MARITIME CHRONICLES

IALA DELEGATION TO SUPPORT PREPARATION FOR IMO 2022 AUDIT IN EL SALVADOR

By: Licenciada Wendy Roxana Palma de García. Jefa del Registro Marítimo Salvadoreño. Autoridad Marítima Portuaria de El Salvador

The International Maritime Organization (IMO) audits its member countries every year to verify compliance with international maritime regulations. These audits are carried out at the request of the States (voluntarily) or due to events of great repercussions.

The International Maritime Organization, through the Marine Environment Protection Committee, considered the harmful effects of antifouling systems for the first time in 1988, and from then on measures were taken to counteract the possible adverse effects of the use of tributyltin compounds in antifouling paints.

WHEN "EL MORRO" WAS MADE OF WOOD

By: Capitán MM Octavio M. Céspedes Calaña

Any Cuban, particularly those living in the capital, when referring to something very old usually says: "that's from when El Morro was made of wood". Well, dear reader, contrary to other sayings, whoever says so is absolutely right, because as far back as April 15, 1553, the Havana City Council, faced with the growing threat of corsairs and pirates, placed lookouts on the prominent rock that dominates the entrance to the bay's channel.

COSTA RICA'S MARITIME SINGLE WINDOW

By: José Luis Obando Castro. Legal Advisor, Maritime-Port Division, Ministry of Public Works and Transportation

Within the context of a globalized world and the mechanisms that improve the competitiveness of countries, Costa Rica has established as one of its priorities the digital transformation strategy that seeks the consolidation of a digital government that positively impacts the business sector, citizenship and institutional management.