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IMO I541E Report of the Symposium on Prevention Marine Pollution from Ship, 1976 Edition
Report of the Symposium on Prevention of Marine Pollution from Ships held in Acapulco, Mexico 22 ─ 31 March 1976
This report contains a summary of the proceedings of the symposium held in Acapulco in 1976. The object of the symposium was to discuss various scientific, technical and economic implications of the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973, and to exchange views on ways and means of complying with its requirements.
| CONTENTS | |||||
| Preface | 4 | ||||
| Report of the Symposium | 7 | ||||
| Introduction | 7 | ||||
| Summary of Proceedings | 10 | ||||
| Session I | - General Review of the 1973 Comventions | 10 | |||
| Session II | - National and Regional Arrangements | 14 | |||
| Session III | - Construction, Equipment and Operation of Chemical Tankers | 20 | |||
| Session IV | - Segregated Ballast Tankers | 27 | |||
| Session V | - Oil-Water Separators and Oil Monitoring and Control Equipment | 30 | |||
| Session VI | - Operation of Oil Tankers | 35 | |||
| Session VII | - Reception Facilities in Ports | 41 | |||
| Session VIII | - Sewage and Garbage from Ships | 48 | |||
| Session IX | - Contingency Planning | 52 | |||
| Session X | - Measures for Control, Detection and Date Collection | 56 | |||
| Session XI | - Methods for Dealing with Spillages | 63 | |||
| General Discussion | 70 | ||||
| Annex I | - Programme for Symposium | 72 | |||
| Annex II | - List of Participants | 77 | |||
