Responsabilidade do Comandante na prevenção da poluição

Abstract

This monograph, the main objective, to inform people, who intend to enter the career of Merchant Navy, those already in schools forming, the officials who will eventually take over the control function and, why not, also attain those who are already active in the function? The issues to be addressed here are quite interesting and requires maximum attention of those who will in the future is ahead of a command on a vessel engaged in the main function. This paper will deal with the Commander's responsibilities in the prevention of pollution, but will also focus on Caused oil spill at sea by ships, in developing this, we will describe the pollution caused by oil spill by ship, what consequences this type of accident cause to the environment, the human being, especially the human being survives by taking their living from the seas and rivers. Speak International Maritime Organization (IMO), when it was created, how it is formed and what its purposes, which show the Convention that deals withit pollution by oil, what the purpose of this convention, how many and what are the appendices to the convention. And finally show the code that handles the responsibility of the Commander, which will norteá it in a possible situation of pollution by oil spill. Therefore, the most effective way to combat this type of accident is the Prevention.