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Anguilla-Antigua and Barbuda-Aruba-Bahamas-Barbados-Bermuda-British Virgin Islands-Cayman Islands-Dominica-Grenada-Guyana-Jamaica-Montserrat-Netherlands Antilles-Saint Kitts and Nevis-Saint Lucia-Saint Vincent and the Grenadines-Suriname-Trinidad and Tobago-Turks and Caicos Islands: Memorandum of Understanding on Port State Control in the Caribbean Region

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 February 2017

Lee A. Kimball
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The Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Port State Control in the Caribbean Region is the fourth in a series commencing in 1982 with the Paris Memorandum (Europe). The other two cover the Latin American (1992) and Asia Pacific (1993) regions, and further regional developments are in the offing. These documents represent an innovative exercise by port states at the regional level to guard against accidents and pollution caused by vessels that do not conform with generally accepted international rules and standards. Following the practice of the Paris MOU, most also ensure conformity with international standards for seafarers to ensure acceptable living and working conditions on board ships. Each MOU identifies the relevant rules by reference to specific conventions adopted under the auspices of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) and the International Labor Organization (ILO).

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Treaties and Agreements
Information
International Legal Materials , Volume 36 , Issue 2 , March 1997 , pp. 231 - 257
Copyright
Copyright © American Society of International Law 1997

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* Reproduced from the document provided by the Secretariat, Caribbean Memorandum of Understanding on Port State Control. The Introductory Note was prepared for International Legal Materialsby Lee A. Kimball, environmental consultant and International Legal MaterialsCorresponding Editor for the Environment. Representatives of the following countries signed the Memorandum of Understanding on February 9, 1996: Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Netherlands Antilles, Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago.

[The Paris Memorandum of Understanding on Port State Control appears at 21 I.L.M. 1 (1982); the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, November 1, 1974, appears at 14 I.L.M. 959 (1975); the 1978 Protocol relating to the 1974 International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, adopted February 17, 1978, appears at 17 I.L.M. 579 (1978); the Protocol of 1978 Relating to the 1973 Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, adopted February 17, 1978, appears at 17 I.L.M. 546 (1978); the Convention on Preventing Collisions at Sea, October 20, 1972, is noted at 12 I.L.M. 734 (1973); the International Labour Organisation Merchant Shipping (Minimum Standards) Convention, adopted October 29, 1976, appears at 15 I.L.M. 1288 (1976); the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, of December 10, 1982, appears at 21 I.L.M. 1261 (1982); and the UN Agreement Relating to the Implementation of Part XI of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea appears at 33 I.L.M. 1309 (1994).

[For additional information contact the Secretariat, Caribbean Memorandum of Understanding on Port State Control at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Tourism and International Transport, Herbert House, Fontabelle, St. Michael, Barbados (tel.: 246 429 4156; fax: 246 431 0121).]