What is the BMA doing regarding maritime safety?
Liberia, being a signatory to all major IMO safety Conventions and Protocols, has the full responsibility to implement these laws. In this regard, the BMA has instituted several measures in conformity with the IMO conventions and protocols of Safety of Life At Sea (SOLAS) and Marine Pollution (MARPOL). The Registry is responsible for the enforcement of maritime treaties, including Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS); prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL); and the Standards for Training, Certification and Watch keeping for seafarers (STCW). In addition, the Liberian registry is the first, and so far, the only major open registry to have trained a world-wide network of leading auditors in both International Safety Management (ISM) and International Ship and Port Facility Security Code (ISPS Code). By harmonizing the overlapping requirements of these International Codes, the Liberian registry seeks to provide shipowners convenient, efficient and cost-effective certification services. Retu
