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The chairman of the French shipowners’ association has said that 20% of the world’s fleet should not be allowed to sail because of poor upkeep and because it has not been inspected. These floating dumps, however, are treated with a reprehensible tolerance by some shipping companies and some flag States, not least Turkey, which heads the blacklist.
I spoke yesterday of the need to clearly establish the liability of chartering companies, in order to encourage them to tighten up their practices.
What oil slicks also demonstrate, however, is the complete surrender of their sovereign role by flag States who do not ensure that their ships comply with maritime law.
This is why the States that are affected by oil slicks should systematically pursue the international liability of the flag State concerned at the International Court of Maritime Law. Spain, therefore, should today – and France tomorrow, probably – take the Bahamas to the Court in Hamburg.
Establishing the liability of the charterer and determining that of the flag State are probably the two most promising ways of preserving the marine environment. The most badly affected States should defend these means and pursue them jointly."@en1
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