Improving Safety at Sea Through the Compliance with the International Maritime Safety Codes

Abstract

Abstract

There is a number of international instruments that contribute to the improvement and advancement of safety at sea. All international instruments have primarily the task to make sea navigation less dangerous and to reduce, as much as possible, the risks in relation to maritime navigation, and hence the occurrence of maritime accidents and pollution of the sea. In addition to international conventions which are the basic international instruments, the codes adopted by various international organizations are of particular importance in improving the safety of navigation. Certainly in that area, a special place is occupied by IMO as the basic organization which is responsible for improving the maritime safety. Particularly significant is its work which is aimed at the adoption of different codes the observance and application of which are indicated by the author, all in order to improve safety at sea.