Dr Justyna Nawrot is an Assistant Professor at the University of Gdansk, where she teaches maritime law. In 2015, she was nominated as a member of the Polish Codification Commission for Maritime Law. She is a Vice President of the Polish Maritime Law Association, Vice Editor of ‘Prawo morskie’, scientific journal edited by the Polish Academy of Sciences and acts as an arbitrator in maritime disputes. Dr Nawrot has been also member of the Maritime Law Commission’s board under the auspices of Polish Academy of Sciences. Dr Zuzanna Pepłowska-Dąbrowska is an Assistant Professor at the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń. Since 2015, she has been a member of the Polish Codification Commission for Maritime Law. Dr Pepłowska-Dąbrowska is also Vice President of the Polish Maritime Law Association, a member of the Maritime Law Commission’s board of the Polish Academy of Sciences and an arbitrator in maritime disputes.