The Centre was established in March 2010 in response to an urgent need for a maritime and transportation law centre in Hong Kong to meet the critical needs of industry, the practicing Bar and the region. It aims to advance the frontiers of maritime and transportation law practice from a local and comparative perspective.
While primarily focusing on maritime law, the Centre is also concerned with the law relating to other forms of transportation, such as air, road, rail and multimodal.
To provide an innovative, multi-disciplinary Centre to meet the ever-growing needs of industry and scholarship in Hong Kong. The Centre responds to an urgent need for a maritime and transportation law centre in Hong Kong that can meet critical requirements of industry, the practicing Bar and the region while advancing the frontiers of maritime and transportation law practice and scholarship from a local and comparative perspective.
