My maritime & marine areas of interest
The International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL), the International Convention for the Control and Management of Ships' Ballast Water and Sediments (BWM), the International Convention on the Control of Harmful Anti-fouling Systems on Ships (AFS), the Hong Kong International Convention for the Safe and Environmentally Sound Recycling of Ships (HKC), the Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter (LC) and the Convention on the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Baltic Sea Area (the Helsinki Convention). Most recently climate change & air emissions from international shipping, in particular greenhouse gas and sulphur oxides emissions.