Shipping and the Environment (ePub)

Colin de la Rue first saw pollution from ships as a schoolboy in 1967, when oil from the Torrey Canyon came ashore near his home in Guernsey in the world's first major tanker spill. Ten years later he joined the international law firm Ince & Co, which had represented the ship's insurers, and soon he was part of a team acting in the major tanker accidents of the 1970s. In his 36 years at the firm he worked with colleagues and overseas lawyers in most major oil spills worldwide, including the Exxon Valdez and several other US incidents, dealing with the implications of pollution in various branches of maritime commerce.

In areas of legal policy and reform he has advised leading industry bodies on various proposals for change. On these and other issues he has given papers at conferences, seminars and universities in many countries around the world.

After leaving practice as a solicitor he devoted time to industry training while continuing to give consultancy advice, and by 2022 he had been involved in over 75 serious incidents in 40 countries. In this new edition he draws on experience of most major events in this field of modern times.

Charles B. Anderson retired in 2021 as Senior Vice President and Head of Office of Skuld North America, New York-based representatives of the Skuld P&I Club.

Previously he was a partner in Holland & Knight, where he specialized in admiralty and environmental law. He has represented shipowners, charterers, P&I Clubs and other marine insurers in numerous well known maritime casualty and pollution cases, and for many years taught maritime law at Columbia University Law School. He is a former chairman of the US Maritime Law Association's Committee on the CMI and a member of its Marine Ecology Committee.