Marine pollution: Vessel source pollution

Popattanachai, Naporn. (2025). Marine Pollution: Vessel Source Pollution. Yearbook of International Environmental Law, 35(1). https://doi.org/10.1093/yiel/yvaf015

Abstract

This was another busy year for states and the international shipping community to work on marine environmental protection in the context of marine pollution from vessels. The developments on this issue happened under the auspice of the International Maritime Organization (IMO)—particularly, its Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC). This period covered two important MEPC sessions—that is, the eighty-first and eighty-second sessions, held on 18–22 March and 30 September–4 October, respectively. Each session took place in both in-person and hybrid capabilities mode. The reach of MEPC works for vessel source pollution has become much wider in scope due to different pressing demands and circumstances surrounding the shipping industry. In this report, the meetings concentrated on the works relating to: (i) the 1973 International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL), as modified by the 1978 Protocol; (ii) Energy Efficiency, Climate Change and Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions; (iii) the 2004 International Convention for the Control and Management of Ship’s Ballast Water and Sediments (BWM Convention); and (iv) Other Developments Relating to Vessel Source Pollution.

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