China Sets Up System for Compensating Victims of Shipping Oil Spill Incidents

摘要

Due to the increasing number of oil spills from ships within China's territorial waters and the risk of more incidents in the future, the Ministry of Transportation and several other ministries have jointly crafted an oil spill compensation system with money to come from a fund established in 2012, according to a report on the State Council website. As shipping lanes become more congested and vessels grow in size, the risk of large spills also has increased, according to the ministries, making it necessary to set up a system that can determine who is compensated in such cases.