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10 Afr. J. Int'l & Comp. L. 367 (1998)
African Maritime Transport Charter

handle is hein.journals/afjincol10 and id is 379 raw text is: AFRICAN LEGAL MATERIALS - DOCUMENTS JURIDIQUES AFRICAINS AFRICAN MARITIME TRANSPORT CHARTER PREFACE For sometime now, a number of African countries have made laudable efforts to develop their maritime transport sector. However, in spite of these efforts the maritime transport sector remains relatively undeveloped in comparison to other developing countries. The poor state of the maritime sector in Africa is clearly demonstrated by Africa's very low participation in the carriage of its seaborne trade, very slow turn around of ships at African ports and very high tariffs for sea freight and port charges that are not commensurate with the poor services offered. At world wide level, however, the sector is undergoing institutional, structural and technological changes which are having a serious impact on this sector in Africa. In view of the small size of the sector in individual African countries, the Conference of African Ministers of Maritime Transport meeting in its third session in Addis Ababa from 13-15 December 1993 reiterated the importance of cooperation among African countries in the sector in finding appropriate solu- tions to the problems impeding the development of the maritime transport sector as well as in facing the challenges brought about by the above mentioned changes. The Conference, therefore, adopted an African Charter on Maritime Transport to provide the framework for cooperation, on one hand, among African countries and on the other hand, between African and non-African countries. By its resolution CM/Res.1520(LX) on the Outcome of the third Conference of Ministers of Maritime Transport, the Council of Ministers of the OAU stressed the importance of the Maritime Transport sector and endorsed the African Mari- time Transport Charter. I am, therefore, urging all Member States of the OAU to sign and ratify the African Charter on Maritime Transport with the strong belief that it will foster cooperation among African countries in Maritime Transport sector and thus promote the development of this vital sector. Salim Ahmed Salim Secretary-General Organization of African Unity Addis Ababa, July 26, 1994 10 RADIC (1998)

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