The purpose of the convention is to ensure the payment of adequate, prompt and effective compensation to victims of pollution caused by the escape or discharge of bunker oil from ships
This publication, prepared by the Marine Environment Protection Committee of the International Maritime Organization (IMO). Supersedes the 1988 edition of section II of the Manual on Oil Pollution.
The International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973 (MARPOL Convention), is concerned with preserving the marine environment through the prevention of pollution by oil and other harmful substances and the minimization of accidental discharge of such substances. Its technical content is laid out in six Annexes, the first five of which were adopted by the 1973 Convention…