Marpol Waste Facilities

Marpol Waste Facilities

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 updated by amendments through the years.

The International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL) was adopted on 2nd November 1973 at IMO and covered pollution by oil, chemicals, and harmful substances in packaged form, sewage and garbage. The Protocol of 1978 relating to the 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 protocols are referred to as the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973, as modified by the Protocol of 1978 (MARPOL73/78), entered into force on 2nd October 1983.

The Convention includes regulations aimed at preventing and minimizing the pollution from ships –both accidental pollution and that from routine operations.

Braemar Howells, part of the Braemar Shipping Service group, are among the industry leaders in the Marpol field and can tailor assistance packages to suit the individual needs of clients, whether total design, build and operate or just technical assistance or, perhaps, Marpol training.