The International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL), the principal international legal agreement regulating the environmental harm done by shipping, is 50 years old this year. In this report, we look into the widely-held assumption that shipping is an environmentally friendly means of transport and take heed of shipping’s contribution to climate change, pollution and biodiversity loss.

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Posted on: 3 July 2023

• Clean ocean
• Decarbonising shipping