Dealing with waste - the importance of port reception facilities

Port reception facilities are a vital piece of the puzzle when it comes to implementing IMO's MARPOL convention for the prevention of pollution from ships.  A regional workshop in Lima, Peru, (21-23 October) has put the focus on port reception facilities in Latin America. Participants from 16 countries * learned the best way to effectively implement MARPOL Annex V on prevention of pollution from ships by garbage and gained knowledge of best practice in port reception facilities.

The Regional workshop on Port Reception Facilities was organized by IMO and the General Directorate of Captaincies and Coastguards of the Republic of Peru (DICAPI), with the collaboration of Prefectura Naval Argentina (PNA) and the General Directorate for Maritime Terrritory and Merchant Marine of Chile (DIRECTEMAR) and was co-sponsored by the Ministry of Transport of Malaysia.

*Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Uruguay and Venezuela.