GlobalMET attended the 9th session of the IMO Sub-Committee on Pollution Prevention and Response (4–8 April 2022): MARPOL Annex V garbage record books, plastic pellets, fishing gear marking, Arctic protection and EGCS discharge guidance.
GlobalMET attended the 9th session of the IMO Sub-Committee on Pollution Prevention and Response (PPR 9). The meeting was held from Monday, 4 April to Friday, 8 April 2022. Draft ammendments to MARPOL Annex V regarding garbage record books on smaller ships (100 to 400 gross tons) were agreed upon. Issues related to the transport of plastic pellets, highlighted in the X-press Pearl incident of May 2021 were discussed. The marking of fishing gear, Arctic protection and guidance for the discharge of water of exhaust gas cleaning systems (EGCS) were also deliberated upon. Details can be found in the report published in the GlobalMET Newsletter.