Turkish Parliament has ratified the International Convention on the Arrest of Ships 1999
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Turkish Parliament has ratified the International Convention on the Arrest of Ships 1999 ("1999 Convention") and the International Convention on Maritime Liens and Mortgages 1993 (“1993 Convention”) on 25 March 2017.
Although the general sprit of the Maritime laws under Turkish Commercial Code (TCC) which came into force on 01.07.2012, is based on the principals of the 1999 and 1993 Conventions, there are some changes under the new legislation which may also affect the general maritime practice.
The changes are as follows:-
1- As per TCC, bank claims under the loan agreements had been added to the wording of the article 1 (p) of the 1999 Convention, as a maritime claim. Therefore, bank claims under the loan agreement are recognized as a Maritime Claim as per Turkish law, differently from the Convention.
2- General Average Contributions are also recognized as a Maritime Lien as per TCC, contrary to the 1993 Convention.
3- According to the TCC, the shipyard owner has a statutory hypothec on the Turkish flagged vessels which can be granted by a court decision and registered to the Turkish Ship Registry. However, if the vessel is foreign flagged, the shipyard owner is entitled to arise a retention right on the vessel that is obviously cannot be registered as the vessel has no registry in Turkey.
Since there is no distinction regarding the statutory hypothec and retention right under the Convention 1993 in which only the retention right of the shipyard owner is recognized, we assume that this controversy may cause some problems to the hypothec rights of shipyard owners’ under the TCC which may end up with the abrogation of the statutory hypothec rights of the shipyard owners.
4- The 1993 Convention stipulates for the announcement of sale to be made “in the State where the auction is conducted”, however the TCC requires an announcement in Turkey for the Turkish flagged vessel to be sold abroad.
As the legislation came into force very recently, the effects of the new system will be observed in time during the legal practice.
In any case, we believe that this legislation will help the adaptation and harmonization of the international maritime rules with Turkish maritime law and practice.
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