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shipping control in the Antarctic

Experts from the signatories to the Antarctic Treaty, the world’s main tool for managing the continent,and the International Maritime Organization discussed plans to impose a mandatory Polar Code to control all shipping in the region at a meeting in the New Zealand capital, Wellington.

Antarctic nations plan tough new shipping controls

The Associated Press, Wellington | Sat, 12/12/2009 1:53 PM | World

Countries that manage Antarctica plan to impose tough new controls on ships visiting the southern oceans and the fuels they use to reduce the threat of human and environmental disasters posed by increasing numbers of tourists, officials said Saturday.

http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2009/12/12/antarctic-nations-plan-tough-new-shipping-controls.html

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