SALVAGE OF CARGO IN THE ROLE OF THE PROTECTION OF THE MARITIME ENVIRONMENT

Spašavanje je svaki čin ili aktivnost poduzet radi pomoći brodu ili bilo kojoj drugoj imovini u opasnosti na plovnim putovima ili u bilo kojim drugim vodama. Institut spašavanja je uređen unificiranim međunarodnim pravilima sadržanim u Konvenciji o spašavanju iz 1989., Međunarodne pomorske organizacije, čija je potpisinica i Republika Hrvatska. Pravovremeno i uspješno spašavanje tereta ima značajnu ulogu u zaštiti morskog okoliša. Briga za zaštitu okoliša dovela je do transformacije pravnog instituta spašavanja. Spašavanje tereta danas ima za cilj spriječiti odnosno umanjiti onečišćenje okoliša, a pravilima kojima se uređuju spašavanje nastoji se na odgovarajući način potaknuti spašavatelje na djelovanje, osigurati odgovarajuću nagradu spašavateljima za sprječavanje, odnosno umanjenje onečišćenja okoliša te osigurati odvijanje spašavanja na način koji ne ugrožava okoliš.Salvage operations are defined as any act or activity undertaken to assist a vessel or any other property in danger in navigable waters or in any other waters whatsoever. Salvage operations are regulated by uniform international rules contained in the International Convention on Salvage, IMO, 1989., whose member state is, among others, Croatia. Efficient and timely salvage operations have a significant role in the protection of the environment. Concern for the protection of the environment has caused transformation of the regulation of salvage operations. One of the purposes of salvation of cargo nowdays is to prevent or minimize damage to the environment. Salvage operations are regulated in a way that provide adequate incentives to persons who undertake salvage operations, proper recognition of the salvor’s efforts in carrying out his obligations in avoiding or minimising damage to the environment, and in a way that ensures that the salvor exercise due care to prevent or minimize damage to the environment