Turkmenistan has officially acceded to the international
Convention on Civil Liability for Damage from Fuel Pollution. The
text of the relevant law, signed by the President of Turkmenistan
Serdar Berdimuhamedov, was published today in the official Turkmen
press.
The international convention obliges registered shipowners of
participating countries to insure and provide other financial
security to cover their liability for pollution damage. A vessel
insured in this way receives a corresponding certificate.
The Convention is designed to improve the environmental safety
of the waters through which cargo is delivered, as well as to
minimize the damage caused by these incidents through effective
financial mechanisms. The document was adopted in 2001 in
London.
