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    The MARPOL Convention is an international agreement that aims to protect the marine environment from pollution from ships. It contains six annexes that establish regulations for different sources of pollution, including oil, noxious liquids, packaged harmful substances, sewage, garbage, and air pollution. Annexes I and II are mandatory for all countries that sign MARPOL, while Annexes III through VI can be adopted optionally by each country.

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    The MARPOL Convention is an international agreement that aims to protect the marine environment from pollution from ships. It contains six annexes that establish regulations for different sources of pollution, including oil, noxious liquids, packaged harmful substances, sewage, garbage, and air pollution. Annexes I and II are mandatory for all countries that sign MARPOL, while Annexes III through VI can be adopted optionally by each country.

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    The MARPOL Convention is an international agreement that aims to protect the marine environment from pollution from ships. It contains six annexes that establish regulations for different sources of pollution, including oil, noxious liquids, packaged harmful substances, sewage, garbage, and air pollution. Annexes I and II are mandatory for all countries that sign MARPOL, while Annexes III through VI can be adopted optionally by each country.

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    The MARPOL Convention

    The MARPOL Convention, adopted on 2 November 1973, is an international convention

    for the protection of the marine environment, which is in force world-wide. The

    Articles of the Convention contain general provisions such as applicable definitions and

    scope. The Convention additionally comprises two Protocols and six Annexes.  

    IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT ONLY ANNEXES I and II ARE

    MANDATORY ANNEXES. ANNEXES III – VI ARE OPTIONAL ANNEXES. This

    means that when a country signs for MARPOL it only has to implement Annexes I and

    II. And if it desires to implement other Annexes, it has to sign for each of them

    SEPARATELY. For example, India has signed for MARPOL and separately for Annex

    III, separately for Annex IV, separately for Annex V and separately for Annex VI. So,

    India has implemented and is following ALL the SIX Annexes.

    Annex I: Prevention of pollution by Oil

    Annex I (in force since 2 October 1983) deals with structural requirements and

    imposes strict limitations on oil discharges. To ensure compliance with the discharge

    requirements, special technical equipment has to be installed on ships. Besides, all

    important shipboard operations, especially operations concerning the treatment and

    disposal of separator residues and oily bilge water, have to be entered in an Oil Record

    Book.

    Annex II: Control of Pollution by Noxious Liquid Substances in Bulk

    Annex II (in force since 6 April 1987) deals with bulk transports of noxious liquid

    substances, which include cargo residues of chemical tankers. Under the provisions of

    this Annex, discharges of such substances are prohibited in principle. Exemptions are

    possible depending on the classification of noxious substances in either category X, Y,

    or Z. All operations on board ships that involve noxious substances have to be entered

    in a Cargo Record Book.

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    Annex III: Prevention of Pollution by Harmful Substances carried by Sea in

    Packaged Form

    Annex III (in force since 1 July 1992) requires that, in order to prevent pollution of

    the marine environment, harmful substances in packaged form have to be transported

    in compliance with the provisions of this Annex, which applies, for example, to

    dangerous goods transported in containers.

    Annex IV: Prevention of Pollution by Sewage from Ship

    Annex IV (in force since 27 September 2003) deals with the prevention or reduction

    of marine environmental pollution by ships’ sewage. Under the provisions of this Annex,

    discharges of ships' sewage are prohibited. Vessels can be exempted if they are

    equipped with a sewage treatment plant or if sewage from a holding tank is discharged

    at a distance of more than 12 nautical miles from the nearest land. The second

    ordinance amending environmental regulations in shipping dated 9 April 2008 (Federal

    Law Gazette I, p. 698) made the discharge regulations in Annex VI to MARPOL 73/78

    also mandatory for German pleasure craft operating in the Baltic Sea area.

    Annex V: Prevention of Pollution by Garbage from Ships

    Annex V entered into force on 31 December 1988. Different discharge regulations

    apply to the different types of ships' garbage. A Garbage Record Book has to be kept

    in which the treatment and disposal of garbage generated on board the ship has to be

    fully documented.

    Annex VI: Prevention of Air Pollution from Ships

    Annex VI entered into force on 19 May 2005. It limits, inter alia, nitrous oxides,

    sulphur oxides, VOC and PM.

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