EDGING CLOSER TO A BREAKTHROUGH ON CLEANER SHIPPING IN THE MEDITERRANEAN

Meeting online on 27-28 April 2021, more than 50 participants representing 20 (out of the 22) Contracting Parties to the Barcelona Convention agreed on a set of conclusions and recommendations that pave the way for the possible designation of the Mediterranean Sea, as a whole, as an “Emission Control Area for Sulphur Oxides (Med SOx ECA) pursuant to Annex VI to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL)”. The endeavour is part of the implementation of the Regional Strategy for Prevention of and Response to Marine Pollution from Ships (2016-2021). Read more