Waste and port reception facilities.
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2010
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Internationally, shipping, boating and ancillary services are seen as significant contributors to
degradation of the marine environment, affecting water quality, habitats and coastal amenity. As a
result, it is important to ensure good practice with regard to safety issues when discharging or
handling such wastes while vessels are in the port's jurisdiction. The international standards for
regulating the prevention of marine pollution through ship generated waste are clearly outlined
primarily in the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea 1982 ("UNCLOS") and the
International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships1973 as amended by the
Protocol of 1978 ("MARPOL 73/78"). The proposed study will explore compliance to MARPOL
73/78 Convention's requirement for governments to ensure the provision of adequate port reception
facilities capable of receiving ship board residues and mixtures, containing oil, noxious liquids or
garbage, without causing undue delay. The paper further reviews the implementation of the
Conventions in the European Union and South Africa as it aims to provide a profile of the
availability of waste reception facilities to assess their effectiveness in addressing the problem of
marine pollution through ship generated waste. It is concluded that a variety of South African
legislation is also applicable to marine pollution, but inadequately enforced. Further, that there was
a considerable range of legislation intended to protect the North Sea and European waters in general
from marine pollution but marine pollution from vessels is still considered to be a significant
problem. In conclusion, it is recommended that South Africa should urgently develop effective
mechanisms to monitor the enforcement oflegislation adequately.
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Thesis (M.Com.)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, 2010.
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Marine pollution--South Africa., Waste disposal in the ocean--South Africa., Harbours--Waste reception facilities--Law and legislation--South Africa., Ships--Waste disposal--South Africa., Theses--Marine studies.