Balticban in the pipeline

摘要

At a late-November meeting of ihe Maritime Group of the Helsinki Commission (HELCOM MARITIME) in Liibeck, Germany, representatives were discussing the progress made in implementing the HELCOM Baltic Sea Action Plan to reduce pollution to the marine environment and come up with follow-up proposals. High on the agenda was coastal states'joint proposal to the IMO to ban discharge of sewage from passenger ships and ferries in the Baltic Sea unless it has been sufficiently treated to remove nutrients.