The International Liability and Compensation Regime for Oil Pollution from Ships - International Solutions for a Global Problem
Article from: OGEL 3 (2010), in Oil Spills
Introduction
The legal and technical aspects of major tanker oil spills attracted public attention in 1967 as a result of the TORREY CANYON incident, which caused massive pollution in England and also affected France. In the wake of this incident, it became clear that no proper legislation governing liability and compensation for such events existed either nationally or internationally. As a result, an international regime governing these issues was created by means of two international treaties adopted under the auspices of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), at that time the ...