Saint Lucia has acceded to four International Maritime Organization (IMO) treaties, including the Ballast Water Management (BWM) Convention and emissions relating to MARPOL Annex VI.
The treaties acceded to include the Protocol of 1997 to amend the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973, as modified by the Protocol of 1978 relating thereto (MARPOL PROT 1997); the International Convention on Civil Liability for Bunker Oil Pollution Damage, 2001 (BUNKERS 2001); and the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Fishing Vessel Personnel, 1995 (STCW-F 1995)
Of particular notice is the ratification of the IMO’s International Convention for the Control and Management of Ships’ Ballast Water and Sediments, 2004, which brings the total number of States party to the Convention to 50, representing 34.81 percent of the world’s merchant fleet tonnage.
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