INTERNATIONAL CONVENTIONS THAT SYSTEMS FOR LOCATING SHIPS AND PERSONS IN DANGER AT SEA
INTERNATIONAL CONVENTIONS THAT SYSTEMS FOR LOCATING SHIPS AND PERSONS IN DANGER AT SEA

Summary/Abstract: The laws of nature have shown that the great civilizations of the world were born and prospered due to the exploitation of the fertile lands favored by the marine environment. The development of Europe and the Near East was concentrated around the Mediterranean Sea. In the modern times, many ports have developed on the coasts of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, the gravity centre of the trade competition moving from land to water, which led to political-economic rivalries between the great powers. The sea, this blue window Romania was blessed with, allowed the inhabitants living on this land to establish solid bridges with other world nations. “The Great Sea”, as the great ruler Mircea cel Bătrân used to call it, was a safe, convenient and almost permanent way for the trade of material and spiritual values with the other states of the civilized world. The planetary ocean has always provided man with countless resources to live on. Human civilization, over the millennia, has found, in the seas and oceans of the world, conditions of development and a variety of activities such as navigation, water transport and fishing. Humanity from the desire to prevent and eliminate conflicts of any kind, to regulate the activity on board ships, the relations between ship owners and crews, training of sailing and specialized personnel, as well as other specific activities, such as protection of sea life, signaling, towing, pollution prevention, have created and always improved, normative acts with regulatory and punitive character, accepted by the vast majority of nations. Despite all technological improvements and international regulations regarding maritime safety, the shipping industry is still facing a factor that remains critical in the occurrence of maritime accidents-human error.

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