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 ID# : 93861
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 Added: 21-Oct-2005
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 IMO Maritime Knowledge Centre
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Anti-fouling Systems Maintained by AFSC  
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Antifouling paints are used to coat the bottoms of ships to prevent marine organisms such as algae and molluscs attaching themselves to the ship’s hull, which if unchecked, will slow down the ship and increasing fuel consumption. In the early days of sailing ships, lime and later arsenic was used to coat ships' hulls, until the modern chemicals industry developed effective antifouling paints using metallic compounds.   See More...
 
 
 
 
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TitleDivision for Ocean Affairs and Law of the Sea  ( Institutional Contact )
Short Institution Name DOALOS
DescriptionThe Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea (DOALOS) of the Office of Legal Affairs of the United Nations serves as the secretariat of the Convention on the Law of the Sea and provides information, advice and assistance to States with a view to providing a better understanding of the Convention and the related Agreements, their wider acceptance, uniform and consistent application and effective implementation. The Division monitors all developments relating to the Convention, the law of the sea and ocean affairs and reports annually to the General Assembly of the United Nations on those developments, and assists the United Nations Open-ended Informal Consultative Process on Oceans and the Law of the Sea (UNICPOLOS) in reviewing such developments.
Keywords LAW OF THE SEA; DOALOS; UNDOALOS
Type of Institution Funding organization
Address
United Nations DC2-0462
New York   NY
USA   10017
Web Address (URL)http://www.un.org/Depts/los/index.htm
Related to TopicsOffshore Oil, Gas and Mining (1875); Governance (439)
  
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