Seminars and Conferences

Tomás is a frequent speaker on maritime and transport law at seminars and conferences both in Spain and abroad.

• “Liability of ship agents after the new 62/1997 Act” and “Distribution of liabilities in loading and discharging operetions under charterparties”, II Canary Conferences on Maritime Law (Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, 20-30 October 1998).

• “Liablility regime of port terminal operators”, National Congress of Maritime Law, 50th Anniversary of the Spanish Maritime Law Association, Madrid, 18-22 October 1999.

• “The effects of article 17, 1968 Brussels Convention, on jurisdiction clauses in bills of lading: a Spanish approach”, International Congress of Maritime Arbitrators (Auckland, New Zealand , March 1-5, 1999).

• “Assistance of Spanish Courts in connection with foreign arbitration proceedings”, International Congress of Maritime Arbitrators (New York, October 22-26, 2001).

• “The International Convention on the Arrest of Sea Going Vessels, of 10 May 1952”, Conferences on Ship Arrest, Spanish Maritime Law Association, Barcelona, June 2002.

• “Regulation of marinas” (Barcelona, Spain, November 4, 2003).

• “Port security: ports and port terminals facing the ISPS Code”  (“International Ships and Port Facilities Security”), Recoletos Seminar on Maritime and Port Liabilities and Security, Madrid, 19 February 2004.

• “Spain: legislative measures following the "Prestige" oil spill”, XV International Congress of Maritime Arbitrators, London, 29 April 2004.

• “Application of port tariffs to marinas: the new Ports Act”, X Symposium on Marinas, Gijón, 7 May 2004.

• “Public-private initiative in the construction and management of infraestructures”, BCL Seminar on “Challenges and needs of logistic infraestructures in Spain”, Barcelona, May 27, 2004.

• “Legal implications of the ISPS Code”, International Seminar on Ship Security, Barcelona, May 28, 2004.

• “Legal contents of the agreements entered between a shipper and an inland carrier”, V National Transport Forum, Madrid, March 9, 2005.

• “Legal aspects on the financing, construction and management of transport infraestructures”, III Recoletos Seminar on Transport Infraestructures in Catalonia, Barcelona, April 28, 2005.

• “Contenidos jurídicos en los contratos de logística”, en II Symposium de Logística Intermodal, Puerto de Tarragona, 15 de junio de 2005.
• “Condicionantes internacionales y modelos comparados”, en Seminario sobre la modernización del derecho marítimo español, UIMP, Santander, 28 de julio de 2005.
• “Servicios portuarios: liberalización y desregulación”, en III Congreso Iberoamericano Portuario y Marítimo, Barcelona, 6 de octubre de 2005.
• "Government and the infraestructures", Barcelona, November 2005;
• "Safety of fishing management: analysys of the applicable regulations", Vigo, 30 March 2006;
• "Liability regime on the carriage of goods by sea: later proposals for an uniform regulation", Madrid, 27 March 2006;
• "Accidents during port operations: analysis of the potential liabilities involved", Madrid, 16 November 2006;
• "Analysis of oil and LNG tankers charterparties", Madrid, 23 Novembre 2006;
• "Maritime procedures under the draft of new General Maritime Navigation Act", Madrid, 29 November 2006;
• "Maritime liens and ship mortgage under the draft of new General Maritime Navigation Act", Madrid, 22 February 2007;
• "Short-Sea Shipping and the Marco Polo Program", Barcelona, 15 March 2007;
• "Legal regime of pleasure craft navigation", Palma de Mallorca, 26 November 2007;
• "The Erika judgement and the preventive management of marine safety", Barcelona, 7 February 2008.