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MARPOL

The International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships is better known as the MARPOL Convention or just MARPOL.
 
​The MARPOL Convention is the main international convention covering prevention of pollution of the marine environment by ships from operational or accidental causes. It is a combination of two treaties adopted in 1973 and 1978 respectively and also includes the Protocol of 1997 (Annex VI).  It has been updated by amendments through the years.
 
The International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL) was adopted on 2 November 1973 at IMO and covered pollution by oil, chemicals, harmful substances in packaged form, sewage and garbage. The Protocol of 1978 relating to the 1973 International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (1978 MARPOL Protocol) was adopted at a Conference on Tanker Safety and Pollution Prevention in February 1978 held in response to a spate of tanker accidents in 1976-1977. As the 1973 MARPOL Convention had not yet entered into force, the 1978 MARPOL Protocol absorbed the parent Convention. The combined instrument is referred to as the International Convention for the Prevention of Marine Pollution from Ships, 1973, as modified by the Protocol of 1978 relating thereto (MARPOL 73/78), and it entered into force on 2 October 1983 (Annexes I and II). In 1997 a Protocol was adopted to add a new Annex VI.
 
MARPOL includes regulations aimed at preventing and minimizing pollution from ships—both accidental pollution and that from routine operations—and currently includes six technical Annexes. All six Annexes are included in a "consolidated" volume which incorporates amendments made to the convention.
 
An additional volume has been published containing only Annex VI along with the NOx Technical Code, which provides technical guidance for complying with MARPOL Annex VI.
  • MARPOL Consolidated Edition 2011

  • MARPOL Consolidated Edition 2011

    Book
    International Maritime Organization
    SKU: ID520E, KD520E, S520E, ID520F, ID520S, KD520S, KD520F

    $112.95 — $159.95
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    The International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973 (MARPOL Convention), is concerned with preserving the marine environment through the prevention of pollution by oil and other harmful substances and the minimization of accidental discharge of such substances. Its...
  • MARPOL Annex VI & NTC, 2008

  • MARPOL Annex VI & NTC, 2008

    Book
    International Maritime Organization
    SKU: IB664E, KB664E

    $49.95

    The revised MARPOL Annex VI, Regulations for the prevention of air pollution from ships, including chapter 3 requirements for control of emissions from ships, and a new chapter 4, Regulations on energy efficiency for ships (that enter into force on 1 January...
  • Guidelines for the Implementation of MARPOL Annex V

  • Guidelines for the Implementation of MARPOL Annex V

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    International Maritime Organization
    SKU: IB656E, IB656S

    $16.95

    The Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) of IMO, at its sixty-second session in July 2011, adopted the Revised MARPOL Annex V concerning Regulations for the prevention of pollution by garbage from ships, which enters into force on 1 January 2013....
  • MARPOL Annex V Placard Discharge Provisions

  • MARPOL Annex V Placard Discharge Provisions


    International Maritime Organization
    SKU: I659E

    $16.95

    This useful A3 (297 mm x 420 mm) placard provides a simplified overview of the discharge provisions of MARPOL V. 
  • Pollution Prevention Equipment Required Under Marpol 73/78

  • Pollution Prevention Equipment Required Under Marpol 73/78

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    International Maritime Organization
    SKU: IA646E, KA646E

    $31.95

    POLLUTION PREVENTION EQUIPMENT UNDER MARPOL, 2006 Edition The purpose of this publication is to provide easy reference to the International Maritime Organization (IMO) resolutions on shipboard pollution prevention equipment that are required under MARPOL. MARPOL requires ships to be fitted...
  • Provisions Concerning Reporting Incidents Involving Harmful Substances Under MARPOL 73/78

  • Provisions Concerning Reporting Incidents Involving Harmful Substances Under MARPOL 73/78

    Book
    International Maritime Organization
    SKU: IA516E, EA516E

    $8.95

    First published in 1986, the new edition contains: * Article 8 of MARPOL 73/78 * Amendments to Protocol I of MARPOL 73/78Reporting Systems and Ship Reporting Requirements, including Guidelines for Reporting Incidents Involving Dangerous Goods, Harmful Substances and/or Marine Pollutants...
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