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and On September 3, 1976, the signing of the constituting acts in London crowned the efforts of the parties concerned to establish an intergovernmental organization-INMARSAT.' The purpose of the new organization is to develop, put into commission, and operate a maritime satellite-communication system. This step was conditioned by a number of serious circumstances arising from the history of seafaring over a period of many years. HISTORICAL, ECONOMIC, OPERATIONAL, AND TECHNICAL PRECONDITIONS It is generally recognized that from the earliest times merchant shipping has played a big role in the development of society by helping establish, maintain, and advance economic, political, cultural, and other ties between peoples, countries, and continents. Mankind has also used seafaring as a means for obtaining from the world ocean valuable biological and mineral resources and geographical, geological, and oceanographic information. However, though the seafarers were engaged with these important problems, they found themselves in a paradoxical position; they were always confronted with the extremely difficult problem of maintaining regular communication between ships at sea or in foreign ports and various fleet services of their respective nations, and between ships, on one hand, and shipowners, cargo owners, insurance agents, charterers, etc., on the other. It
Ocean Yearbook Online – Brill
Published: Jan 1, 1978
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