Mogadishu, Somalia—The Ministry of Ports and Marine Transport today announced the decision of the Federal Republic of Somalia to accede to fifteen international maritime conventions and legal instruments, marking the largest and most significant modernization of the country’s maritime legal framework since independence.
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Despite possessing the longest coastline on the African mainland and occupying a strategic position along one of the world’s most important international shipping routes, Somalia has acceded to only three international maritime conventions since gaining independence in 1960.
This landmark step reflects the government’s conviction that Somalia, with its unique maritime endowments and exceptional strategic location, should no longer remain on the margins of the international maritime legal order. Limited participation in the core international maritime conventions has constrained the country’s full integration into the global maritime transport system, its ability to attract international investment, and its efforts to enhance maritime safety. Today, the government is
The International Maritime Conventions and Legal Instruments to Which Somalia Has Acceded;
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I. Maritime Safety and Navigation
1. International Convention on Maritime Search and Rescue (SAR), 1979.
2. International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification, and Watchkeeping for Seafarers (STCW), 1978.
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3. Convention on the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea (COLREG), 1972.
4. Convention on Facilitation of International Maritime Traffic (FAL), 1965.
5. International Convention on Tonnage Measurement of Ships, 1969.
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