International Cooperation

Ship Technology Workshop Materials from Collaboration with Mexico to Reduce Emissions from Ships

On September 26, 2012, a ship technology seminar was held to provide Mexican stakeholders with information about some of the ship technologies needed to meet the requirements of MARPOL Annex VI and an ECA.  A broad set of over 40 stakeholders attended the seminar, including key Mexican government agencies, industry representatives and technology representatives.

The following presentations were provided as part of the seminar.

Presentations are listed in order of the seminar agenda.  The agenda and all presentations may be downloaded below.  
 
Public Health Impacts of Ship Emissions (PDF) (8 pp, 604 K) 
Presenter: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
 
Project to Assess Shipping Emissions in Mexico (Spanish) (PDF) (11 pp, 248 K) 
Presenter: Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources of Mexico
 
Air Quality and Public Health in Mexico (PDF) (40 pp, 2 M) 
Presenter: Mexican Federal Commission for Protection Against Sanitary Risk
 
MARPOL Annex VI and the North American ECA (PDF) (15 pp, 1.22 M) 
Presenter: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
 
MARPOL Annex VI and the benefits for Mexico (Spanish) (PDF) (23 pp, 1.05 M)
Presenter: Mexican Ministry of Communications and Transportation
 
Shipping Company Perspective
  • Implementation of Measures for Energy Efficiency in Container Terminals (Spanish) (PDF) (30 pp, 1.37 M)
  • "Auriga Leader" is named best ship of 2009 (Spanish) (PDF) (7 pp, 365 K)

Presenter: CSAV Mexico

Overview of MARPOL Annex VI Required Emission Control Technologies (PDF) (22 pp, 1.88 M) 
Presenter: Manufacturers of Emissions Controls Association
 
Marine Emissions Control Technologies under MARPOL Annex VI (PDF) (23 pp, 1.28 M) 
Presenter: Johnson Matthey
 
Marine Emissions Control Technology: Provider of Urea for Selective Catalytic Reduction (PDF) (20 pp, 1.89 M) 
Presenter: Alveg
 
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