The chemical tanker IevoliSun, with styrene and other hazardous and noxious substances on board, sinks off the coast of France in 2000. Therefore, right after reading in a new (but ortodox) light the provison in report 221, paragraph five, in mixture with articles 220, paragraph six and 228 of UNCLOS, the judgment holds that, in case of serious damage to the marine atmosphere, national courts may impose penalties in accordance with their legislation, to give effect to the provisions of the Marpol Convention.

In the occasion that there are not adequate funds readily available below the CLC 92 to settle all the claims resulting from a tanker spill, there is an added layer of compensation for nations that are celebration to the International Convention on the Establishment of an International Fund for Compensation for Oil Pollution Harm (Fund Convention). The present Convention is established in a single copy in the … Read the rest >>>