Approximately 80% coastal member states of the United Nations have some form of cabotage laws governing foreign maritime activity in their domestic coastal trades, according to an independent analysis conducted by the Seafarers’ Rights International (SRI), a leading international research center on maritime and seafarers’ law.
The key finding was part of a new report published Tuesday by SRI that explores the nature and extent of cabotage laws around the world. The study, which was commissioned by the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF), provides the first independent analysis of maritime cabotage laws since 1992.
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