Dr Dawoon Jung, a research fellow, published an article “‘Ship Surveys and Certification During Global Health Pandemics; Challenges and Opportunities Presented by COVID-19’ in Ocean Development & International Law (2023).

This article examines how flag states, port states, and the shipping industry have attempted to fulfill their obligations to carry out mandatory ship surveys and certification in response to challenges arising from the COVID-19 pandemic and provides guidance for future pandemics. Moreover, the COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated an accelerated need for the development of remote surveys. It has also illustrated a need to develop guidance on remote surveys under exceptional circumstances in order to respond to future pandemics.

It is available at https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00908320.2023.2185712