Contacting the authority of the coastal State
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Contacting the authority of the coastal State

  2.4 The master and/or the salvor should make contact with the coastal State in order to transmit to it the particulars referred to in paragraphs 2.1 to 2.3 above. They must in any case transmit to the coastal State the particulars required under the international conventions in force. Such contact should be made through the coastal State's Maritime Assistance Service (MAS), as referred to in resolution A.950(23).


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