Marpol 73/78

The International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973, as modified by its Protocol of 1978, is the most important anti-pollution treaty ever adopted by the International Marine Organization (IMO). The Convention is usually known as MARPOL 73/78.

This document specifies rules and provisions which regulate the discharge of different types of wastes from ships and require that ships should be equipped with special facilities to prevent marine pollution.

The document was adopted in 1973 and it includes some annexes:

Annex I – deals with pollution by oil.

Annex II –deals with pollution by noxious liquid substances carried in bulk. Annex III – deals with harmful substances carried in packages.

Annex IV – is about pollution by sewage.

Annex V - is about pollution by garbage.

In 2005 Annex VI was introduced into marine practice. It deals with pollution of air by exhaust gases containing sulphur and nitrigeon oxides.

In 1978 the MARPOL PROTOCOL was adopted.

The Protocol to MARPOL introduced stricter regulations for the inspection and certification of ships.

MARPOL 73/78 requires initial surveys of the ships and issuing the International Oil Pollution Prevention Certificate, periodical surveys, intermediate surveys and unscheduled inspection

The International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973, as modified by its Protocol of 1978 (MARPOL 73/78) entered into force on 2 October, 1983.

Questions on “MARPOL 73/78”

1. What is “MARPOL 73/78”?

2. What does this document specify?

3. When was it adopted?

4. What annexes does the document include?

5. What does Annex VI to the Convention deal with?

6. What regulations were introduced by the 1978 Protocol to MARPOL

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