Events

Upcoming events

Past events

2026

12 – 15 May 2026 – Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) – Colloquium of the Comité Maritime International – ‘The CMI Lex Maritima – The road so far and the way forward’ (session on 14 May 2026 with a presentation by Eric Van Hooydonk and a panel discussion with Eduardo Adragna, Tomotaka Fujita, Michael Sturley, Werner Rizk and special guests Eduardo Albors and Dieter Schwampe) followed by a report to the Assembly of the CMI by Eric Van Hooydonk (on 15 May 2026)

12 February 2026 – Ghent (Belgium) – Lecture to the Belgian Shipping Federation – The Next Generation on ‘The Maritime Canon of Flanders: our Golden Age of Ports, but also in the future?’ by Eric Van Hooydonk, with a brief presentation of the history of the CMI and the Principle about shipping agents

2025

5-7 November 2025 – Wiesbaden (Germany) – Annual meeting and symposium of the DGTR (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Transportrecht – German Association for Transport Law), with a presentation on ‘Die CMI Lex Maritima 2025 – Hintergründe und Perspektiven eines maritimen Einheitsrechts’ by Andreas Maurer

4-8 November 2025 – Mérida, Yucatan (Mexico) – XXVI Congreso Internacional de Derecho Marítimo (organised by the Instituto Iberoamericano de Derecho Marítimo), with presentations on the CMI Lex Maritima by Eric Van Hooydonk, Bernardo Melo Graf, Katerina Vuskovic and Carmen Codes

11-12 September 2025 – Montevideo (Uruguay) – XIII Jornadas Rioplatenses de Derecho Marítimo, with a presentation of Principle 12 of The CMI Lex Maritima by Eduardo Adragna

14 June 2025 – Antwerp (Belgium) – Young Maritime Lawyers Seminar, with a presentation on The CMI Lex Maritima by Eric Van Hooydonk

11 June 2025 – Hamburg (Germany) – Conference on ‘Allgemeine Prinzipien des Seerechts’ (organised by Seerechtsstiftung (Foundation for the Law of the Sea) in cooperation with GDV (Gesamtverband der deutschen Versicherungswirtschaft – German Insurance Association) and DVIS (Deutscher Verein für Internationales Seerecht – German Maritime Law Association), with an introduction to the CMI Lex Maritima by Andreas Maurer

2024

19 November 2024 – Antwerp (Belgium) – Colloquium organised by the The Marine Insurance Study Group, The Belgian Maritime Law Association and Universha (with a presentation on The CMI Lex Maritima by Eric Van Hooydonk)