Updated 11 Oct 2019
IMO pollution regulation
In modern times the shipping industry has been unfairly singled out as a major source of global pollution. It is often said…
Updated 11 Oct 2019
NOx emissions
Timeline: MARPOL Annex VI (NOx related) 26 Sept 1997 – Annex VI formally adopted;1 Jan 2000 – Engine-makers begin building and…
Updated 11 Oct 2019
SOx emissions
Timeline: MARPOL Annex VI (SOx related) 26 Sept 1997 – Annex VI formally adopted;19 May 2005 – Annex VI enters into force…
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Oil pollution overview
With the possible exception of the polluting potential of heavy fuel oil in the Arctic and a movement to ban its use as a fuel…
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Types of waste water
Ships make use of a great deal of water some of which is taken from the sea and returned untreated and some of which needs to…
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Garbage
Regulating waste material Disposal of waste from ships was once merely a matter of throwing over the side everything that was…
Updated 11 Oct 2019
Fuel-saving technology
There is an unfair depiction of the shipping industry as a profligate user of fuel causing unnecessary emissions and…
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