IMO MEPC 71 outcome
IMO MEPC 71 took place from Monday 3 through Friday 7 July 2017, in London. under the Chairmanship of Mr Arsenio Domingues (Panama) and his Vice-Chair, Mr Hideako Saito (Japan). This was the last meeting before entry into force of the BWM Convention for which important changes adopted regarding the implementation dates. Two Working Groups (WG), one Drafting Group (DG), one Review Group (RG) and one Technical Group (TG) were formed and chaired as follows: · WG1 Air pollution and energy efficiency, Mr K Yoshida (Japan) · WG2 Reduction of GHG emissions from ships, Mr S Oftedal (Norway) · DG1 Amendments to mandatory instruments, Mr H Steinbock (Germany) · RG1 Ballast water management, Mr C Wiley (Canada) · TG1 PSSAs, Mrs A Makinen (Finland) The meeting was attended by representatives from 98 Member States, plus 2 Associates, 3 UN and Special Agencies, 8 Inter-Governmental and 50 Non-Governmental orga