The Republic of the Marshall Islands ship registry is issuing Bunkers Convention certificates verifying insurance cover with effect from 1st August 2008.
Certification Procedure
Certification procedure is explained in the Marshall Islands' Marine Notice No. 2-011-27 attached
No announcement has been made to date regarding the issuance of certification for ships registered with a Flag State not party to the Bunkers Convention.
Global warming has increased the potential for commercial shipping as the Arctic ice progressively melts. Canada maintains that the Passage is part of its internal waters and that no right of innocent passage exists within it, whereas the United States of America believes the Passage is an international strait where the right of transit passage exists.
China has ratified the Nairobi International Convention on the Removal of Wrecks 2007 and the Convention will enter into force in China from 11 February 2017.
