Subject to Section 7, States which, on request or on their own initiative, have ascertained that a vessel within one of their ports or at one of their off-shore terminals is in violation of applicable international rules and standards relating to seaworthiness of vessels and thereby threatens damage to the marine environment shall, as far as practicable, take administrative measures to prevent the vessel from sailing.
V skladu s poglavjem 7 sprejmejo države, ki so na zahtevo ali na lastno pobudo ugotovile, da je ladja v eni izmed njihovih luk ali v eni izmed njihovih od obale oddaljenih postaj z napravami prekršila ustrezna mednarodna pravila in standarde, ki se nanašajo na plovbno sposobnost ladij, in zaradi tega grozi škoda morskemu okolju, v možnih mejah administrativne ukrepe, da bi preprečile izplovitev te ladje.