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  • accidental spillage: meaning 32
  • air pollution 179–204;
    • bioenergy/ biofuels 203;
    • contribution of shipping to 181–3;
    • EU emission trading scheme 191–2;
    • EU level regulatory framework 188–92;
    • glossary 182–3;
    • IAPPC 193;
    • IEEC 193–4;
    • IMO’s fuel consumption data 202;
    • inspections 192–3;
    • key management issues streaming from EU regime 199–200;
    • liquefied natural gas 202;
    • market–based approaches 201;
    • MARPOL 73/78 Annex VI 80–1
    • see also MARPOL Annex VI;
    • Monitoring, Reporting and Verification Regulation 190–1, 199–200;
    • nature of problem 180;
    • post state control 200–1;
    • recent European Union developments 202;
    • regulatory and non–regulatory approaches 184;
    • regulatory framework 183–92;
    • SEEMP 194–9;
    • surveys 192–3;
    • who is working on agenda 184
  • Amoco Cadiz 35–6
  • Antarctic, protection of: limitation of liability, and 332–3
  • anti–fouling systems 206–32;
    • AFS convention 217–18;
    • best management practices 218–20;
    • certification 218;
    • key terms/definitions 207;
    • nature of problem 216–20;
    • surveys 218
  • AQUAPOL 239
  • Arctic: EU policy for 25
  • atmospheric pollution: offshore oil and gas industry 67
  • ballast water 206–32;
    • BWM convention 213;
    • documentation 213–5;
    • international regulations 209–13;
    • interphase with marine environment 208;
    • key management issues 213–5;
    • key terms/definitions 207;
    • MEPC. 279 (70) 210–3;
    • post state control 215–6;
  • Baltic Sea: sewage 116–7
  • Basel Convention: wastes 138–40
  • best industry practices: marine pollution from oil, and 49–50
  • bio energy 203
  • biofuels 203
  • Bunker Pollution Convention 2001 326–7
  • cargo record book 174
  • cargo residues: definition 131
  • carriage of chemicals by sea 156–78;
    • European Union Regulation 1272/2008 164–5;
    • GESAMP hazard profiles 163–4;
    • glossary 160–1;
    • MARPOL Annex II see MARPOL Annex II;
    • MARPOLAnnex III 171–2
    • see also MARPOL Annex III;
    • selected systems of classification 161–5;
    • Standard European Behaviour Classification 163;
    • UN GHS 161–2
  • challenges for preparedness and response 247–8
  • chemicals: nature of 156;
    • offshore oil and gas industry, and 66
  • civil liability 305–6
  • classification societies 20–1;
    • history of 20;
    • nature of 20
  • CLC 315–25
  • CLEE 1977 85
  • Clean Water Act: civil liability 96–8;
    • financial responsibility 98–9;
    • USA 95–9
  • climate change: contribution of shipping to 181–3;
    • who is working on agenda 184
  • coastal states: role 11–19;
    • UNCLOS III, and 13–19
  • compensation 296–7
  • coordinated framework 234–59;
  • criminal law 296

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    criminal liability 306–10
  • criminalisation of seafarers 286–90
  • customary international law: offshore oil and gas industry 69
  • damages loss and claims 297–305;
    • damage–related costs 298;
    • involvement of IOPC funds 198–300;
    • P&I clubs 300–1;
    • salvors, involvement of 301–2
  • dangerous goods: meaning 157
  • discharge: MARPOL 73/78 definition 76
  • drill cuttings: offshore oil and gas industry, and 65
  • drilling fluid: offshore oil and gas industry, and 64–65
  • dumping: definition 130–1;
    • London Convention 1972 82–3;
    • offshore oil and gas industry, and 67
  • emission control areas 185–6
  • EMSA 238–9
  • energy efficiency design index 187
  • environmental regulations: current position 26;
    • future of 26–8
  • Erika 37
  • Espoo Convention 88–9
  • European Union 21–5;
    • agenda on marine pollution, future of 24–5;
    • Arctic, policy for 25;
    • CFP 22;
    • contribution of 21–5;
    • IMP 22;
    • Marine Directive 21–2;
    • maritime safety policy 22–3;
    • maritime transport policy 22;
    • monitoring, reporting and verification system 24;
    • private operators, and 23–4;
    • regulatory framework 21–5;
    • sewage 117–8;
    • WFD 22
  • EU Directive 2005/35 as amended 309–10
  • EU Directive 2009/20/EC 313–4
  • European Union regulation 1272/2008 164–5
  • fatigue 285–6
  • flag states: role 11–19;
    • UNCLOS III, and 13
  • Formal Safety Assessment: approach 4
  • Four Pillars of shipping legislation 5, 6
  • FPSO & FSU Guidelines 79
  • fuel oil tankers: protection 44–5
  • Fund Convention 1992 315–25
  • garbage: definition 129;
    • options for shipboard handling and discharge 142;
    • wastes, and 128
  • garbage management: definition 129
  • garbage management and disposal: MARPOL 73/78 Annex V 79–80
  • Garbage Management Plans 145
  • garbage record book 146–7
  • Geneva Conventions 1958: offshore oil and gas industry 69–70
  • GESAMP: offshore oil and gas industry, and 60
  • GESAMP hazard profiles 163–4
  • GHS 161–2
  • grey water: definition 129
  • harmful substances: MARPOL 73/78 definitions 78;
  • Hazardous and Noxious Substances (HNS) 158–9
  • hazardous chemicals: nature of 156–7
  • Hebei Spirit 37
  • hot pursuit: right of 16
  • human element 261–9;
    • identifying 262–6;
    • ILO MLC 2006 268–74;
    • ISM Code 279–85;
    • key management issues 290–3;
    • key terms/definitions 266–8;
    • regulatory framework 268–90;
    • STCW 2010 274–9
  • IAPPC 193
  • IEEC 193–4
  • ILO MLC 2006 268–74
  • IMSAS: sewage 121–2
  • industry best practice 26
  • international law 296
  • International Maritime Organisation 5–10, 237–8;
    • adoption of conventions 7–9;
    • amending existing instruments 8;
    • circulars 9;
    • codes 9;
    • conventions 9;
    • description 5–7;
    • draft instruments 8;
    • fuel consumption data 202;
    • protocols 9;
    • resolutions 9;
    • role 5–10;
    • ship certification 9;
    • structure 5–7;
    • typology of acts 9
  • IMO Guide to Good Practice for Port Reception Facility Providers and Users: sewage 115–9
  • international oil pollution prevention certificate 48
  • International Organisation for Standardisation 26
  • International Safety Management Code: marine pollution from oil, and 48–9
  • international sewage pollution prevention certificate 120–1

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    INTERPOL 239
  • intervention rights on high seas 234–59;
  • IOPC Funds 298–300
  • IOPPC 48
  • ISM Code 279–85;
    • marine pollution from oil, and 48–9
  • ISO 21070;
    • definition 130
  • Kiev Agreement 87
  • landmark accidents: impact on legal framework 234
  • legal aspects of marine pollution from ships 295–334
  • liability, types of 305–10
  • limitation of liability 310–333;
    • Antarctic, protection of 332–3;
    • Bunker Pollution Convention 2001 326–7;
    • CLC 315–25;
    • concept 310–1;
    • EU Directive 2009/20/EC 313–4;
    • Fund Convention 1992 315–25;
    • HNS Convention 2010 327–9;
    • LLMC 311–3;
    • maximum limits of compensation 317;
    • Nairobi Convention 2007 329–30;
    • radioactive substances, carriage of 330–1;
    • STUPIA 2006 325;
    • Supplementary Fund Protocol 2003 315–25;
    • TOPIA 2006 325
  • liquefied natural gas 202
  • London Convention 1972 81–3;
    • dumping 82–3;
    • limitations 91;
    • offshore oil and gas industry 81–3;
    • wastes 133–5
  • London Protocol 1996;
  • managerial aspects of response 251–8;
    • challenges 254–8
  • marine debris: key land and ocean–based sources 127
  • marine mammals: ship strikes with 226–7
  • marine pollutant: meaning 158
  • marine pollution: accidental spillage 32;
    • Amoco Cadiz 35;
    • best industry practices 49–50;
    • causes of large oil spills 34;
    • certification 46–8;
    • challenges 32–41;
    • definitions 39–41;
    • documentation 46–50;
    • effects 33;
    • enforcement 52–5;
    • Erika 37;
    • Hebei Spirit 37;
    • international oil pollution prevention certificate 48;
    • implementation 52–5;
    • International Safety Management Code 48–9;
    • key management issues 46–50;
    • key terms 39–41;
    • MARPOLAnnex I 38–9, 41–6
    • see also MARPOL Annex I;
    • Nakhodka 36;
    • national jurisdiction 52–5;
    • oil record book 47–8;
    • operation at time of incident for large oil spills 34;
    • port state control 38–9;
    • Prestige 37;
    • Polar Code 51–2;
    • reduction 33;
    • selected cases 52–5;
    • ship–to–ship transfer of crude oil and petroleum products 50–1;
    • shipboard oil pollution contingency plan 47;
    • surveys 46–8;
    • Torrey Canyon 35
  • marine pollution control regulatory framework overview 10
  • marine pollution from oil 31–56
  • marine pollution outside scope of MARPOL 206–32
  • MARPOL 73/78 75–81;
    • Annex I: regulations for preparation of pollution by oil 76–9;
    • application 76–7;
    • compliance 77;
    • harmful substances 78;
    • oil filtering equipment 77–8
    • see also MARPOL Annex I;
    • Annex V: garbage management and disposal 79–80
    • see also MARPOL Annex V;
    • Annex VI: air pollution 80–1;
    • discharge, definition 76
    • see also MARPOL Annex VI;
    • FPSO & FSU Guidelines 79;
    • limitations 91;
    • offshore oil and gas industry, and 75–81;
    • ships, definition 75
  • MARPOLAnnex I 38–9, 41–6;
    • construction requirements 44;
    • control of operational discharge of oil from machinery spaces 45;
    • discharges from cargo area of oil tankers 46;
    • key resolutions 42–4;
    • overview of legal basis 41–2;
    • protection of fuel oil tanks 44–5;
    • structure 42
  • MARPOLAnnex II 166–71;
    • IBC Code, and 166–7;
    • cargo record book 174;
    • categorisation of noxious liquid substances 167–8;
    • certificates 172–4;
    • design and construction 168–9;
    • discharge prohibitions 169–70;
    • material scope of application 167;
    • Polar Code 170–1;
    • port reception facilities 175–6;
    • port state control on operational requirements 174–5;
    • procedures and arrangements manual 174;
    • shipboard marine pollution emergency plan for noxious liquid substances 174;
    • surveys 172–4;
    • verification of compliance 170
  • MARPOLAnnex III 171–2;
    • documentation 176–7;
    • exceptions

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      172;
    • labelling 172;
    • marking 172;
    • material scope of application 171–2;
    • NLS certificate 173–4;
    • packing 172;
    • port state control on operational requirements 177;
    • quantity limitations 172;
    • stowage 172;
    • substantial requirements 172
  • MARPOLAnnex V 140–53;
    • areas of special interest 151–3;
    • communication and advance notice of wastes 149–50;
    • considerations during MARPOL residues/wastes delivery 150;
    • considerations prior to delivery of residues/wastes onshore 147;
    • documentation 144–50;
    • garbage record book 146–7;
    • Garbage Management Plans 144–5;
    • general prohibition 141;
    • good practices for shipmasters, shipowners and operators 147–50;
    • logistical and commercial arrangements 147–8;
    • key management issues 144–50;
    • key regulations 141;
    • minimization and management of ship–generated residue/waste 148–9;
    • overview 140–4;
    • placards 145–6;
    • port reception facilities, adequacy of 151;
    • port state control findings 152;
    • summary of restrictions to discharge of garbage 143
  • MARPOLAnnex VI 184–8;
    • control of emissions of nitrogen oxide 186;
    • emission control areas 185–6;
    • identifying challenges 187–8;
    • measures involving ship energy efficiency 186–7;
    • regulation of ozone–depleting substances 186;
    • setting sulphur caps on content of marine fuels 185;
    • sewage 109, 110–9, 120–1
  • Monitoring, Reporting and Verification Regulation 190–1
  • MRV Regulation 199–200
  • Nairobi Convention 2007 329–30
  • Nakhodka 36
  • National Contingency Plan: USA 102–3
  • national jurisdictions: marine pollution from oil, and 52–5
  • nitrogen oxides: control of emissions 186
  • NLS certificate 173–4
  • non–governmental organisations 25–6;
    • contribution 25–6
  • offshore oil and gas industry 57–94;
    • atmospheric pollution 67;
    • chemicals 66;
    • CLEE 1977 85;
    • customary international law 69;
    • deleterious ecological effects 63;
    • domestic legal sources 68;
    • drill cuttings 65;
    • drilling fluid 64–5;
    • dumping 67;
    • Espoo Convention 88–9;
    • future directions 92–3;
    • Geneva Conventions 1958 69–70;
    • GESAMP, and 60;
    • international instruments addressing liability, clean up and compensation 83–6;
    • international instruments addressing specific pollution sources 75–83;
    • international law and policy 68–90;
    • international legal framework 61–2, 68–75;
    • international policy statements 86–9;
    • Kiev Agreement 87;
    • limits of international legal framework 90–2;
    • London Convention 1972 81–3
    • see also London Convention 1972;
    • maritime zones under coastal state jurisdiction 68;
    • MARPOL 73/78 see MARPOL 73/78;
    • Offshore Pollution Liability Agreement 1974 84–5;
    • oil 64;
    • OPRC 1990 85–6;
    • OSPAR Convention 89–90;
    • pollution created by 57–94;
    • pollution from seabed activities 64–67;
    • produced water 65–6;
    • sound production 66;
    • regional agreements 89–90;
    • regulating pollution from 60–2;
    • relative contribution to pollution 60;
    • Rio Draft 60;
    • source of pollution, as 58–9;
    • specific sources of pollution 61, 63–7;
    • Stockholm Declaration 1972 69;
    • UNCED 86–7;
    • UNCLOS III 70–75, 83–4
    • see also UNCLOS III;
    • UNEP 87–8;
    • vessels, pollution from 67
  • Offshore Pollution Liability Agreement 1974 84–5
  • oil: definition 32;
    • offshore oil and gas industry, and 64
  • Oil Pollution Act 1990: civil liability 96–8;
    • financial responsibility 98–9;
    • USA 95–9
  • oil record book 47–8
  • oil spill management 251–4
  • oil tankers, cargo area of: discharges from 46
  • operational discharge of oil: machinery spaces, from 45
  • operational wastes: definition 130
  • OPOL 1974: limitations 91
  • OPRC 1990 85–6;
    • limitations 91–2
  • OPRC Convention 242–4

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    OPRC–HNS Protocol 244–6
  • ozone–depleting substances: regulation 186
  • P&I Clubs 300–1
  • placards: MARPOLAnnex V 145–6
  • Polar Code: marine pollution from oil, and 51–2;
    • MARPOLAnnex II, and 170–1;
    • sewage 119;
    • wastes, and 152–3
  • pollution of the marine environment: meaning 2;
    • UNCLOS III definition 63
  • port reception facility: definition 131
  • port state control: air pollution 200–1;
    • ballast water 215–6;
    • marine pollution by oil, and 38–9;
    • USA 101–2
  • port states: role 11–9;
    • UNCLOS III, and 13–9
  • Prestige 37
  • private operators: EU, and 23–4;
    • UNCLOS III, and 19
  • produced water: offshore oil and gas industry, and 65–6
  • protection of marine environment: legal instruments 3;
    • priority, as 3
  • radioactive substances, carriage of: limitations of liability 330–1
  • regional framework 248–9
  • REMPEC 249–51
  • Rio Draft 60
  • salvors: damages loss and claims, and 301–2
  • SEEMP 194–9
  • self–regulation: concept 4–5
  • sewage 107–23;
    • areas of special interest in relation to legal framework 121–2;
    • Baltic Sea 116–7;
    • best practice 121;
    • certification 120–1;
    • challenges for marine environment 107–10;
    • control of discharges into sea 113–5;
    • definition 129;
    • discharge of 111–2;
    • documentation 120–1;
    • European Union 117–8;
    • IMO guide to Good Practice for Port Reception Facility, Providers and Users 115–9;
    • IMSAS 121–2;
    • international sewage pollution prevention certificate 120–1;
    • key management issues 120–1;
    • key terms and definitions 109–10;
    • legal basis, overview 110–9;
    • MARPOLAnnex IV 109, 110–9, 120–1;
    • meaning 107–10;
    • operational requirements 119;
    • Polar waters 119;
    • reception facilities 115–9;
    • statistics 108;
    • summarised framework of prohibitions of discharge 114;
    • surveys 120–1;
    • USA 118–9
  • ship certification: IMO, and 9
  • ship energy efficiency: measures involving 186–7
  • ship recycling 206–32;
    • EU action 224–6;
    • Hong Kong Convention 2009 220–4;
    • key terms/definitions 207;
    • nature of problem 220
  • ship–to–ship transfer of crude oil and petroleum products 50–1
  • shipboard oil pollution contingency plan 47
  • shipping legislation: four pillars 5, 6
  • ships: MARPOL 73/78 definition 75
  • sound production: offshore oil and gas industry, and 66
  • special area: definition 131
  • spill notification requirements: USA 103
  • spill response contracts 246–7
  • Standard European Behaviour Classification: chemicals 163
  • standard–setting process 3–5;
    • Formal Safety Assessment approach 4;
    • nature of 3–5;
    • prescriptive approach 3–4;
    • self–regulation 4
  • state obligations to protect and preserve marine environment: UNCLOS III 71
  • state obligations to regulate dumping: UNCLOS III 72–4
  • state obligations to regulate pollution from activities carried out in area: UNCLOS III 75
  • state obligations to regulate pollution from or through atmosphere: UNCLOS II 74
  • state obligations to regulate pollution from seabed activities: UNCLOS III 72
  • STCW 2010 274–9
  • Stockholm Declaration 1972: offshore oil and gas industry 69
  • STOPIA 2006 325
  • sulphur caps: setting on content of marine fuels 185
  • TOPIA 2006 325
  • Torrey Canyon 35
  • transboundary movement: definition 131
  • UNCED 86–7
  • UNCLOS III 11–26, 70–5, 235–7;
    • coastal states, and 13–19;

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      compensation 83–4;
    • contents 11;
    • flag states, and 13–19;
    • limitations 90;
    • marine pollution enforcement powers 14;
    • offshore oil and gas industry 70–5;
    • part XII 12–13;
    • pollution of the marine environment, definition 63;
    • port states, and 13–19;
    • private operators, and 19;
    • state obligations to protect and preserve marine environment 71;
    • state obligations to regulate dumping 72–4;
    • state obligations to regulate pollution from activities carried out in area 75;
    • sate obligations to regulate pollution from or through atmosphere 74;
    • state obligations to regulate pollution from seabed activities 72;
    • waste 133
  • underwater energy, monitoring of: EU action 229–31
  • underwater noise emissions 227–9
  • UNEP 87–8, 238
  • UN Recommendations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods 165–6
  • United States of America 95–106;
    • Clean Water Act 95–9;
    • civil and criminal penalties 104–5;
    • framework for prevention and response to marine oil pollution incidents 95–106;
    • marine oil pollution 95–106;
    • National Contingency Plan 102–3;
    • Oil Pollution Act 1990 95–9;
    • penalities for failure to comply with response plan requirements 102;
    • port state control 101–2;
    • prevention of pollution 99–102;
    • response 102–5;
    • sewage 118–9;
    • spill notification requirements 103;
    • vessel response plans 99–101
  • vessels: offshore oil and gas industry 67
  • vessel response plans: USA 99–101
  • wastes 125–54;
    • Basel Convention 138–40;
    • definition 127–8, 130;
    • garbage, and 128;
    • general regulatory framework 131–40;
    • identifying problem 125–8;
    • Jeddah Convention 131, 133;
    • key land and ocean–based sources 127;
    • key terms and definitions 128–31;
    • legislative background 131–40;
    • London Convention 1972 133–5;
    • London Protocol 1996 135–7;
    • management hierarchy showing priority and less preferred options 127;
    • MARPOL Annex V see MARPOL Annex V;
    • Polar Code 152–3;
    • regulation of discharges of dumping (non exhaustive list of related instruments) 132;
    • statistics 126;
    • UNCLOS III 133

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