싱가폴 해사중재제도와 그 시사점

Maritime arbitrations in Singapore are conducted by the SCMA and the SIAC as well. While the SIAC is a general arbitration board, the SCMA deals with only maritime arbitrations. The SCMA is an ad-hoc arbitration whereas the SIAC is an institutional arbitration. The SCMA which became independent from the SIAC in 2009 are gaining popularity from maritime industries because it provides party-oriented arbitration procedures. Parties involved in the maritime arbitration can find several experienced maritime arbitrator who focused on only arbitration other than practicing law. Compare to the SCMA, the KCAB is not so popular in Korea as the maritime arbitration board. Becasue the KCAB is a kind of the institutional arbitration, its secretariat controls the arbitration procedures. There is strong call for developing Korean maritime arbitration in order to keep abreast with the development of Korean maritime industry. The author argues that Korea should adopt the ad-hoc arbitration like SCMA and LMAA in order to meet the demand of the industry. The raising for experienced maritime arbitrators who focus only on the maritime arbitration is also essential for achieving such goal in Korea.