MARPOL CHANGES
April 1st, 2003
BY KEITH NUTHALLTHE EUROPEAN Union is pushing for an acceleration of the phasing out of single hull tankers worldwide in the wake of the Prestige accident, where thousands of tonnes of crude oil spilled onto the pristine cost of Galicia, Spain. Indeed, in an unusual move, all of its 15 Member States have simultaneously proposed amendments to the International Maritime Organisation's (IMO) MARPOL Convention, which would hasten their scrapping and replacement with safer double hull vessels. These proposed changes to the formally titled International Convention for ...
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