【摘要】 考察了中国"船舶挂靠"现象所导致的船舶的登记船东与实际船东不一致的问题,以及这样的登记船东和实际船东在香港的对物诉讼中会遇到的法律问题,结合2000年至2006年分别涉及香港的高等法院海事庭、上诉法院及终审法院的几个判例,分析香港不同等级的法院及不同的法官如何认定"船东"一词所指为谁及他们有否及如何考虑在涉及"船舶挂靠"关系时登记船东与实际船东究竟谁是香港法律中所称的船东,并提出香港的法院应根据事实而非登记册认定真正船舶所有人的观点。更多还原

【Abstract】 This paper examines the difficult position in which(1)PRC registered shipowners and(2)beneficial but not-registered shipowners under entrusting agreements entered with PRC registered shipowners could be in under Hong Kong in-rem proceedings,in circumstance where the beneficial shipowner and the registered shipowner of a PRC registered vessel are not the same entity.It also analyzes how different Hong Kong judges of different levels of court including the Admiralty Court of the High Court,the Court of Appeal and the Court of Final Appeal dealt with the problem in some cases from 2000 to 2006.Finally the article suggests that Hong Kong courts should identify the real shipowner by referring to the facts of a case instead of only taking into account the registration record of ship registries.更多还原