Just When You Thought You Fully Understood MARPOL Annex V Garbage Regulations
For years, the focus with regard to MARPOL Annex V has been the continued expansion of special areas and stricter enforcement. Recent media coverage and attention at the International Maritime Organization (IMO) has been on greenhouse gas issues, emission control areas, and ballast water. However, the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) has been quietly working on sweeping revisions to MARPOL Annex V garbage requirements. (View PDF to read the rest of this article)
This article by Jonathan K. Waldron, partner at Blank Rome, and Dana S. Merkel, associate at Blank Rome, is one in a series of articles written for Blank Rome Maritime's quarterly Mainbrace newsletter. To view the other articles in the November 2012 edition of Mainbrace, please click here.