On 26th May, 2016. Saint Lucia joined the four treaties of the International Maritime Organization, including the essential conventions covering the ballast water management (the so-called BWM Convention), shipping emission and energy efficiency (the so-called MARPOL Appendix VI). This accession increases the number of countries which are the parties to the Convention of the ballast water management to 50, which states 34.81% of the tonnage of the merchant fleet in the world.
The full list of the treaties of accession to Saint Lucia is as follows:
- International Convention for the control and ballast water management, 2004 (BWM 2004)
- The Protocol of 1997 amending the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships 1973, which is modified by the Protocol of 1978 (MARPOL PROT 1997)
- The International Convention on Civil Liability for Bunker Oil Pollution Damage 2001 (BUNKERS 2001)
- The International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers 1995 (STCW-F 1995)
Source:
imo.org
- Michał Pilecki