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ECDIS System in Function of Sea Environment Protection

Heretofore, ECDIS system development and implementation have been linked primarily to safety of navigation. Further development allows for the implementation from other aspects of navigation. This primarily pertains to timely on-line ECDIS system updating that contains all the necessary information vital for safe navigation, but also to the information updates that can significantly improve sea and sea environment protection. The paper contains an overview of important legal aspects of sea environment protection on global as well as on local state scale. Integration of these and other aspects of sea environment protection into the ECDIS system can lead to a global ship information system that can, apart from enhancing navigation safety, significantly contribute to sea and sea environment protection. This approach also ensures a reduction of possible consequences an ecological incident can cause to ships passing through a navigation area in which such an incident is recorded.

ECDIS; MARPOL; SECA areas; protected sea areas; sea pollution; protection of sea environment

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