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Thursday, February 23rd, 2017   8:00am- 5:00pm   Deer Park,TX View agenda and sponsors The maritime industry is experiencing the most aggressive regulatory change in history, with the adoption of a global sulphur cap of .5%, adoption of the ballast water management convention, a roadmap and strategy for greenhouse gases, including mandatory reporting of fuel [...]

The International Maritime Organization (IMO) put the first climate change treaty since the 1992 Kyoto Protocol into action with the Energy Efficiency Design Index (EEDI) Standard amendment to MARPOL Annex VI. MARPOL stands for marine pollution and represents the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships. The EEDI Standard amendment is a mandatory [...]