POLLUTION OF THE WATERS OF THE OCEANS BY THE INCREASE IN NUMBER OF SHIPWRECKS - "Synergistic Inequality of the True Apocalypse" 20

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20 - Pollution of the waters of the oceans by the increase in the number of shipwrecks
 Since seafaring began, the ocean has provided a risk for both materials and seafarers. Persons who say, to cruise is no risk, have never been on the high seas. In the past,
the risk of having an accident at sea was even much higher. In those days vessels were small in size, and only a few tough people dared to travel using wind or oars as
their mode of propulsion and endeavoured to remain close to the coastline. In fact, those times were probably the most dangerous ever. It was not only the bad sea and weather conditions which made seagoing so hazardous, piracy was also rife throughout the
oceans. Furthermore, vessels were hard to sail and winds and waves could throw them about. Nevertheless, transport on the ocean was used to connect the continents with each other. Accordingly, the accidents of which bold navigators were victims were soon accepted as part of the natural course of things.

The chronicles of navigation since the early days show that the needs of safety came only gradually to the fore, in the awareness of accidents and disasters. Therefore, the huge changes in the individual and collective behaviour happened only from last century until now. This essay shows that voyage is still a danger to life and the environment. In the first part it explains what shipwrecks in the usage of legal notions are, in which situations most sinking happen, what different types of
shipwrecks exist and what kinds of damage these shipwrecks can determine. 

Part two describes the kind of pollution which can occur from a ship accident. The third part considers the different preventative approaches that have been adopted by international conventions, and part four describes the regime of the removal of shipwrecks. Part five focuses on the liability of the owner and master of the vessel and part six on the previous industrial liability schemes. Finally this study analyses the responsibility of states.