Shipping safety and environmental protection Strategy for pollution from ships.

This Bulgarian Shipping safety and environmental protection Strategy for pollution from ships is adopted with the aim to to ensure the achievement of the maintenance of a high level of safety and security of shipping, and protection of the marine environment from pollution by ships. In order to achieve this goal and to ensure the effectiveness and efficiency of the measures, the strategy has the following directions: fulfillment of the commitments of the Republic of Bulgaria arising from the ratified and entered into force mandatory instruments of the International Maritime Organization (IMO); fulfillment of the duties and responsibilities of the Republic of Bulgaria in its three functions - flag state, port state and coastal state; distribution of responsibilities and obligations arising from the mandatory instruments of the IMO, between the various institutions in the state; implementation of the overall coordination between the various institutions constituting the competent authority; periodic reporting of the effectiveness of measures and actions; application of a methodology for a comprehensive evaluation of the functioning of the competent authority.