IMO: Pollution damage from fuel oil carried on ships will be covered in 2008
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30 Nov 2007 - 18 Jan 2016
The last significant gap in the international regime for compensating victims of oil spills from ships is set to be closed, with the entry into force on 21 November 2008 of an international treaty covering liability and compensation for pollution damage caused by spills of oil, when carried as fuel in ships' bunkers. Current regimes covering oil spills do not include bunker oil spills from vessels other than tankers.
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