Bangladesh, July 20 -- Bangladesh has taken a significant step towards strengthening maritime safety, environmental protection and international shipping governance by acceding to three key global conventions that establish internationally recognised rules on liability for oil pollution, bunker fuel spills and the removal of
The government recently deposited its instruments of accession to the International Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage, 1969, as amended by the 1992 Protocol, the International Convention on Civil Liability for Bunker Oil Pollution Damage, 2001, and the Nairobi International Convention on the Removal of Wrecks, 2007.
The instruments were formally handed over to International Maritime Organization (I...