International maritime organization : rethinking marine environmental policy

As environmentalism has swept into political prominence, influencing the environmental policy of developed nations, the IMO- the UN dedicated legislator of the shipping industry- has been increasingly faced with challenges to its decision making process as well as to the effective fulfillment of its role. The current treatment of environmental matters, especially when it comes to negotiations for enacting universally accepted and implemented regulations seems to be in need for reconsideration. This is mainly the case because, the systematic adoption of unilateral/regional measures, at best, can undermine the status of the IMO and, at worst, may prove disruptive to international shipping. The purpose of this thesis is to put concerns over the role of the IMO in international environmental regulations negotiations into a specific context and attempt to view the organization's treatment of the issues it is faced with from a perspective which will reveal the strengths and the shortcomings of the IMO, so that credible remedies could be suggested. In order to achieve this goal, three case studies were used namely the Member States, the Interest Group, and the Industry case study.

Department dc:contributor.department

Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Ocean Engineering.

Grantor dc:publisher

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Year dc:date.issued

2005

Author dc:creator

• Hadjistassou, Constantinos Kyprou

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Joseph Coughlin and Hauke Kite-Powell.

• Ocean Engineering.

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• M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission.

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• http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582

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eng

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http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/33579

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oai:dspace.mit.edu:1721.1/33579