Accession to the Nairobi International Convention on the removal of Wrecks and Amendments to Merchant Shipping Act, 1958 approved

Accession to the Nairobi International Convention on the removal of Wrecks and Amendments to Merchant Shipping Act, 1958 approved

The Union Cabinet today approved the proposal to accede to the Nairobi International Convention on the Removal of Wrecks, 2007 and to proceed with the amendments to the Merchant Shipping Act, 1958 which will become necessary, consequent to the accession of the said Convention. 

The proposed amendments will enable a more purposeful approach towards removal of wrecks and salvage. These amendments will contain the problems being faced due to increasing number of wrecks, remove discrepancies of existing rules and regulations and bring them in line with developments in international shipping.