What does MARPOL stand for?

International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships

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7 [hereinafter UNCLOS]; Protocol of 1978 Relating to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution From Ships, Feb.

Oil and gas exploration and production in the Gulf of Guinea: can the ...

He was speaking on the sidelines of the opening of the sixth regional steering committee meeting on implementation of Marpol (the name given to the standards and requirements adopted by the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, governing the discharge of oil and other hazardous substances, and garbage).

Green timebomb

The first such treaty is the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL 73/78), which was adopted in 1973 and modified in 1978.

International Maritime Organization

The TESEO initiatives focus on the Ramsar Convention governing the conservation of wetlands, the Kyoto Protocol requiring the reduction of carbon dioxide emissions, the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), and the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL).

Saving the Earth from space. (Innovations)

Oil Pollution Act of 1990, as well as the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL), each require the retirement of single-hull tank vessels.

Maritrans Secures Patent for Converting Single-Hull Tank Ships