Your current location >> Press Release
Shanghai Maritime Court Issued 33 Opinions to Serve Shanghai¡¯s Construction of an International Shipping Center
[2018-04-17]

 

 

 

 

 

on april 17, 2018, shanghai maritime court held a press conference to release the opinions of shanghai maritime court on servingguaranteeing shanghai¡¯s construction of international shipping center (hereinafter referred to as the "opinions") to fully adapt torespond to the judicial requirements for shanghai¡¯s high quality development of an international shipping center,to promote construction of the soft legal environment for the shipping industry of shanghai. zhao hong, president of shanghai maritime court, gave a briefing on the background, purposemain contents of the opinions,guo weiqing, vice president of shanghai high peoples court, delivered a speech at the conference. the press conference was presided over by jia zhenkun, vice president of shanghai maritime court,was attended by more than 40 reporters from the centralshanghai news media.

according to the briefing, shanghai maritime court has formulated the "opinions" to further promote shanghai¡¯s construction of an international shipping center, to fully implement the planning for shanghai¡¯s construction of an international shipping center during the 13th five-year plan period,to help realize the goal of building an international shipping center with the ability to allocate global shipping resources in shanghai by 2020.

the opinions stress that we should accurately grasp the role of maritime trials, enhance our sense of responsibilitymission for servingguaranteeing shanghai¡¯s construction of an international shipping center,earnestly improve the pertinenceeffectiveness in this respect.
the opinions state that we should give full play to the role of maritime trialsstrengthen "12 trialenforcement work", namely, strengthening our maritime jurisdiction over various shipping disputesstrengthening the trial of disputes over international sea transportationdomestic waterway transportation, disputes over the constructionoperation of harbor facilities, ship-related disputes, freight forwardingship agency disputes, shipping financeinsurance disputes, maritime tort disputes involving harborshipping safety, crew laborlabor dispatching disputes, cruise ship disputes, disputes over the protection of maritimewater environmentresources, as well as the trial of maritime administrative cases, the enforcement of maritime cases, so as to create a good legal environment for shanghai¡¯s construction of an international shipping center.
the opinions put forward that we should establishimprove "six working mechanisms" for maritime trials, namely, we should strengthen the judicial demand research mechanism of shanghai international shipping center, optimize the allocation mechanism of maritime judicial resources, establishimprove the specialized trial mechanism, deepen the mechanism for implementing the strategy of producing high-quality maritime cases, expand the diversified maritime dispute resolution mechanism,upgrade the maritime judicial cooperationcoordination mechanism, so as to provide powerful institutional guarantee for shanghai¡¯s construction of an international shipping center.

the opinions also put forward that we should deepen "five functions" for maritime trials, namely giving full play to the role of maritime judicial think tank, comprehensively intensifying judicial transparency, strengthening the reporting of maritime trials, carrying out researches on shipping legal system,fostering talents of law for shipping industry, so as to support shanghai¡¯s construction of an international shipping center.
the opinions make it clear that we should carry out "three basic work", namely deeply advancing the reform of the judicial system, speeding up the construction of intelligent maritime courts,building up a high-quality maritime judicial contingent, so as to better serveguarantee shanghai¡¯s construction of an international shipping center.

opinions of shanghai maritime court on servingguaranteeing shanghai¡¯s construction of an international shipping center.doc

>> Chinese Version
The English version of this article, which is translated from the Chinese version by CTPC, is for reference only and shall be subject to the corresponding contents on the Chinese webpage.
Copyright @2014 Shanghai High People's Court, All Rights Reserved.