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.Italian ro-pax operator Grandi Navi Veloci has invoked an escape clause allowing it to pull out of plans to create a dedicated terminal at the French Port of Marseilles. The Port of Marseilles Authority said the operator had cited 'significant modifications' to its original business plan for a terminal to support large new ships on western Mediterranean services due to unprecedented rises in fuel costs and problems with fleet composition.

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