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Set in 1969-70, this is a chronicle of a young man's flight fromthe Viet Nam draft and potential arrest on unrelated charges. Thestory starts in Seattle and goes to the coast of Maine, a vegetableoil factory in New Orleans, the red light district of wartime Saigon,and ends up with hitchhiking on Route 66 to get back to Seattle fromNew Orleans.This is the first in a collection of sea stories based upon theauthor's experience working aboard 17 freighters and tankers from1970 to 1982. John Merriam was an unlicensed seaman in the U.S.merchant marine for those 12 years while working his way throughcollege and law school. Tuition for law school was paid with ascholarship from the Seafarers International Union. Passing the barin 1982, he was associate and then partner at a small, generalpractice firm in Seattle before starting his own firm in 1996.Mr. Merriam now restricts his law practice to representingindividuals with claims for maritime wages or injury. He is a solepractitioner with an office at Seattle's Fishermen's Terminal.The author lives with his wife, Kaye Walker, in Shoreline, WA.

The Greek Code of Private Maritime Law, the first English-language translation of Greek Law 5020/2023, which radically overhauled the Greek Code of Private Maritime Law, was painstakingly translated and edited over the course of 2023.The purpose of this publication is to clarify the Greek legal system for international investors, entrepreneurs and legal practitioners in the shipping industry, providing them with a thoroughly research translation of the entire text of the law rather than piecemeal Articles or the gist and main points. The translation of the law is accompanied by Greek-to-English and English-to-Greek glossaries of the terms encountered in the Code.The book includes:An introduction by Dr Iliana Christodoulou-Varotsi, Senior Legal Consultant & Shipping Industry Trainer;An introduction by Dr Despina Kiltidou, DJur, LL.M., Maritime Training Instructor;An introduction by Nigel P. Ready, Scrivener Notary, and co-author of the translation of the old Code of Private Maritime Law (Law 3816/1958);A detailed foreword by the translators on their approach, methodology and the translational issues faced and resolved.A side-by-side translation of Law 5020/2023, including all amendments and updates until May 2023.Two useful glossaries of the key terminology used in the above texts (Greek-English and English-Greek).This volume is an indispensable bilingual aid for:Legal practitioners consulting clients involved in shipping in Greece;Legal departments of shipping companies already set up in Greece;Investors and entrepreneurs intending to incorporate a shipping company in Greece, so that they remain abreast of developments in the field of their legal obligations;Translators translating from and into Greek who require a high-quality reference when consulting either this specific Code or other laws citing it, as well as dependable glossaries;Law and translation students interested in seeing a real-life application of their studies and requiring a reference volume for purposes of terminology and English legal drafting.