International Database Creation
Posted: Wed Feb 19, 2025 10:59 am
In March 2020, in a meeting arranged by the IMO and the International Maritime Law Institute (IMLI), Malta proposed an idea to the EU to deal with this issue:
Malta suggested the idea of building a global database of vessels or companies, connected to illicit activities or subject to international sanctions, and for this database to be shared between countries, to help them make informed decisions.
The goal is to strengthen international maritime law, specifically, making it more difficult namibia mobile database for criminals to obtain vessel licenses when they sail from one country to another, after their ship has been de-flagged for sanction violations in a previous country.
In addition, this new information about vessels worldwide will make it easier to carry out investigations. Currently these can take years to complete because of the lack of information available.
Malta raised this idea again in 2021, during a follow-up event. In April 2021 the European Commission agreed to start working on a database across the EU, and to introduce it as soon as possible, in the forthcoming months.
Malta’s Standing
Located centrally in the middle of Europe and to the north of Africa, Malta is ranked sixth in terms of world ship registration and regards this new initiative as being extremely important.
Implementation Intentions
Even though the objective for the shared database of ships linked to crime is to be used by all of the IMO state members, the IMO has not, as yet, committed to a date to implement the database.
Dixcart will keep you updated.
Malta suggested the idea of building a global database of vessels or companies, connected to illicit activities or subject to international sanctions, and for this database to be shared between countries, to help them make informed decisions.
The goal is to strengthen international maritime law, specifically, making it more difficult namibia mobile database for criminals to obtain vessel licenses when they sail from one country to another, after their ship has been de-flagged for sanction violations in a previous country.
In addition, this new information about vessels worldwide will make it easier to carry out investigations. Currently these can take years to complete because of the lack of information available.
Malta raised this idea again in 2021, during a follow-up event. In April 2021 the European Commission agreed to start working on a database across the EU, and to introduce it as soon as possible, in the forthcoming months.
Malta’s Standing
Located centrally in the middle of Europe and to the north of Africa, Malta is ranked sixth in terms of world ship registration and regards this new initiative as being extremely important.
Implementation Intentions
Even though the objective for the shared database of ships linked to crime is to be used by all of the IMO state members, the IMO has not, as yet, committed to a date to implement the database.
Dixcart will keep you updated.