Submission to the IMO Legal Committee - bunker spills historical claims data

Monday, 5th October 2009

This document provides the claims data requested by the IMO Legal Committee on pollution damage claims arising from a spill, or the threat of a spill, from a ship's bunker oil. The document states that the total cost of claims for such pollution damage in each reported incident has exceeded the limits of liability contained in the 1996 LLMC Protocol in only a small number of cases.

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