7.4 Safety of shipping 8 International sea bed : Article 110 of the HSC provides that every state shall take such measures for its vessels as are necessary to ensure safety at sea with regard to communications, the prevention of collisions, crew conditions and seaworthiness of ships. A slightly tougher regime is spelt out in LOSC. Additionally, there are some specific conventions mostly the work of the International Maritime Sovereignty over the deep sea bed, that is to say the area of the sea bed beyond the continental shelf, has become a topic of conflict as technology has developed. The discovery of important mineral resources in the deep sea bed was made 100 years ago but it has only comparatively recently become technically and commercially viable to exploit such resources. The main

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7.4 Safety of shipping 8 International sea bed

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Article 110 of the HSC provides that every state shall take such measures for its vessels as are necessary to ensure safety at sea with regard to communications, the prevention of collisions, crew conditions and seaworthiness of ships. A slightly tougher regime is spelt out in LOSC. Additionally, there are some specific conventions mostly the work of the International Maritime Sovereignty over the deep sea bed, that is to say the area of the sea bed beyond the continental shelf, has become a topic of conflict as technology has developed. The discovery of important mineral resources in the deep sea bed was made 100 years ago but it has only comparatively recently become technically and commercially viable to exploit such resources. The main

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cannot be continued into the foreign ship’s own territorial waters or the territorial waters of a third state. The pursuing vessel may use reasonable force to effect the arrest, but compensation is due for unjustifiable hot pursuit.