A three-day regional workshop on MARPOL Annex VI for Pacific States is being held in Apia, Samoa (19 - 21 November). The workshop is addressing energy efficient ship design and technical energy efficiency measures, further measures to enhance the energy efficiency of ships, shore power supply and green port initiatives and MARPOL Annex VI guidelines.
The Cook Islands, Fiji, Federated States of Micronesia, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Niue, Nauru, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu and the Secretariat of the Pacific Community are represented at the workshop. The workshop is being hosted by the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) in partnership with IMO and the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) and is being supported using funds kindly donated to IMO by the Government of Canada through Transport Canada.