Interpretations of, and amendments to, MARPOL and related instruments: regional arrangements for port perception facilities

Resolution MEPC.83(44), Guidelines for ensuring the adequacy of port waste reception facilities, recognizes that although all States that are Party to MARPOL have an obligation to provide reception facilities for MARPOL wastes from ships calling at their ports, some port authorities may face particular problems meeting this obligation (paragraph 5.14) and that regional arrangements for port waste reception facilities can provide a solution