GoI to bring new law for merchant ships to protect marine ecology
The Dollar Business Bureau The government is all set to bring in a new law for merchant ships to protect marine ecology. It is likely to introduce the Merchant Shipping (Amendment) Bill, 2015 to check the negative impact of ballast water discharge by cargo ships on the coastal ecology. The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Wednesday, gave its approval for the introduction of the Merchant Shipping (Amendment) Bill, 2015 and accession to the “International Convention for the Control and Management of Ships' Ballast Water and Sediments, 2004,” a government statement said. The Bill will be implemented once it is passed in both the houses of the parliament. According to the international maritime convention, all new ships ...
