SEA TRADE LAW

The requirements of maritime transports and the associated risks have caused the need for special arrangements; in this direction, the expedition of the vessels in the sea has revealed various legal relations between individuals and between the individual and the state; and the law of private law regulating all these relations is called arı Sea Law tüm. In the early periods, as in today, there are no written rules governing the course of the seas. Later on, the customs and traditions of maritime and oral teachings were written in writing. In the Middle Ages, it is seen that the sea law developed especially in the Mediterranean Sea along the northwestern European coast. In this period, the rules of the sea law arising from the customs and traditions have been compiled in written form. This process started in the 17th century and continues its development.

Maritime trade is a phenomenon with economic, technical and legal elements, and maritime law is a branch of maritime law that regulates commercial relations on the sea. Nowadays, because of the fact that the parties can be composed of different nationalities in maritime law and they may be international in their disputes, the states have started to act in common. The importance of the issue in international law has led to international agreements on this issue. The main international conventions on this issue are as follows;

• Montreux Convention,
• The Convention on Limitation of Liability for Marine Receivables,
• Regulation on the Prevention of Collision at Sea,
• Convention on the Execution of Certain Pillars of the Sea Provisions,
• International Convention on the Execution of Certain Pillars on the Pledge and Privilege of Maritime Commercial Vehicles,
• Contract on the Disposal of Some of the Basis for the Sea Aid and Rescue Works,
• International Convention on the Execution of Certain Signs Concerning Exemptions of State Ships,
• International Convention on the Revocation of Certain Powers on the Liability of Shipowners
• International Convention on the Procurement of Certain Signs
• International Convention on the Legal Responsibility of Damage arising from Oil Pollution,
• The Convention on the Establishment of the International Maritime Organization,
• Two- or Multilateral Maritime Law Agreements to which States are Parties.