Maritime safety control instruments in the era of the globalisation

Abstract

For more than 30 years the International Marine Organization (OMI) has caried out valuable work and invested a great deal of effort in implementing rules and regulations covering maritime transportation to ensure compliance with vital in order to reach an s standard of shipping safety and marine environmental protection. The SOLAS and MARPOL conventions have been adopted in respect of ninety per cent of the international fleet. From the current situation, however, it is clear that sub-standard vessels are proliferating, and represent what constitute a serious hazard to the safety of maritime navigation. The large number of different nationalities involved in maritime transportation has motivated a cause for Coastal/Port States to try and develop into the way of protecting policies. The aim of this paper, within the analysis already described, is to study the influences of these policies regarding open register (FOC)