The International Law on Ballast Water

In providing a broad overview of the legal aspects related to marine pollution caused by ballast water and tank sediments, this book offers a pragmatic analysis of the current international legal system, and includes principles of international customary law and also references to a comprehensive environmental treaty law framework which relates the Ballast Water Convention to other treaties, such as the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), MARPOL and the Convention on Biological Diversity. From the Foreword by Efthimios E. Mitropoulos

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... an invaluable source of information for readers in search of an updated theoretical and practical approach to this important topic. - Rodolfo P. Ripoll-Salcines, Professor of Law, University of Cienfuegos and Arbitrator of the Cuban Court of International Commercial Arbitration, The Chamber of Commerce, Havana, Cuba