• Corrigendum to News Letter no. 3 of 2008
• Minutes of the Executive Council meeting held by e-mail conference during the week commencing March 16, 2009 chaired by the President from his office in Singapore
• CMI Conference Athens 2008 – An overview of the CMI Draft Instrument on Places of Refuge, by Richard Shaw
• York-Antwerp Rules 2004: Rate of interest for 2009
• 3rd Arab Conference for Commercial and Maritime Law at the Bibliotheca Alexandria, Egypt from April 18-19, 2009, by Nigel Frawley
  

News from the Intergovernmental and International Organizations

• News from IMO
  Report of the Legal Committee Meeting 30 March-3 April 2009, and Richard Shaw
• News from IOPC Funds
  Report of the IOPC Fund Meetings 30 March-3 April 2009, by Richard Shaw

Rotterdam Rules,
Ceremony for the opening for signature

News from the CMI

• CMI Assembly, Rotterdam 23 September 2009

News from the British Maritime Law Association

• Piracy and International law, Speech of Sir Michael Wood KCMG at the Annual Dinner of the BMLA

News from Intergovernmental and International Organizations

• News from IMO
  Report of the Legal Committee Meeting, 5-9 October 2009, by Richard Shaw
• News from IOPC Funds
  Report of the Meetings 12-17 October 2009, by Richard Shaw

News from the CMI

• Minutes of the Executive Council meeting held in the Town Hall, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, on 22 September 2009
• Minutes of the CMI Assembly held at the Van Nelle Design Factory, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, on 23 September 2009

News from the National Associations

• News from the China Maritime Law Association, The Shanghai 2009 Conference
  A concept of certainty in maritime law, by Sarah C. Derrington
• News from IOPC Funds
• Report of the Meetings 12-17 October 2009, by Richard Shaw