Decision ID: 000145

In October 1989 the 1971 Fund Executive Committee endorsed the Director’s view that the damage resulting from the incident, which was caused by the contamination of fish offloaded on to a pier and not by oil entering the sea, should be considered as covered by pollution damage laid down in the Convention.

Date: 30.09.1989
Category: Application of the Conventions
Subject: Interpretation of 'pollution damage' in Article I.6 of the 1969 and 1992 Civil Liability Conventions