Legal Considerations on the Regulation of Use and Carriage of Heavy Fuel Oil in the Arctic Ocean
A significant number of vessels that are currently navigating in or through Arctic waters use or carry heavy fuel oil (HFO). HFO is a general term used to describe a number of inexpensive but highly pollutant, long lasting fuels that, when used, produce ozone-depleting substances and greenhouse, as...
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ftunivtroemsoe:oai:munin.uit.no:10037/20073 2023-05-15T14:41:25+02:00 Legal Considerations on the Regulation of Use and Carriage of Heavy Fuel Oil in the Arctic Ocean Deligiannis-Virvos, Konstantinos 2020-09-14 https://hdl.handle.net/10037/20073 eng eng UiT Norges arktiske universitet UiT The Arctic University of Norway https://hdl.handle.net/10037/20073 Copyright 2020 The Author(s) VDP::Social science: 200::Law: 340::International law: 344 VDP::Samfunnsvitenskap: 200::Rettsvitenskap: 340::Folkerett: 344 Arctic International Maritime Organization Law of the Sea Heavy Fuel Oil Environmental Protection JUR-3910 Mastergradsoppgave Master thesis 2020 ftunivtroemsoe 2021-06-25T17:57:51Z A significant number of vessels that are currently navigating in or through Arctic waters use or carry heavy fuel oil (HFO). HFO is a general term used to describe a number of inexpensive but highly pollutant, long lasting fuels that, when used, produce ozone-depleting substances and greenhouse, as well as black carbon, which also contributes to climate change. HFO also produces noxious airborne emissions such as sulphur oxides (SOx) which are detrimental for human health. This Thesis examines the international legal framework that can be utilized in order to regulate the use and carriage of HFO in the Arctic Ocean. To that end, it analyzes the international rules that are today in place, i.e. the Law of the Sea Convention and the relevant IMO Conventions and Regulations. It also provides for a brief discussion of the negotiations that are ongoing (at the time of the writing) in IMO, in order to ban the use and carriage of HFO in the Arctic. Subsequently, the Thesis examines the possibilities for unilateral action by States in their capacity as flag States, coastal States and port States in order to effectively regulate HFO use and carriage. In this vein, the Thesis provides for two case-studies of the practice of Iceland and Norway, the two Arctic States that, at the time of writing, had adopted legislation on the regulation of HFO use and carriage. Master Thesis Arctic Arctic Ocean black carbon Climate change Human health Iceland Law of the Sea University of Tromsø: Munin Open Research Archive Arctic Arctic Ocean Norway |
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A significant number of vessels that are currently navigating in or through Arctic waters use or carry heavy fuel oil (HFO). HFO is a general term used to describe a number of inexpensive but highly pollutant, long lasting fuels that, when used, produce ozone-depleting substances and greenhouse, as well as black carbon, which also contributes to climate change. HFO also produces noxious airborne emissions such as sulphur oxides (SOx) which are detrimental for human health. This Thesis examines the international legal framework that can be utilized in order to regulate the use and carriage of HFO in the Arctic Ocean. To that end, it analyzes the international rules that are today in place, i.e. the Law of the Sea Convention and the relevant IMO Conventions and Regulations. It also provides for a brief discussion of the negotiations that are ongoing (at the time of the writing) in IMO, in order to ban the use and carriage of HFO in the Arctic. Subsequently, the Thesis examines the possibilities for unilateral action by States in their capacity as flag States, coastal States and port States in order to effectively regulate HFO use and carriage. In this vein, the Thesis provides for two case-studies of the practice of Iceland and Norway, the two Arctic States that, at the time of writing, had adopted legislation on the regulation of HFO use and carriage. |
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Legal Considerations on the Regulation of Use and Carriage of Heavy Fuel Oil in the Arctic Ocean |
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Legal Considerations on the Regulation of Use and Carriage of Heavy Fuel Oil in the Arctic Ocean |
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Legal Considerations on the Regulation of Use and Carriage of Heavy Fuel Oil in the Arctic Ocean |
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Legal Considerations on the Regulation of Use and Carriage of Heavy Fuel Oil in the Arctic Ocean |
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Legal Considerations on the Regulation of Use and Carriage of Heavy Fuel Oil in the Arctic Ocean |
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legal considerations on the regulation of use and carriage of heavy fuel oil in the arctic ocean |
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UiT Norges arktiske universitet |
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2020 |
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Arctic Arctic Ocean Norway |
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Arctic Arctic Ocean black carbon Climate change Human health Iceland Law of the Sea |
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Arctic Arctic Ocean black carbon Climate change Human health Iceland Law of the Sea |
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