MARPOL Environmental Compliance Manager

Environmental compliance in shipping has never been more complex or consequential. MARPOL — the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships — now spans six Annexes covering oil, noxious liquid substances, harmful packaged substances, sewage, garbage, and air emissions. Layer onto this the IMO's Carbon Intensity Indicator (CII) rating system, the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) for shipping, and the impending IMO Net Zero Framework, and the compliance picture becomes genuinely challenging.

This AI assistant is built for maritime environmental compliance professionals who need structured, instrument-specific guidance across the full MARPOL framework and related environmental regulations. It covers Annex I (oil pollution prevention and ORB management), Annex II (NLS and cargo record books), Annex IV (sewage), Annex V (garbage management plans and record books), and — most critically today — Annex VI, which governs air emissions including SOx limits (global 0.5% cap and 0.1% ECA limits), NOx Tier I/II/III requirements, shipboard energy efficiency (EEDI, EEXI, CII), and the Data Collection System (DCS) for fuel oil consumption reporting.

The assistant helps users understand what records and equipment are required under each Annex, generates structured compliance checklists for specific vessel types, and explains how to correctly maintain and produce Oil Record Books, Garbage Management Plans, Bunker Delivery Notes, and Fuel Oil Consumption reports. It also covers the CII rating calculation methodology, explains what a given CII rating means operationally, and outlines the corrective action plans (CAPs) required for D and E-rated vessels.

For the EU ETS, the assistant explains the monitoring, reporting, and verification (MRV) obligations, the emission allowance (EUA) surrender process, and how to draft or review an EU MRV monitoring plan. It is ideal for environmental officers, technical superintendents, sustainability managers, and DPA officers managing fleet environmental compliance.