Ballast Water Exemptions on the IMO Agenda
Published on by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network in Government
Environment Committee Exemptions from the ForthcomingBallast-water Convention will be Discussed at Denmark's Behest
When the IMO's environment committee, the MEPC, next meets in October, exemptions from the forthcoming ballast-water convention for ferries and others will be discussed at Denmark's behest, Danish Maritime Authority said in its press release.
Danish shipping companies have invested billions of kroner in green technology in recent years and are prepared to make even greater investments as a result of forthcoming environmental regulation measures. But regulation must benefit the environment or else the investment becomes meaningless.
This applies to ballast water, an area in which the international IMO convention is expected to receive the required support this year, enabling it to enter into force 12 months later.
Denmark, in the form of the Danish Maritime Authority and the Danish Nature Agency, plus the Shipowners' Associations, has now together with Interferry approached the International Maritime Organization (IMO), in order to get the possibilities for exemptions for local shipping onto the agenda for the forthcoming meeting of the IMO's environment committee, the MEPC, in October.
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