Tasman Sea spill case also known Tianjin Oceanic Bureau v. Infinity Shipping and the London Protection and Indemnity Club País/Territorio China Tipo de la corte Nacional - corte superior Fecha Dic 25, 2004 Fuente UNEP, InforMEA Nombre del tribunal Tianjin Maritime Court Sede de la corte Tianjin Juez Wu Liqun; Xu Fubin; Dong Lijuan Número de referencia No. 184 (2003), First Instance, Tianjin Maritime Court [ (2003) 津海法事初字第184号] Idioma Chino Materia Mar, Pesca Palabra clave Sustancias peligrosas Contaminación marina (por buques) Contaminación marina (vertimiento) Biodiversidad Manejo de recursos marinos Resumen This case concerns the collision between a tanker sailing under a Maltese flag and a Chinese ship triggering an oil spill that lead to an important pollution and damages in the ecosystem of the Bohai Gulf.The plaintiffs are administrations such as the Tianjin Oceanic Administration, the Tianjin Fisheries and Harbours Office and fishermen associations. They sued the owner of the tanker and its insurer for the ecological damages and the economic loss caused by the oil split.The Tianjin Maritime Court ruled that under the terms of the 1992 International Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage, the two defendants had to pay compensation to the defendant for the marine environmental capacity and of fisheries resources.(Contribution: Case provided by Professor Tianbao QIN, Tang HE, and Han GAO, Research Institute of Environmental Law, Wuhan University, China) Texto completo pfnl_117526902.html