Sea carrier: passenger liability and compensation

The proposed plans are to:

• allow parity for the passenger shipping industry
• help ensure that UK citizens have access to the same levels of compensation when travelling between 2 different EU member states
• increase the limits of liabilities for death or personal injuries to passengers being carried by sea
• require carriers to have compulsory insurance
• provides claimants with the right of taking direct action against the insurers
• greater domestic passenger services

The plans provide an improved compensation framework in the event, while on a sea journey, of:

• passenger death or personal injury
• luggage loss or damage