ALL Caribbean boatmasters must be environmental warriors

 

Here in the Caribbean, workers in the tourism industry and the offshore energy industry often come from the same family or live next door to each other. And both should be interested in the sustainability of their respective industries. In the case of a Caribbean boatmaster, she can be operating a tour boat taking passengers to see a reef one week, and taking a supply boat with chemicals to offshore platforms the next week. SSNT would say the Caribbean boat master's interest in environmental protection must be personal, not just regulatory. Caribbean Boatmasters cannot operate like foreign seamen passing through a region with limited resources to penalise them for pollution. Caribbean boatmasters have to protect the beaches they take their own families to, protect the fisheries that their families will eat.

The IMO's MARPOL, is name of the main international convention providing guidelines for preventing pollution from boats and ships during operations or by accident. 

We are just trying to bring awareness and highlight and important topic. As usual, the experts on MARPOL and anything connected with the IMO is the Maritime Authority in your country.

The Caribbean boatmaster must be prevent pollution by oil her boat is carrying as fuel. She must prevent pollution by any harmful liquids carried as cargo. She must prevent pollution by sewage from her boat. She must prevent pollution by garbage from her boat and prevent air pollution from her boat's exhaust fumes.

Ships and boats have been identified as major contributors to air pollution and green house gas emissions. There are many regulatory changing taking place to reduce the amount of pollution from boats. The carbon footprint of your boat s to be monitored. These cover things like the shape of boats, the type of fuel used and using electricity for most machines on board and generating just enough electricity to cover the load.