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Clean Ships, Clean Ports, Clean Oceans Controlling Garbage and Plastic Wastes at Sea (1995) / Chapter Skim
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... Efforts to improve compliance already are under way at the international level through IMO, which serves as the forum for formally amending MARPOL 73/78 and also offers technical services to help nations overcome obstacles and track compliance. Through its committees, IMO has launched efforts to promote Annex V compliance by further clarifying procedures for port state enforcement with regard to control of pollution from vessels, and to examine the vesseVport interface (including port reception facilities)
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  • reception facilities
  • port reception
  • marine debris
  • debris action
  • port state

  • action plan


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