UAE Ratifies Several International Maritime Conventions & Protocols

The UAE has ratified key International Maritime Conventions and Protocols as part of its initiatives to establish maritime and delivery industry and this will certainly support UAE advertising to International Maritime Company (IMO) and various other IMO Member States.The adoption came after a series of prep work by the Federal Transport Authority (FTA) - Land and Maritime to satisfy the worldwide demands and criteria established by IMO, including the execution and enforcement of the worldwide conventions and procedures in all relevant nationwide maritime activities.

The UAE has ratified the following global conventions and procedures:
- Ballast Water Management Convention 2004
- Protocol of 1988 relating to the International Convention on Load Lines 1966
- Protocol of 1988 relating to; International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea 1974 (SOLAS)
- International Convention for Safe Containers (1972).

H.E. Dr. Abdulla Belhaif Al Nuaimi, Minister of Facilities Advancement and Chairman of the FTA - Land and Maritime, kept in mind the initiatives put in by the FTA in cooperation with all concerned authorities in the UAE, highlighting the FTA's commitment to worldwide standards and conformity with worldwide maritime conventions and protocols. He added that the Authority has actually established the working plans to satisfy the worldwide needs, and admired the country's initiatives to improve the maritime market and help create a safe and safe and secure marine setting for a sustainable maritime community.

The verification to adhere to global maritime conventions and protocols will certainly enhance the country's tasks pertaining to the safety of lives at sea, offer secure problems for global delivery, and establish better conditions for secure navigating for sea cargo and guest transport.

" The UAE has several competitive advantages to qualify for membership in the IMO Council and enjoys solid abilities at the same level with nations with sophisticated maritime markets, a variety of which have significant interests in worldwide maritime trade. The UAE also takes pleasure in a critical location, ideal for doing business in the Arab Gulf and the wider MENA region," he ended.

Ballast Water Management Convention 2004
This 2004 IMO treaty intends to control and handle ballast water to decrease invasive types that go into from the marine atmosphere right into territorial waters.

1988 Protocol of the International Convention on Load Lines for 1966
Any vessel subject to this Convention shall not cruise on a global trip unless it has gone through assessment, marked and given the International Lots Lines Certification of 1966, or a global exception certificate for load lines according to the stipulations of the Convention. Any vessel based on the provisions of this resolution and the Convention shall not set a tons line that goes beyond the minimal load line established under the needs of the Convention annex.

1988 Protocol for the Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea 1974
The primary goal of the SOLAS convention is to develop the minimum requirements for constructing, outfitting and operating ships regular with their security. Countries will be accountable in making certain that vessels bring its flag will comply with the SOLAS requirements by issuing certificates attended to in the Convention as evidence of conformity.

The International Convention for Safe Containers
Containers loaded with items need to be evaluated, with the weight record provided for each and every device according to the meaning of the container within this decision, provided that the container is loaded from any of the UAE ports before being loaded onto any type of ship subject to the provisions of Phase VI of the Convention, whether for export or re-export. Containers loaded with products from other countries for the objective of re-shipping and exporting from the ports of the UAE must pay a re-export charge, and their validated weight validated either at the ports of the countries where they were filled or with a previous agreement between the shipper and the carrier.