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International Links
IMO is the key source of information on MARPOL Annex VI .

• Europa - The European Union On-Line is the main portal to explore the EU in all its complexity

  DG Environment is responsible for Environmental instruments and legislation
  • DG Environment on Shipping - The key source for EU Shipping & Environment documents
  • Its research funding comes under LIFE
  • Clean Air for Europe (CAFE) is the overall EU programme on Air Quality
  • Environmental Technologies Action Plan (ETAP) is an EU initiative to encourage this industry
• The European Parliament has delegated most work to their Environment Committee
  • The Party Groups at the EP are here and can be a good source of contact information
• The Council of the European Union is where Ministers of the EU Member States debate legislation
• DG Transport includes shipping in its portfolio
• DG Research may be a source of funding for some purposes
• DG Energy is concerned with fuel and its transport

Brussels is supported by various Agencies. See a complete list from the EU

• EU Environment Agency (EEA). Based in Copenhagen
  • Airbase is their general database of air quality data
• EU Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA). May become involved in pan-European environment issues. To be based in Portugal

• IMPEL EU Network for Implementation and Enforcement of Environmental Law

• United Nations is the umbrella body
• International Maritime Organization (IMO) based in London, has responsibility for Shipping & Maritime affairs
  • MEPC is the Key Committee involved in environmental issues and is the key source of information on MARPOL Annex VI.
  • World Maritime University In Malmo, Sweden. Not really intergovernmental, but strongly supported by IMO
• UN Convention on the Law Of the SEA (UNCLOS) covers Oceans and Law of the Sea
  • UN Atlas of the Oceans is a master resource to work from
• UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) covers the wider Europe
  • Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution (CLRTAP) is the UNECE international treaty about SOx and NOx
• HELCOM, the Helsinki Commission is focused on the well being of the Baltic Sea
• The OSPAR Convention , originally the Oslo and Paris conventions is concerned with the NE Atlantic and the North Sea
• The North Sea Conference is an intergovernmental group concerned with the well being of the North Sea
• Nordic Council - Nordic Council of Ministers
• The Paris Memorandum Of Understanding (MOU) between Port State Control Maritime administrations is Atlantic oriented. It is one of several MOUs for other sea regions
• International Civil Aviation Association (ICAO) is where international aviation law and conventions are negotiated
  • Aircraft Engine Emissions A Statement by the ICAO explains the problem
• Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). A useful source of ideas on economic instruments
  • International Energy Agency, advises on Energy matters

Virtually all countries have resources devoted to shipping and air quality. This is a short selection:

• Environment Protection Agency (EPA) is the key federal agency with an environmental focus
  • Its Acid Rain Program is one of the exemplar Emissions Trading schemes
  • The so called EPA Clear Skies Initiative is a current administration attempt at multi-pollutant Emissions Trading. Nor currently progressing

• North American Commission for Environmental Cooperation includes the US, Canada & Mexico. It may be involved in negotiating an IMO request for a West Coast SECA.

• California Air Resources Board (Carb) California has more extensive Air Quality lawmaking rights than other states.

Shipping

The industry has many associations of companies and stakeholders:

• European Community Shipowners Association (ECSA) represents national shipowners organisations in Brussels. A good route to finding the national shipowner associations
• International Chamber of Shipping (ICS). Also the International Shipping Federation. London-based and linked to the British Chamber of Shipping. It, with the other larger international organisations forms the Round Table of International Shipping Associations. Covers the globe, not just Europe.
• BIMCO, based in Copenhagen, it traces its name to Baltic International Maritime Council. Noted in particular for its work on Documentation & Contracts
• Intertanko represents independent tanker operators, specifically not the oil majors. It can speak with an independent (even random) voice
• Intercargo represents dry cargo carriers. London based

Collectively, these associations have prepared a set of Shipping Facts, and offer a useful set of links

Other industry groups are active:

• Europia, representing European refinery (and thus world oilco) interests
• CONCAWE is the branch of EUROPIA concerned with Safety & Health
• International Bunker Industry Association (IBIA) whose members supply fuel for ships
• OCIMF - Oil Companies International Marine Forum represent the interests of the companies whose oil is carried

• European Sea Ports Organization (ESPO) represents the interests of ports, and has its own excellent set of links

  • ECOPORTS provides some excellent environmental information
• The European Shortsea Network encourages the use of shipping over other modes for the environmental benefits arising
• Euromot - The European Association of Internal Combustion Engine Manufacturers
• International Association of Classification Societies (IACS) A good place to find other Class - membership is considered a mark of quality

And there are many sources of information:

• Equasis based in Paris, and with some EU funding, this aims to provide a transparent database of all ships and owners.

• Lloyd's List The Industry daily newspaper
• Lloyd's Marine Intelligence Unit has a comprehensive database of ships and related commercial services
• Purplefinder.com offers a commercial shipping database service

• Posidonia Events is the major annual convention of the industry
• Seatrade Europe Cruise, Ferry and River Cruise Convention Often in Hamburg in November

• Shipping Books for specialized books and pamphlets
• Warsash Nautical Books A big collection for the enthusiast
• IMO sells books of all its conventions. The OECD also sells many relevant publications

Navigation Aids and Professional societies are stakeholders.

• AISLive gives access to some real time AIS data about ships
• UAIS Universal Automatic Identification System has some relevant reference material on the technology
• AIS Information Links is the US Coastguard page with information.
• Royal Institute of Navigation has a broad interest in navigation generally, including birds, ships, aircraft and land.
• International Association of Marine Aids to Navigation and Lighthouse Authorities (IALA)
  • Trinity House is the UK Member responsible for the UK lighthouses.
• The Nautical Institute represents Mariners worldwide
• Institute of Marine Engineering Science and Technology IMarEST Marine Engineering Professional Society

Technology & Abatement

• AquaFuel provide additives for fuel Emulsions (A SEAaT Member)
• Marine Exhaust Solutions provide an exhaust gas scrubber. A division of DME (A SEAaT Member)
• Wärtsilä is a major engine builder
  • Wärtsilä - Ship Power Environmental technologies
• MAN B&W is the other big provider of marine diesels
  • A very useful paper on NOx
• MaK The Marine Engine part of Caterpillar
• DAIHATSU The Marine Engine site
• SkySails is developing a technology to use wind to pull large ships
• Johnson Matthey Catalysts Are a major player in Catalytic and exhaust gas treatment
• Argillon provide the Sinox technology for NOx abatement
• Ecameter Limited is developing a low cost emissions measurements and verification technology and service

Emissions Trading

Core to SEAaT's campaign is the environmental efficiency Emissions Trading brings. A huge subject, here are some background and references.

• EPA's Clean Air Market Programs is a root source for the US SOx & NOx programmes which did so much to establish the validity of Emissions Trading
  • EPA's Clean Air Market Programs E-GRID is the database browser for emitters facts A database site
  • 2000 Acid Rain Compliance Report is from the US EPA
• United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) It was this convention that has lead to the Kyoto protocol, now ratified, but without the US. It concerns how to trade the Greenhouse gases (GHG) responsible for global climate change
• Emissions Trading Report is the Pew Trust heavyweight paper by Denny Ellerman and others on the success of Emissions Trading in the US
• The UK Emissions Trading Scheme was one of the first GHG schemes. Now superceded by the EU ETS
• EU ETS is the EU wide scheme for Trading in Greenhouse gasses.
• OECD Economic Instruments database gives access to many case studies of Emissions Trading and "permit" schemes
• DEFRA Economic Instruments Report - Dec 02 An analysis of the scope for Economic Instruments for Persistent Pollutants
• International Emissions Trading Association (IETA)
• Welcome to Professor Tom Tietenberg’s Research Web Page An enthusiastic academic, with some very useful papers that seem to give an excellent introduction to the economic arguments for emissions trading, and give the concept powerful academic support. Also has a long bibliography of economic sources
• Wuppertal Institute A highly respected Research & Think tank for advanced environmental approaches
• Rising Tide Against Carbon Trading Shows there there remains some opposition to the concept

Environmental NGOs

• The Swedish NGO Secretariat on Acid Rain well researched, authoritative and long standing it actually based in Göteborg. It is the major NGO on Air Quality
• European Environmental Bureau (EEB) are the collective EU office of several large environmental NGOs
• Transport & Environment (T&E) work on Transport issues and support economic instruments, including emissions trading
• Seas At Risk The North Sea is a major concern
• The World Conservation Union has a Marine programme
• Alliance of Maritime Interests in Europe (AMRIE) under sponsorship by the EU Parliament
• Environmental Defense is a US based non-profit member-based organization that works to create new methods of environmental defence. Some of their older (and useful) reports seem no longer on the site. So no How Acid Rain Emissions Trading is Delivering Cleaner Air
• Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)
• Ocean Conservancy
• International Ecological Engineering Society
• International Council for Clean Transportation (ICCT)