International Convention on Civil Liability for Bunker Oil Pollution Damage, 2001 (Bunkers Convention)

doi:10.4324/9781315067124-27

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International Convention on Civil Liability for Bunker Oil Pollution Damage, 2001 (Bunkers Convention)

ABSTRACT

To ensure that adequate, prompt, and effective compensation is available to persons who suffer damage caused by spills of oil, when the latter is carried as fuel in ships’ bunkers.