The need to ratify and implement various marine pollution conventions has been highlighted at a regional workshop in Panama City, Panama (8-12 May). The workshop focused on the oil spill response convention (OPRC) and its related protocol, and liability and compensation conventions related to oil caried as cargo (FUND 1992) and bunkers.
In attendance were 31 participants from the Member States of the Operative Network for Regional Cooperation among Maritime Authorities of the Americas (ROCRAM). The event was led by IMO’s Carlos Salgado. It was organized by ROCRAM and the Maritime Authority of Panama (AMP), under the Memorandum of Understanding between IMO and the General Secretariat of ROCRAM’s Secretariat (SECROCRAM), currently held by Mexico, within the framework of IMO’s Integrated Technical Cooperation Programme (ITCP).