海事司法中扣押方便旗船的可行性及途径探析

Analysis on the Availability and methods of Detention of Flag of Convenience Shipss in Maritime Jurisdiction

在国际海事司法实践中,扣押船舶是非常重要的一种担保债务人履行债务的方式,但是在两大法系中,船舶扣押制度的性质不同,实现方式也不同。如果涉及到方便旗船扣押,情况会变得更复杂。因为方便旗船涉及到船舶登记所有人、实际所有人及经营人等几个当事人之间复杂的关系,形成了几种不同的方便旗船运营模式,这给海事请求权人提起扣押方便旗船的申请带来了困难。文中通过分析两大法系针对船舶扣押的不同态度,基于剖析几种不同的方便旗船经营模式,分析海事请求人提出扣押方便旗船申请的可行性及可能的途径,从而保障海事请求权人的合法权益。

TIn the international maritime judicial practice,the detention of ships is a very important method to guarantee the debtor to fulfill the obligation.The characteristics and the way to achievement of detention of ship systems are different between the two legal systems.If it comes to the detention of flag of convenience ships,the situation will became more complex.Because the flag of convenience ship is involved in the complex relationships between several parties,such as the registered owner,the actual owner and the operator of ships.And it forms several defferent management modes of flag of convenience ships.This situation brings lots of difficulty for the maritime complaints to apply the detention of flag of convenience ships.This article analyses the different attitudes to the detention of ships between the two legal systems and several different management modes of flag of convenience ships.And in order to protect the legal rights of maritime claiments,the article analyses the availability and methods for maritime claiments to apply for detention of flag of convenience ships.