Aiming to contribute to the efforts of the Association΄s members for more effective protection of the environment, HELMEPA has produced and made available to its member-vessels a special informative Placard presenting in a simple way the new requirements regarding the discharge of garbage into the sea.
On 1st January 2013, the revised Annex V of MARPOL entered into force, minimizing the permitted discharges of garbage generated during the normal operation and maintenance of the vessel into the sea.