National and International Requirements for Maritime Transportation of Hydrocarbons

As there are many differences between oil and gas law, and international trade law, so oil and gas transportation law and therefore oil and gas maritime transportation law has exclusive specifications in comparison with maritime law. In the article, authors tried to list this specifications. These are related to type of contract, different clauses including technical, compliance, immunity and limitation of liability. In addition, safety standards, specific incoterms, world trade organization regulations, experienced personnel, various costs, import facilitations, and damages of transportation are inspected. These specifications need to be considered while formation of contracts, therefore contractual risks would be managed, controlled and decreased.