MRT Maritime Organization

MRT Maritime Organization
Governance
Chairman	Camelfantasy
Other Staff	None currently
Facts and figures
Headquarters	TBD
Founded	September 23, 2016

The MRT Maritime Organization is an organization that tracks waterports, docks, harbors, and the like across the MRT Server, as well as passenger and cargo boat companies.

History

As there was no organization keeping extensive records of waterports and boat companies for reference, the MMO was founded to solve this issue. A set of guidelines was also created to detail the rights of ships while traveling and rights of cities to nearby bodies of water.

Ports

Port Name	Cities/Region Served	Coordinates	Gates	Notes
Formosa Dockyard Formosa Harbor	Formosa		1 (freight) 5
Yaxier Saikaido Waterport	Fort Yaxier		12
	Whiteley
	Vermilion
	Freshney
	Ilirea
ISA Vehicle Recovery Port	Falloway	-6630, 65, 4950	3
	Elecna Bay
	MRT Marina
Heamstead Waterport	Heampstead		12

Boat Companies

Company Name	Owner	Type	Status
Hummingbird Boat Lines	MinecraftYoshi26	Passenger	Active
Smart Ferries	Jamess2912	Passenger	Active
Vermilion Waterways	Chiefbozx	Passenger	Active
Yelo Waterbus	Technological99	Passenger	Unknown
Yelo Ferries	Technological99	Passenger	Inactive
Northern Star Ferries	Frozen	Passenger	Active
Prime Ferries	woorich999	Passenger	Active
Chalxior Boatways	Frosty_Creeper10	Passenger	Active

Convention on the Law of the Sea

The Convention on the Law of the Sea is a set of guidelines that details the rights of ships while traveling and the rights of cities to bodies of water in their immediate vicinity. None of the guidelines are legally binding on non-signatories, however cities may sign to indicate acceptance of the guidelines.

Internal waters

Covers all water and waterways on the landward side of the baseline. The coastal state is free to set laws, regulate use, and use any resource. Foreign vessels have no right of passage within internal waters.

Territorial waters

Out to 100 meters from the baseline, the coastal state is free to set laws, regulate use, and use any resource. Vessels are given the right of innocent passage through any territorial waters, with strategic straits allowing the passage of military craft as transit passage, in that naval vessels are allowed to maintain postures that would be illegal in territorial waters. "Innocent passage" is defined by the convention as passing through waters in an expeditious and continuous manner, which is not "prejudicial to the peace, good order or the security" of the coastal state. Fishing, polluting, weapons practice, and spying are not "innocent", and submarines and other underwater vehicles are required to navigate on the surface and to show their flag. Nations can also temporarily suspend innocent passage in specific areas of their territorial seas, if doing so is essential for the protection of its security.

Contiguous zone

Beyond the 100 meter limit, there is a further 100 meters from the territorial sea baseline limit, the contiguous zone, in which a state can continue to enforce laws in four specific areas: customs, taxation, immigration and pollution, if the infringement started within the state's territory or territorial waters, or if this infringement is about to occur within the state's territory or territorial waters.

Exclusive economic zones (EEZs)

These extend from the edge of the territorial sea out to 100 meters from the baseline. Within this area, the coastal nation has sole exploitation rights over all natural resources. In casual use, the term may include the territorial sea and even the continental shelf. Foreign nations have the freedom of navigation and overflight, subject to the regulation of the coastal states.

Landlocked states are given a right of access to and from the sea, without taxation of traffic through transit states.

Signatory States

• Republic of Formosa
• The Royal Ferry Monarchy