For the purposes of this Part

"damage to the environment" means substantial physical damage to human health or resources in coastal or inland waters or areas adjacent to these places, caused by pollution, contamination, fire, explosion or similar major incidents;

"maritime casualty" means a collision of vessels, stranding or other incident of navigation or other occurrence on board a vessel or external to it, resulting in material damage or imminent threat of material damage to the vessel or cargo;

"salvor" means a person rendering salvage services;

"salvage operation" means any act or activity undertaken to assist a vessel or any other property in danger in navigable waters or in any other waters;

"salvage services" means services rendered in direct connection with salvage operations;

"property" means any property not permanently and intentionally attached to the shoreline and includes freight at risk;

"Salvage Convention" means the International Convention on Salvage of 1989.