Marpol annex IV : impact of implementation to Malaysia maritime industry

Abstract

MARPOL Annex IV is the international convention for the prevention of pollution by sewage from ships. The convention consist 12 regulation divided by four chapter. Taken into force in 27 September 2003 the convention requires the members to comply with the regulation. In Malaysia MARPOL Annex IV is implemented in 27 December 2010. Malaysia becomes the member of the convention to protect Malaysia water from the pollution that cause from sewage from ships. The decision to become the member of the convention is very good, Because Malaysia is located in international trade route and the number of ship that using Malaysia water is increase by year. The implementation of MARPOL Annex IV in Malaysia may give some impact to the Malaysia maritime industry. The implementation is actually give impact to the maritime industry player such as shipping company, port sector and government agencies. Because the convention is new in Malaysia, there are no studies regarding the impact of the implementation to the maritime industry especially its player. Therefore this study was conducted to determine the impact of implementation of MARPOL Annex IV to Malaysia Maritime Industry. The impact is measure by the changes of the operation of shipping company, port and government agencies . The data regarding the operation changes is taken by the interview with the involve parties. The study also measure the availability of sewage reception facilities in port and sewage treatment plant onboard the ships. data collection regarding number of ship enter Malaysia port, ship detail and ship certificate information from related sector in this study like shipping company, port and government agencies. At the end, all the gathered data is analyse and then determine the impact of implementation of the convention and some recommendation is make to provide the party involve