Nairobi Convention on Removals of Wrecks, 2008 Edycja

The Nairobi International Convention on the Removal of Wrecks, 2007 provides the legal basis to enable
States to remove, or to have removed, from their coastlines and waters around their coasts, wrecks
posing a hazard to the safety of shipping or to the marine environment. To achieve these objectives,
the new treaty includes provisions on the reporting and locating of ships and wrecks and criteria for
determining the hazard posed by wrecks, including assessment of damage to the marine environment.
It also regulates measures to facilitate the removal of wrecks, as well as the liability of the owner for the
costs of locating, marking and removing of ships and wrecks. The registered shipowner is required to
maintain compulsory insurance or other financial security to cover liability under the Convention.