The International Maritime Organization (IMO) is one of the specialized agencies of the United Nations that primarily works for the protection and safety of shipping and prevention of the pollution caused by ships (“Related documents,” n.d.).
The necessity of an international law regulating the shipping nations was felt before the establishment of the United Nations and sea laws used to be controlled by adopting various treaties. However, the official establishment of IMO, formerly known as Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative Organization (IMCO), occurred only in 1948 through an international convention in Geneva. The IMO convention officially came into force in 1958. After its establishment, IMO adopted a treaty for maritime safety in …show more content…
Since the pollution of ocean water caused by accident or leakage of oil containing tanker was causing the big issue, the IMO started working towards measures for minimizing the tanker accidents and their negative impacts on ocean water. They also worked for environmental damages caused by routine operations of the ships which consisted of cleaning oil cargo tanks and the disposal of engine room wastes. The best measures to control accidental and operational oil pollution in addition to pollution created by chemicals, packaged goods and sewage garbage were adopted in the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973. The IMO had the responsibility of establishing a convenient system to provide compensation for those people affected by …show more content…
Rules and regulations for the prevention of pollution caused by oil.
2. Ordinance for regulating pollution caused by toxic liquid substances in bulk.
3. Prohibition of pollution created by harmful substances carried by ships in the packaged form
This regulation mandates general requirements for issuing standards on various categories such as packing, marking, labeling, documentation, stowage, quantity limitations, exceptions and notifications.
4. Prevention of pollution caused by sewage from ships.
This annex forbids the discharge of sewage into sea unless the ship is equipped with fully functional sewage treatment plant and discharges only non-infected sewage that too at least 3 nautical miles far from land. Moreover, infected sewage is required to discharge at least 12 nautical miles from the land.
5. Prevention of pollution caused by garbage from the ship.
This completely bans the parties to discharge any plastic or material made from plastic into the sea.
6. Prevention of air pollution from
The necessity of an international law regulating the shipping nations was felt before the establishment of the United Nations and sea laws used to be controlled by adopting various treaties. However, the official establishment of IMO, formerly known as Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative Organization (IMCO), occurred only in 1948 through an international convention in Geneva. The IMO convention officially came into force in 1958. After its establishment, IMO adopted a treaty for maritime safety in …show more content…
Since the pollution of ocean water caused by accident or leakage of oil containing tanker was causing the big issue, the IMO started working towards measures for minimizing the tanker accidents and their negative impacts on ocean water. They also worked for environmental damages caused by routine operations of the ships which consisted of cleaning oil cargo tanks and the disposal of engine room wastes. The best measures to control accidental and operational oil pollution in addition to pollution created by chemicals, packaged goods and sewage garbage were adopted in the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973. The IMO had the responsibility of establishing a convenient system to provide compensation for those people affected by …show more content…
Rules and regulations for the prevention of pollution caused by oil.
2. Ordinance for regulating pollution caused by toxic liquid substances in bulk.
3. Prohibition of pollution created by harmful substances carried by ships in the packaged form
This regulation mandates general requirements for issuing standards on various categories such as packing, marking, labeling, documentation, stowage, quantity limitations, exceptions and notifications.
4. Prevention of pollution caused by sewage from ships.
This annex forbids the discharge of sewage into sea unless the ship is equipped with fully functional sewage treatment plant and discharges only non-infected sewage that too at least 3 nautical miles far from land. Moreover, infected sewage is required to discharge at least 12 nautical miles from the land.
5. Prevention of pollution caused by garbage from the ship.
This completely bans the parties to discharge any plastic or material made from plastic into the sea.
6. Prevention of air pollution from