The MCA has embarked upon an industry wide consultation on the draft Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Pollution by Sewage and Garbage from Ships) Regulations 2008 which will impose the new provisions of MARPOL Annex IV (Sewage) and Annex V (Garbage). Lorraine Weller explains the extent and expected effect of the provisions.BMT Group Ltd has appointed a Head of Sustainability for its subsidiary company BMT Cordah Ltd who, in addition to responsibility for developing and implementing a strategic approach to sustainability consultancy for BMT Cordah's clients, will also conduct an internal audit to ensure best practice across the BMT Group. With regard to the latter, Del Redvers will evaluate BMT's own supply chain, travel practice and energy consumption.

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