Ballast water exemption on the agenda

2014-08-26T12:03:00

Although the new convention allows for exemptions, Danish shippers say that they are impractical and the conditions are too restrictive for local shipping

The International Maritime Organization (IMO) looks set to consider the exemption of short sea shipping from the ballast water convention at the next meeting of the IMO’s environmental committee, the MEPC, in October.

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