Tag: sewage

Israel has recently implemented national regulations aimed at preventing sewage pollution, aligning with the guidelines set forth in the IMO MARPOL ANNEX IV regulations. 

The European Parliament and the Council have reached an agreement on updated and more efficient rules for waste shipments. Danish Shipping issued a press statement to welcome the new agreement, commenting that it will raise the standards at ship-recycling facilities around the world. 

The Commission welcomes the political agreement reached between the European Parliament and the Council on waste shipments, which will ensure that the EU takes greater responsibility for its waste and does not export its environmental challenges to third countries.

Canada has prohibited cruise ships from dumping sewage and unclean water close to shore and has threatened to punish violators up to $190,000.

Parties to the treaties which regulate the dumping of wastes at sea have adopted a statement identifying the need to carefully evaluate marine geoengineering techniques, which may have potential for mitigating the effects of climate change but may have adverse impacts on the marine environment.

Parties to the treaties which regulate the dumping of wastes at sea have adopted an amendment to ensure that the dumping of sewage sludge at sea would be prohibited worldwide.

De Nora Marine Technologies, LLC,  announced the launch of MARINER M64, a compact, dual-technology marine sewage treatment plant (STP) solution, combining the benefits of both electrolytic (EC) and biological treatment to enable vessels to achieve regulatory wastewater compliance with MEPC.227 (64).

A global ban on the dumping of sewage sludge at sea is a step closer, following the submission to IMO of a proposal to amend the 1996 London Protocol on the prevention of marine pollution by the dumping of wastes.   

The Baltic Sea Action Group is bringing together cooperation parties for the new Ship/t Waste Action that produces biogas from sewage discharged by ships at the port.

Several member states and international organisations have proposed that the IMO should reconsider the direction, in which the amendment of MARPOL Annex IV has taken concerning existing ships.