Abstract
The need to improve the implementation and enforcement of the various international conventions relating to the design, operation and maintenance of the world's commercial shipping fleet was brought to the fore in the early nineteen nineties. Although the conventions had entered into force internationally, shipping casualties were still common, thus the credibility of the international regulatory regime for shipping was being challenged to do more. To address the apparent lapse in compliance with international shipping conventions, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) had to consider options for establishing recognized accountability regimes for the various actors involved in shipping. This chapter examines some of the critical components associated with compliance regimes directed at the principal actors and their roles in international shipping. It explores the rationale for the development of a compliance regime for States and how such a regime has been accepted as a cooperative compliance mechanism by the States. Keywords:compliance strategy; International Maritime Organization (IMO); international shipping
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