الجوانب القانونية لمعالجة مشاكل التلوث بانبعاثات عوادم السفن

الملخص EN

The International Maritime Organization (OMI) of the United Nations seeks to reduce emissions from ship exhausts or engines as a result of their use of heavy oil fuels, as ship exhausts release a large amount of greenhouse gases which are harmful to human health and depleting the ozone layer, especially sulfur oxides (SOx) and nitrogen oxides (NOx).

The OMI’s efforts for reducing the ship exhaust emissions led to the conclusion of Annex VI of the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL73/78), where it adopted standards for controlling emissions of oxides polluting the atmosphere, and successive dates were set for the provisions of the protocol, the last of which was the first of January 2020, In addition, OMI addressed the issue of compensation for heavy fossil fuel damage by including it among the pollutants covered by the Protocol 1992 amending the Civil Liability Convention 1969 (CLC69) on Oil Pollution.

The International Civil Liability Convention was later signed On the damages of bunker oil pollution for the year 2001 We have noted that the mentioned efforts of OMI as much as they represent an added value in the field of protecting the global ecosystem, including the marine environment, they did not link compensation for damages of fossil fuels and damages of ship exhaust emissions.

These emerging provisions constitute a real challenge for the Algerian legislator and the national shipping, especially with regard to keeping pace with these requirements and protection from the economic effects of the imposed environmental obligations.