94 



TABLE XVIb— AGE DISTRIBUTION OF TANKER FLEET AS AT MID-1972 

 [Ships of 100 g.r.t. and over) 



1 Excluding tankers of the Great Lakes. 



2 Excluding tankers of the Great Lakes, including reserve fleet. 



3 Excluding Iceland, Ireland and Turkey, tor which figures are not published by Lloyd's. 



Source: Lloyd's Register of Shipping. 



Senator Ste%t:xs. Am I incorrect in assuming that one of the major 

 focuses of international conferences to date is vessel pollution 

 activities ? 



Mr. Salmox. Yes. sir. I think that is fair to say. The work of IMCO, 

 tlie Intergovernmental Maritime Consultative Organization, has been 

 very active in this area. It started out as a specialized agency of tlie 

 Ignited Nations concerned with safety at sea, and has expanded its 

 views to encompass the interests of those who use the seas for other 

 purposes. 



A number of the treaties that liave been developed in the recent past 

 are designed specifically to cope with pollution from shipping activity. 



I think our 1978 IM(^0 Convention on which we have been spending 

 a fair amount of time, will be another step toward effective control of 

 this sou)-ce of solution. 



Senator Ste\texr. "Who controls IINICO ? Do the shipping nations of 

 the world control it ? 



]\rr. Baxk. Senator. IMCO has 77 member states now. Of course, 

 membership is onen to all U.X. members, and nonmembers as well, who 

 become siffnatories. 



