UNCLOS is still essential, says ICS

Peter Hinchliffe, secretary general of the International Chamber of Shipping

The number of significant oil spills had decreased from about 23 per year in the 1970s to just three per year during the past 10 years, while the volume of maritime trade had more than tripled during the same period.

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