Published 2001-10-10
Keywords
- IMO,
- IMO Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC),
- marine environment,
- marine pollution,
- marine safety
- industry self-regulation,
- MARPOL 73/78,
- single hull oil tankers,
- oil tankers,
- Condition Assessment Scheme,
- ballast water,
- anti-fouling paint,
- International Convention on the Control of Harmful Anti-Fouling Systems,
- ship recycling,
- MARPOL Annex VI,
- air pollution,
- ship waste reception facilities,
- bunker oil pollution,
- Oil Pollution Response & Cooperation Convention,
- hazardous and noxious substances,
- IMO conventions,
- Flag State implementation ...More
Abstract
This paper was presented as part of Business Session 7, on the topic of 'Regulating Against Marine Pollution Post Erika', which was chaired by Timothy Elsworth. The first page of the paper contains a short biography of the author.
Julian provides the following abstract for this paper:
The IMO plays a fundamental role internationally in the protection of the marine environment and in the prevention of ship-sourced pollution. Part I of this paper
identifies recent progress of some of the more significant challenges on the agenda of the IMO’s Marine Environment Protection Committee for the 2001/2002 biennium with particular reference to the aftermath of the Erika incident but also includes the harmful effects of anti-fouling paint, harmful effects of aquatic organisms in ships ballast water, air pollution/greenhouse gas emissions, ship recycling, inadequate waste reception
facilities in ports, response to spills of hazardous and noxious substances and the transportation of heavy oils both as cargo and bunkers.
Part II examines a number of challenges of a policy nature facing IMO Member Governments, including flag State implementation of IMO conventions, international
concern with too much regulatory action by IMO, keeping up to date with IMO regulatory activity and significant organizational issues facing IMO.