anywhere in Australia at any time on any day of the year.
Legislation
- Admiralty Act 1988 (Cth)
- Admiralty Rules 1988 (Cth)
The admiralty and maritime work of the Court is not limited to proceedings under the Admiralty Act and Admiralty Rules, see also:
More LegislationResearch Links
- Arbitration
- International maritime and trade related organisations
- Maritime law associations
- Maritime security
- News and research
- Organisations - Australia
- Organisations - International
- Ports, port authorities and related government bodies - Australia
- Universities, maritime law centres, education and training
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