BALTIC SEAENVIRONMENT PROCEEDINGS No. 59 - Helcom

In practice the Recommendation was used to inform the Responsible
Authorities in the countries on observed violations of the
Convention or the National Laws. Also, the Recommendation was
used to trace ships who was suspected of violation or who had
been observed violating the discharge requirements. If a
suspected vessel was identified the Maritime Authorities of the
Port State was requested to carry out an intensive Port State
Control and if necessary to collect evidence, such as oil
samples, and copies of relevant documentation from the ship.
From a Danish point of wiev this cooperation has been very
fruitful and the shipping industry have become fully aware of
this multilateral cooperation.
Finally, many of the HELCOM Recommendations developed by MC are
highly technical and are aimed at the manufactorers of.different
shipboard equipment for the minimization of operational pollution.
In Denmark the National Shipping Administration is responsible
for the implementation of such recommendations. Normally the text
of the recommendations are distributed to the relevant manufactorers
with a request to apply the requirements of the recommendation.
Thank you.
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