The International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973 (MARPOL Convention) the concerned with preserving the marine environment through the prevention of pollution by oil and other harmful substances. Its technical content is laid out in six Annexes, the first five of which were adopted by the 1973 Convention, as modified by a 1978 Protocol. These Annexes cover pollution …
This Edition includes all amendments adopted by IMO up to and including those approved at the fifty-second session of the Maritime safety Committee (January - February 1986) the latter to become applicable as from 1 March 1987