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Saint Lucia Accedes IMO Conventions Related to Bunker Spill Pollution, Shipping Emissions, and BWM
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) Thursday announced that Saint Lucia has acceded to IMO's Civil Liability for Bunker Oil Pollution Damage Convention, the Ballast Water Management (BWM) Convention, and MARPOL Annex VI for Prevention of Air Pollution from Ships emissions.
Tafawa Williams, Alternate Permanent Representative of Saint Lucia to IMO, is said to have met Frederick Kenney, Director of IMO's Legal Affairs and External Relations Division, to deposit the instruments of accession Thursday.
With the action, Saint Lucia is noted to have brought the total number of states party to the BWM Convention to 50, although the convention still remains short of the required representation of 35 percent of the world's merchant fleet tonnage for entry into force, currently sitting at 34.81 percent.
In July, Ship & Bunker reported that Lui Naisara, deputy secretary for Fiji's Ministry of Transport, issued a call for the ratification of the Civil Liability for Bunker Oil Pollution Convention, saying it would enable full compensation to the country for pollution damage caused by marine fuel spills.
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