船舶融资租赁中售后回租出租人的法律风险与控制

Lessor’s legal risk and control under sale-leaseback

阐释船舶售后回租的理论基础,分析船舶融资租赁中售后回租出租人在海商和海事方面的法律风险,同时探讨风险的成因,发现背后潜在的影响,并相应地提出控制方案。通过研究发现,船舶售后回租的承租人是准船舶所有人身份,船舶售后回租的出租人仅享有名义所有权,在法律风险及责任承担上双方显失公平;同时,出租人的所有风险与责任来源于船舶特殊的法律性质与船舶所有人的法定责任,且不可避免。

Basical theory of ship sale-leaseback is introducted,and risks for lessor including risks under the carriage of goods by sea,maritime insurance,ship chartering,ship collision,wreck salvage and so on are analyzed.The cause and effect of risk are researched in order to provide advices for risk control.The characteristics of lessee and lessor lead to unfair interest and liability between two parties.Meanwhile,the legal characteristics of ship and the liability of ship owner bring inevitable risks to the lessor.