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Arbitration is a dispute resolution mechanism that is prevalent throughout the international shipping community. At any given time various foreign arbitration tribunals routinely hear evidence and make orders regarding claims between disputing parties. These bodies also grant monetary awards which a successful claimant may ultimately, although in some cases not 100% successfully, enforce against the assets of the unsuccessful party.

Enforcement of an arbitration award granted within one’s own jurisdiction is usually not a complicated matter. However, when the award has been made by a foreign arbitration tribunal then a number of enforcement issues come in to play. By way of background, “foreign” in the international sense means any jurisdiction outside the one in which you reside. Additionally jurisdiction is not just limited to nations or countries. For example, within Canada itself, each province is a separate jurisdiction.