Where a foreign-flagged vessel is moored in an Australian port and engaged in a continuous ship-to-shore operation (such as unloading cargo), the law of the littoral State (the Australian State) applies to torts committed on board the vessel, not the law of the flag. The question of which law applies where a vessel has a more transient connection with territorial waters (e.g., innocent passage) remains open.
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