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CASE study of air pollution from ships in north region of peninsular Malaysia
Muhamad Izzuan Fitri bin Sahardin
Zahaitun Mahani bt Zakariah
Bachelor of Management (Maritime)
School of Maritime Business and Management
At the international level, Annex VI was added to the International Convention for the
Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL 73/78 Convention) to minimise the pollutant
emissions from ships such as nitrogen oxides, volatile organic compounds and sulphur
oxides. In 2011, the Malaysian Marine Department highlighted the requirement of the
national maritime community to adopt the resolution by the Marine environment and
Protection Committee (MEPC) which was entered into force in 2010. MARPOL has
specified certain sea areas as “Special Areas” in terms of technical reasons relating to
prevention of sea pollution and has designated the special areas as Emission Control
Areas (ECA). This case study elaborates compliance status of Malaysia as the
International Maritime Organisation (IMO) member country to the legislation and
management which was imposed MARPOL in the air pollution from ship. This study will
be cover the port located in North Region of Peninsular Malaysia. As an expected result
of this case study, most of the port in north region of Peninsular Malaysia take part in
following MARPOL 73/78 Regulation and has awareness regarding air pollution from
ships. Method used are qualitative method using interview session. The data will be
analyse using Atlas.ti programmes.
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