Mohammud Hanif Dewan (31E) – Assistant Consultant of IMO

Maritime Lecturer & Assistant Consultant (IMO)

Here is a reproduction of Mohammud Hanif Dewan’s email regarding his work in the IMO.
On Sunday, June 21, 2015, Hanif Dewan <[email protected]> wrote:
Dear All,

Assalamu Alaikum.

As I informed before, I have been Selected as an assistant consultant of IMO in last December, 2014 by the Marine Environment Division, IMO. Last week, I have attended in IMO Regional Workshop on MARPOL Annex VI in Colombo, Sri Lanka on 16-18 June, 2015. Including host country, delegates (the Director General of Shipping, the PSCO, The administrative Surveyors and Examiners) from 09 Countries of South Asia and Island Countries of Indian Oceans (India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Iran, Maldives, Comoros, Seychelles and Mauritius) attended in this captioned workshop for technical training on MARPOL Annex VI. The followings were presented and discussed in this training workshop:

• Current status of MARPOL Annex VI and its application
• Review of Chapters 1 and 2 including equivalents, notifications, survey and certification
• Overview of MARPOL Annex VI, Chapter 3 (ODS, SOX, NOX, VOC, Fuel Quality etc)
•  Overview of the GHG issue and the role of international shipping
• MARPOL Annex VI, Chapter 4 – Regulations on energy efficiency for ships
• Guidelines supporting Chapter 4 of MARPOL Annex VI on EEDI & SEEMP
• Potential impact of MARPOL Annex VI on reduced GHG emissions and fuel consumption
• Technical cooperation, technology transfer and major projects in the context of MARPOL Annex VI Chapter 4.

Dr. Zabi Bazari (Lead Consultant, IMO) and Dr. Theofanis Karayannis (Technical Officer, IMO) were the key speakers and trainers of this workshop. I have attended as an Assistant Consultant (IMO Resource Person) for getting trained by the IMO technical team to conduct of IMO workshops on MARPOL Annex VI in South and South East Asia in Future.

I’ll be available in Bangladesh during Eid-ul-Fitr (19 July- 25 July, 2015). So, I’ll highly appreciate and always welcome if any Maritime Institute of Bangladesh arrange a training & discussion session on MARPOL Annex VI (Air Pollution & GHG Emissions from international shipping) during my stay in Bangladesh.

Thanks and best regards.

Mohammud Hanif Dewan (31, Malaysia)