What does MARPOL stand for?

Maritime Pollution

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Samples in periodicals archive:

In November 2007, countries gathered under an international accord on maritime pollution warned against ocean fertilisation.

Climate: Britain's Royal Society to examine geo-engineering ideas

Marine and maritime pollution management and control.

Current Political State and Reunification Prospects for Cyprus

CARB said the new regulations were the world's toughest maritime pollution laws and would reduce cancer rates and premature deaths associated with pollution near seaports and trade corridors along California's coast.

California passes strict shipping pollution laws

Rederi AB Engship admitted a breach of the UK Maritime Pollution legislation after its Finnish-registered vessel Borden leaked oil as it made its way down the river near South Shields.

Shipping firm is fined for oil spill

Other countries may also have to give permission for the ships to pass and France and Spain are hostile at the moment, having suffered in recent maritime pollution incidents.

Coastguard can ban poison fleet

They will table proposals to a conference in Copenhagen in June calling for the immediate ending of reprocessing under the Ospar agreement - named after intergovernmental conventions held first in Oslo and Paris - drawn up to curb maritime pollution.

Final warning for crisis-hit Sellafield; Nuclear plant must raise its ...

SOLAS agreements are reached under the auspices of the International Maritime Organization, a London-based agency of the United Nations created in 1948 to improve international maritime safety and prevent maritime pollution.

CRUISING SAFETY RULES FOR SHIPS PUSH ROTTERDAM INTO RETIREMENT

802, the Maritime Pollution Prevention Act, which will now be transmitted to President Bush for his signature.

AAPA Hails Passage of Vessel Air Emissions Bill