Regional Waste Management Strategies for Arctic Shipping; Regional Reception Facilities Plan (RRFP)

This paper includes proposals for the development of regional ship's waste management strategies with the goal of 100% compliance with IMO's MARPOL Convention and Polar Code Amendments to MARPOL. This paper summarizes the work of PAME's Regional Reception Facilities Experts Group (RRF...

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Main Author: Protection of the Arctic Marine Environment (PAME)
Other Authors: Arctic Council Secretariat
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:English
Published: Protection of the Arctic Marine Environment 2017
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11374/1932
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Summary:This paper includes proposals for the development of regional ship's waste management strategies with the goal of 100% compliance with IMO's MARPOL Convention and Polar Code Amendments to MARPOL. This paper summarizes the work of PAME's Regional Reception Facilities Experts Group (RRF-EG), on the development of the concept of regional arrangements for MARPOL reception facilities (RRF) to address challenges for Arctic shipping and at Arctic ports.