IMO’s Jun Sun is in Istanbul, Turkey, for the IMO Regional Workshop on MARPOL Annex V and Port Reception Facilities (28-30 October), which is being attended by18 participants from Bulgaria, Georgia, Romania, Turkey and Ukraine. The workshop is aimed at developing capacities for the implementation and enforcement of MARPOL Annex V (Prevention of pollution by garbage from ships). The workshop is being hosted by the Black Sea Commission's Permanent Secretariat.