This paper is a rapporteur’s report of the proceedings of the Singapore Conference relating to the safety of navigation in the Straits of Malacca and Singapore (Straits). It represents the author’s summary of the points raised in the papers presented at the Conference as well as the points raise...   MORE>>

This article examines the regulation of marine pollution from ships, and assesses the competing interests of the maritime states in ensuring free navigation and of the coastal states in securing marine environmental protection. In particular, the links between vessel-source marine pollution and the ...   MORE>>

This article examines the issue of ownership rights over archaeological objects found in Indonesian waters. In particular, ownership claims over shipwrecks and the treasures contained therein are considered. The author analyses the position under international law, as well as relevant Indonesian leg...   MORE>>

I. INTRODUCTION

THE subject-matter of this paper is both wide and topical, allowing me to concentrate on some trends and developments, placed in their historical context. There are three preliminary issues which should be noted.

A. “The Convention on the Law of the Sea and other Internationa...   MORE>>

SECTION 1. Violence at Sea

IN its Report on Oceans and the Law of the Sea presented to the United Nations General Assembly in October 1997, the Secretary General of the United Nations remarked:

The issue of piracy and armed robbery against ships continued to be a major source of concern. The I...   MORE>>

I. INTRODUCTION

IT is a pleasure to be here representing BIMCO at such a significant conference. BIMCO, which has for ninety years emphasised the importance of international co-operation in the shipping industry, can only welcome the sentiments that are behind this conference. By seeking to “in...   MORE>>

I. LESSONS LEARNED

IN March of 1989 a significant event in the history of the oil industry occurred. The tanker Exxon Valdez ran aground on Bligh Reef and firmly placed Prince William Sound and Alaska into the memory of the international community for years to come. Whilst the spill was by no mea...   MORE>>

I. INTRODUCTION

THE Malacca Strait is approximately 520 miles in length and varies in width from 200 miles in the north to 11 miles at the southern extremity. Depth within the Strait is irregular and there are many areas of sandwaves with depths less than 25 meters in the main shipping channel. T...   MORE>>

I. INTRODUCTION

SINCE the Malacca Strait Council (“MSC”) was set up in 1968, Japan has made every effort to secure safe navigation in the Straits of Malacca and Singapore (the Straits) in close cooperation with the MSC.

This paper will describe a variety of Japanese contributions to the St...   MORE>>

I. INTRODUCTION

STUDIES by UNEP in 1995 have shown that more than three quarters of the total pollution load received by the oceans and seas in the East Asian region came from land based sources. The main sources of pollution include municipal, industrial and agricultural wastes as well as run-of...   MORE>>