Annex VI
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Annex VI is the section of the MARPOL convention that sets international limits on air pollution from ships, including emissions of sulfur oxides, nitrogen oxides, and other harmful substances.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| MARPOL Annex VI | 7 |
| Annex VI canonical | 1 |
| Annex VI to MARPOL | 1 |
| IMO 2020 global sulfur cap | 1 |
| MARPOL Annex VI Regulation 13 | 1 |
| MARPOL Annex VI regulations | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T358294 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Annex VI Context triple: [International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, annex, Annex VI]
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A.
Annex V
Annex V is the section of the MARPOL convention that sets international rules to prevent pollution of the marine environment by garbage from ships.
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B.
International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships
The International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL) is the primary global treaty that sets standards to prevent and minimize pollution from ships, including oil, chemicals, sewage, garbage, and air emissions.
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C.
Annex 5 Discharges from Vessels
Annex 5 Discharges from Vessels is a component of the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement that sets out binational rules and standards to control and reduce pollution from ships in the Great Lakes.
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D.
Annex II
Annex II is the section of the MARPOL Convention that sets international regulations for controlling pollution from noxious liquid substances carried in bulk by ships.
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E.
International Management Code for the Safe Operation of Ships and for Pollution Prevention
The International Management Code for the Safe Operation of Ships and for Pollution Prevention (ISM Code) is an international maritime safety and environmental protection standard that requires shipping companies to implement structured safety management systems for their vessels.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Annex VI Target entity description: Annex VI is the section of the MARPOL convention that sets international limits on air pollution from ships, including emissions of sulfur oxides, nitrogen oxides, and other harmful substances.
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A.
Annex V
Annex V is the section of the MARPOL convention that sets international rules to prevent pollution of the marine environment by garbage from ships.
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B.
International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships
The International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL) is the primary global treaty that sets standards to prevent and minimize pollution from ships, including oil, chemicals, sewage, garbage, and air emissions.
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C.
Annex 5 Discharges from Vessels
Annex 5 Discharges from Vessels is a component of the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement that sets out binational rules and standards to control and reduce pollution from ships in the Great Lakes.
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D.
Annex II
Annex II is the section of the MARPOL Convention that sets international regulations for controlling pollution from noxious liquid substances carried in bulk by ships.
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E.
International Management Code for the Safe Operation of Ships and for Pollution Prevention
The International Management Code for the Safe Operation of Ships and for Pollution Prevention (ISM Code) is an international maritime safety and environmental protection standard that requires shipping companies to implement structured safety management systems for their vessels.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
MARPOL annex
ⓘ
international environmental regulation ⓘ |
| administeredBy | International Maritime Organization ⓘ |
| adoptedAt | 1997 MARPOL Conference ⓘ |
| adoptedBy | International Maritime Organization ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
mitigate environmental impacts of ship air emissions
ⓘ
protect human health from ship emissions ⓘ reduce air pollution from international shipping ⓘ |
| allows | use of equivalent emission reduction technologies ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
marine diesel engines above specified power output
ⓘ
ships engaged in international voyages ⓘ |
| belongsTo | MARPOL 73/78 ⓘ |
| contains |
Regulation 13 on nitrogen oxides
ⓘ
Regulation 14 on sulfur oxides and particulate matter ⓘ Regulation 18 on fuel oil quality ⓘ provisions on ozone-depleting substances ⓘ provisions on shipboard incineration ⓘ provisions on volatile organic compounds ⓘ |
| defines |
Emission Control Areas
ⓘ
Nitrogen Oxide Emission Control Areas ⓘ Sulfur Emission Control Areas ⓘ |
| enforcedBy |
flag States
ⓘ
port State control authorities ⓘ |
| enteredIntoForce | 19 May 2005 ⓘ |
| geographicalScope | global ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| legalBasisFor |
global marine fuel sulfur cap
ⓘ
stricter fuel sulfur limits in Emission Control Areas ⓘ |
| partOf | International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships ⓘ |
| regulates |
air pollution from ships
ⓘ
nitrogen oxide emissions from ships ⓘ ozone-depleting substances from ships ⓘ shipboard fuel oil quality ⓘ shipboard incineration ⓘ sulfur oxide emissions from ships ⓘ volatile organic compound emissions from tankers ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Greenhouse gas reduction measures for ships
ⓘ
IMO 2020 global sulfur cap ⓘ
linked to:
Annex VI
|
| requires |
certification of marine diesel engines for NOx compliance
ⓘ
shipboard record-keeping on fuel oil changeover in ECAs ⓘ surveys and certification of ships for air pollution prevention ⓘ use of low-sulfur fuel in designated areas ⓘ |
| setsLimitOn |
NOx emissions from marine diesel engines
ⓘ
SOx emissions from ships ⓘ particulate matter emissions from ships ⓘ sulfur content of marine fuel ⓘ |
| shortName |
MARPOL Annex VI
ⓘ
linked to:
Annex VI
|
| subjectMatter | air pollution prevention from ships ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Annex VI Description of subject: Annex VI is the section of the MARPOL convention that sets international limits on air pollution from ships, including emissions of sulfur oxides, nitrogen oxides, and other harmful substances.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Annex VI
linked to: Annex VI
linked to: Annex VI
linked to: Annex VI
linked to: Annex VI
linked to: Annex VI
linked to: Annex VI
linked to: Annex VI