Abdulkadir O. AbdulrazaqIjaiya, H.O.Arikewuyo-Ajumobi, A.E.2021-06-042021-06-042014Ife Juris Review, (Journal of Contemporary Legal and Allied Issues), IFJRhttps://uilspace.unilorin.edu.ng/handle/20.500.12484/5943Environmental ProblemThe Maritime sector occupies a very important position in the economy of nations all over the world as it embraces all the maritime related activities which take place within the country's maritime environment. The growing environmental awareness and a number of oil tanker disaster in the 1960s and 1970s attracted the attention of the international community on the human activities affecting marine environment. The series of oil tankers disasters informed the United Nations global conference held in Stockholm .enEnvironmental, Problem, MaritimeArticle