Nairobi International Convention on the Removal of Wrecks, 2007.
Contributors: International Maritime Organization.; International Conference on the Removal of Wrecks (2007 : Nairobi, Kenya)
Edition: 2008 ed.
Publisher: International Maritime Organization
Published: 2008
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 32
ISBN-13: 9789280142389
Subjects: Nairobi International Convention on the Removal of Wrecks -- (2007); Salvage.; Ships -- Scrapping.; Shipwrecks -- Law and legislation.; Marine pollution -- Law and legislation.
Other titles: International Convention on the Removal of Wrecks, 2007; Removal of wrecks
Work titles: Nairobi International Convention on the Removal of Wrecks (2007)
Notes: "IMO Publication Sales number: I470E."

Adopted on 18 May 2007 by the International Conference on the Removal of Wrecks convened by the International Maritime Organization at the headquarters of the United Nations Office at Nairobi, from 14 to 18 May 2007. The Convention provides the legal basis to enable states to remove, or have removed, from their coastlines and waters around their coasts, wrecks posing a hazard to the safety of shipping or to the marine environment.