Tag: MARPOL

The IMO Sub-Committee on Pollution Prevention and Response (PPR) held its 10th session from April 24 to 28, 2023.

According to NGO Opportunity Green, IMO has all the powers necessary to regulate the emissions from the full lifecycle of any shipping fuels, including the ability to place that regulation within MARPOL Convention.

A prohibition on the use and carriage of heavy fuel oil as fuels in Arctic waters will come into effect in 2024, as part of amendments to MARPOL Annex I, MEPC.329(76), which entered into force on 1 November 2022.

Lloyd's Register published a report earlier this week that evaluates upcoming changes to mandatory statutory regulations and instruments.

UMAS report on the latest intersessional IMO meeting (ISWG-GHG 14 at London, 20-24 March 2023) presents the discussion on the guiding principles section of the upcoming GHG strategy.

AMSA reminds that from 1st of January 2023, new regulations relating to air pollution from vessels have come into effect via the reissue of Marine Order 97 (MO97). In that regard, the short-term measure applies to certain types of foreign-flagged and commercial Australian vessels that undertake international voyages.

A new IMO video, produced by Lloyd’s Register Foundation, showcases how IMO's MARPOL Convention has a long history of protecting the environment from the impact of shipping via a robust regulatory framework and emphasizes its ongoing commitment to this important work.

“MARPOL at 50 – Our commitment goes on” has been chosen as the IMO World Maritime Theme for 2023, on 28 September. The theme reflects the organization's long history of protecting the environment from the impact of shipping via a robust regulatory framework and emphasizes its ongoing commitment to this important work.

AMSA has recently updated marine notice to provide general information on Australia’s implementation of Annex V of MARPOL which refers to regulations for the prevention of pollution by garbage from ships to assist shipowners, masters and crews in applying the Annex V discharge requirements.

Decarbonization has recently become a hot topic of discussion in the shipping community, notes Capt. Zhaoqingwei, Marine Safety Manager at DASIN SHIPPING PTE LTD and highlights that protecting the marine environment is not just about buzzwords like GHG, EEXI, IHM, LSFO, EU-MRV, etc.