Proceedings of the Workshop on The Future of the Maritime Transport in a Blue Economy

PUBLICATION DATE:

Sunday, July 01, 2012

PUBLICATION TYPE:

Meeting Documents

STATUS:

Only Available Online

DESCRIPTION:

This publication summarizes the results of the workshop on the Future of the Maritime Transport in a Blue Economy held during the East Asian Seas Congress 2012. The various workshops highlighted and discussed the work of IMO and other international organizations, national and local government units and the private sector on their efforts in reducing the impacts of pollution caused by sea transportation and oil production including initiatives in enhancing capacities for oil spill preparedness and response at the regional, national and local level, specifically on the following: Global Regulatory Framework Toward Green Shipping IMO's Integrated Technical Cooperation Programme (ITCP) Ballast Water Control and Management Climate Change and Offshore Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Current Trends, Issues and Research and Development (R&D) Requirements in Oil Spill Response IMO-IPIECA Global Initiative (GI) in Southeast Asia Lessons Learned from Recent Oil Spill Incidents (Macondo Blowout and Hebei Spirit) Regional Arrangements on Oil Spill Preparedness and Response Developments in the Compensation Regime for Oil and Hazardous and Noxious Substances (HNS) Incidents Case Study on Oil Removal Operation from Sunken Kyungshin Building Capacities for Oil Spill Preparedness and Response at the Local Level HNS Preparedness and Response