Marine Environmental Protection in Asia

On 30 August 2016, the Legal Counsel, Mr Kensuke Kobayashi, participated in a conference on Marine Environmental Protection in Asia, Regional Implementation of IMO Conventions at the Grand Copthorne Hotel, Singapore. The event was hosted by the Law of the Sea Institute (LOSI) of the University of California, Berkeley, the Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology, and the Centre for International Law of the National University of Singapore. At the conference, Mr Kobayashi joined a panel to discuss liability and compensation for pollution by oil and hazardous and noxious substances. The panel also discussed the oil pollution compensation system in the United States of America.