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Page
Tabl
eofCont
ent
s
No.
Chapter
I
ntr
oduct
ion 1
1
1
.1 MARPOLOvervi
ew 4
1
.2 Repor
ti
ngPol
l
utionI
nci
dent
s 7
Chapter
ANNEXI
–PREVENTI
ONOFPOLLUTI
ONBYOI
L 1
2
2
2.
1 Pr
inci
plesofEnvi
ronmentPr
otect
ion 1
2
2.
2 OilPoll
utant s 16
2.
3 PreventingOi lPol
luti
on 17
2.
4 OilPreventionEqui pment 20
2.
5 OilDisposal 23
2.
6 OilPoll
ut i
onAct( OPA)90 25
2.
7 OilPreventionDr i
l
ls 25
2.
8 OilRecor dBook 26
2.
9 FormsandDocument at
ion 31
Chapter ANNEXII–CONTROLOFPOLLUTI
ONBYNOXI
OUSLI
QUI
D
34
3 SUBSTANCESI
NBULK
3.
1 Noxi
ousLi
qui
dSubs
tancesi
nBul
k(NLS) 34
3.
2 Cons t
ructi
onRequirements 35
3.
3 Preventi
onofmar inepol
lut
ionbyNLSi nbul
k 36
3.
4 Unloading,Str
ippi
ngandPr e-
washing 37
3.
5 Equipmentandi nstal
l
ati
onsforhandl
ingNLS 39
3.
6 NLSWas teDispos
al 40
3.
7 CargoRecor dBook 42
3.
8 FormsandDocument ati
on 43
Chapter ANNEXII
I–PREVENTI
ONOFPOLLUTI
ONBYHARMFULSUBSTANCES
44
4 CARRI
EDBYSEAI NPACKAGEDFORM
4.
1 I
ntr
oduct
ion 44
4.
2 PackingandHandli
ng 47
4.
3 Preventi
onofPol
l
utionbyHarmfulSubst
ancesi
nPackagedFor
m 48
4.
4 I
MDGCode 48
4.
5 Excepti
onsandotherappl
i
cabl
er egul
ati
ons 53
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eofCont
ent
s
No.
Chapter
ANNEXI
V–PREVENTI
ONOFPOLLUTI
ONBYSEWAGEFROM SHI
PS 55
5
5.
1 I
ntr
oduct
ion 55
5.
2 SewageSys tem Requir
ements 60
5.
3 StandardDischargi
ngConnecti
on 61
5.
4 DischargeofSewage 62
Chapter
ANNEXV–PREVENTI ONOFPOLLUTI
ONBYGARBAGEFROM SHI
P 63
6
6.1 Over vi
ew 64
6.
2 Specialrequirementsfordi
sposalofgarbage 65
6.
3 DisposalofGar bage 65
6.
4 ShipboardEqui pmentforProcess
ingGar bage 69
6.
5. Pr oceduresf orhandli
ngship-
generatedgarbage 70
6.
6 Pl
acar ds,Gar bageManagementPl ansandGar bageRecordKeepi
ng 75
6.
7 GarbageRecor dBook 78
6.
8 Penalti
esandAppr ehensi
ons 80
6.
9 PortStateCont r
olonOperati
onalRequirements 81
Chapter
ANNEXVI –PREVENTIONOFAI RPOLLUTI ONFROM SHIPS 81
7
7.
1 I ntroduction 81
7.
2 AirPoll
utantsfr
om Combus t
ion 84
7.
3 AirPoll
utantsfr
om OtherSources 86
7.
4 MARPOLAnnexVI Devel
opment s 87
7.
5 Survey,Cert
ifi
cati
onandMeansofCont r
ol 87
7.
6 RequirementsforContr
olofEmi s
sionsf
rom Shi
ps 94
7.
7 SpecialRequir
ementsforOilRigs 1
05
7.
8 I
ns t
all
ationandEquipment 1
06
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I
NTRODUCTI
ON

This course provides tr

aining fort he mandator
y minimum r equir
ement s ofthe STCW
Convent i
on,1978,asamendedf orknowl edge,unders
tandi
ngandpr ofi
ciencyofmari
nedeck
and engineerof fi
cersint he oper ati
onaland managementl evelsand ot herper
sonnel,as
provi
dedi nSectionsA-II/
1,II
/2,I
I/3,II
/5,I
II
/1
,II
I/
2andIII
/5res
pecti
vely,oftheSTCW Convention,
1978,asamendedf ort
hef uncti
onofcont r
oll
i
ngtheoperati
onofthes hipandcar ef
orpersons
onboar d.

Thisconsol
i
dated course cover
st he r
equi
rementsofthe I
nter
nationalConvent
ion f
orthe
Prevent
ionofPoll
utionfrom Shi
ps,1973asmodifi
edbyt hePr
otocolof1978(MARPOL73/78)
basedonthetechnicalcont
entsprovi
dedinAnnexItoVI
.

Ever
ytr
aineeforcer
tif
icat
ioninConsol
idat
edMARPOL73/ 78AnnexesI-
VIs
hal
lber
equi
redt
o
demons
trat
ethesubjecttounder
takethetasks
,dut
iesandres
pons
ibi
li
ti
esas
:

1)AnnexI–Preventi
onofPoll
uti
onbyOil
2)AnnexI
I–Control
ofPoll
uti
onbyNoxiousLiquidSubst
ancesi
nBul
k
3)AnnexI
II
–Prevent
ionofPol
luti
onbyHarmful Subs
tancesCar
ri
edbySeai
nPackagedFor
m
4)AnnexI
V–Preventi
onofPoll
uti
onbySewagef r
om Shi
ps
5)AnnexV –Pr
eventi
onofPoll
uti
onbyGarbage
6)AnnexVI–Pr
eventi
onofAirPoll
uti
onf
rom Ships
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COURSE
I
NTRODUCTI
ON

MARI
NEPOLLUTI
ON

Marinepoll
uti
onoccurswhenhar mfuleff
ects,orpotenti
all
yharmfulef
fect
s,canresul
tfrom t
heentr
y
i
ntot heoceanofchemi cal
s,par
ticl
es,i
ndustri
al,agri
cult
uralandres
identi
alwaste,noi
se,orthespr
ead
ofinvasi
veorganisms
.Mos tsour
cesofmar inepol l
uti
onar el
andbased.Thepol l
uti
onoftencomesfrom
nonpointsour
cessuchasagr i
cul
turalr
unoffandwi ndblowndebris
.

 Manypot ential l
yt oxicchemi calsadher et ot i
nypar t
icleswhi charet hentakenupbyplanktonand
bent hosani mal s,mos tofwhi ch areei therdepos i
torf i
lt
erf eeders.I
nt hi
sway,thet oxi
nsare
concent ratedupwar dwi thinoceanf oodchai ns.Manypar t
icl
escombi nechemical
l
yinamanner
highlydepl etiveofoxygen, caus i
nges tuar iest obecomeanoxi c.
 When pes t
icides ar ei ncorporated i ntot he mar ine
ecos yst
em,t hey qui ckly become abs orbed i nto mar ine
foodwebs .Oncei nt hef oodwebs ,t hes epes ti
cidescan
caus e mut ations ,as wel las di seas es,whi ch can be
har mful t
ohumansaswel lastheent ir
ef oodweb.
 Toxicmet alscan al so be i nt
roduced i nto mar ine food
webs .Thes e can caus e a change t ot i
ss ue mat t er
,
biochemi stry, behavi or,r eproduct i
on, and s uppr ess
growt hinmar inelife.Al so, manyani mal feedshaveahi gh
fi
shmealorf ishhydr olys atecont ent.Int hisway,mar ine
toxinscan bet r
ans fer red tol and ani mal s,and appear
l
at erinmeatand
dairypr oduct s. Fig.
1Mar i
nePoll
uti
on
 Oils pil
l
s ,toxicwas t
esandpl as t
icsar ef ami li
armar ine

pol
l
utant
s.However
,humani
nter
act
ionwi
tht
heoceanr
esul
tsi
not
her
,of
tenmor
eser
ioust
hreat
s.

PATHWAYSOFPOLLUTI
ON

Therearemanydi f
fer
entwayst ocategori
ze,
andexami net
heinput
sofpol
l
uti
onint
oourmar
ine
ecosyst
ems .
Gener all
ytherearethr
eemai nt
ypesofinput
sofpol
lut
ioni
ntot
heocean:
 Di r
ectdischargeofwas t
eintotheoceans,
 Runof fint
ot hewatersduetor ai
n,and
 Pollutantsthatarerel
easedfrom theatmosphere.

A.DIRECTDI SCHARGE
Pol
lutantsent
erriversandt heseadirectl
yfrom urbans ewer ageandindustr
ialwas t
edi schar
ges,
sometimesi nthefor
m ofhazar dousandt oxi
cwas tes.
Inlandmi ningforcopper
,gol d,et
c.,isanother
sourceofmar inepol
lution.Mostoft hepollut
ionissimplys oil
,whichendsupi nriversfl
owi ngtot he
sea.However ,somemi neral
sdi s
chargedint hecour s
eoft hemi ni
ngcancaus epr obl
ems ,suchas
copper,acommoni ndus tr
ialpoll
utant,whichcaninterferewi t
ht heli
fehist
oryanddevel opmentof
coralpolyps.

B.LANDRUNOFF
Sur
facerunof
ffrom f
arming,aswellasur
banrunoffandr
unofffr
om thecons
truct
ionofroads
,
bui
ldi
ngs,port
s,channel
s,andhar bor
s,cancar
rysoilandpart
icl
esladenwithcarbon,ni
tr
ogen,
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phosphorus,andmi neral
s.Thi
snutri
ent
-ri
chwat
ercancausefl
eshyal
gaeandphytoplankt
ont o
thr
iveincoastalareas;knownasalgalbl
ooms,
whichhavet
hepot
enti
alt
ocr
eatehypoxi
cconditi
ons
byusingallavail
ableoxygen.

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C.SHIPPOLLUTI ON
Shi
pscanpol l
ut ewat erwaysandoceansi nmanyways .Oilspil
lscanhavedevas t
ati
ngef f
ects.
Whilebeingt oxictomar i
nel i
fe,polycycli
caromatichydrocarbons( PAHs ),thecomponent sincrude
oil
,areverydiffi
culttocleanup, andlastforyear
sint hes
edimentandmar ineenvironment.
Dischargeofcar gor esiduesf r
om bul kcarr
ierscanpol l
utepor t
s,wat er
waysandoceans .In
manyi nstancesves sel
sintentionall
ydi s
chargeil
l
egal wastesdespiteforeignanddomes ti
cregulati
on
prohibi
ti
ngs uchact ions.Ithasbeenes ti
matedthatcontainers hipsloseover1 0,
000cont ai
nersat
seaeachyear( usuallydurings torms).Shi
psalsocreatenoisepol l
uti
ont hatdi stur
bsnaturalwil
dli
fe,
andwat erfrom ballasttankscans preadharmfulalgaeandot herinvasives pecies.

D.ATMOSPHERI CPOLLUTION
Anot herpat hwayofpol l
uti
on occursthrough the at mosphere.Wi ndbl
own dus tand debr is,
i
ncludingpl ast
icbags,areblowns eawardfrom landfi
ll
sandot herareas.TheUSGSl inksdus tevents
toadecl inei nthehealthofcoralreef
sacrosstheCaribbeanandFl ori
da,pri
maril
ys i
ncet he1970s .
Cli
mat e change israis
ing ocean temper at
uresand r ai
sing l
evelsofcar bon dioxide int he
atmos pher e.Theserisi
nglevelsofcarbondioxideareaci dif
yingt heoceans.This,i
nt urn,isalter
ing
aquaticecos ystemsandmodi f
yingfishdis
tri
butions
,wi t
hi mpact sont hesustai
nabi l
it
yoff isheri
es
andt hel iveli
hoodsoft hecommuni t
iesthatdependont hem.Heal thyoceanecos ystemsar eal so
i
mpor tantf orthemi t
igati
onofclimatechange.

E. DEEPSEAMI NING
Oceanmi ni
ngint hedeeps eaisyetanothersourceofoceanpoll
uti
on.Oceanmi ningsit
esdrill
ing
forsi
lver,
gold,copper,cobal
tandzinccreatesul
fidedeposi
tsuptothreeandahal fthousandmet ers
downi nt otheocean.Whi l
ewehaveyett hegatheri
ngofs ci
enti
fi
cevidencet ofull
yexplaint he
harshenvironment alimpact
sofdeeps eami ni
ng,wedohaveagener alideathatdeeps eami ning
causesdamaget ot helowestlevel
soft heoceanand i ncreasethet oxici
tyofther egi
on.Thi s
permanentdamagedeal talsocausesleaki
ng,corrosi
onandoi lspi
ll
sthatonl ydrasti
cal
lyfurther
hindertheecosystem oftheregi
on.

Fi
g.2Pat
hwaysofpol
l
uti
on;Landr
unof
f

EFFECTSOFMARI
NEPOLLUTI
ON

1
. Eff
ectofToxicWas tesonMari
neAni mal:Oi
s ls
pil
lisdangeroustomar i
nel i
feinseveralways.Theoi
l
spil
l
edint heoceancouldgetontot hegil
lsandf eathersofmar i
neanimals,whichmakesi tdif
fi
cul
t
forthem t
omoveorf l
yproper
lyorfeedtheirchil
dren.Thelongterm ef
fectonmar ineli
fecanincl
ude
cancer,f
ail
urei
nt herepr
oducti
vesystem,behavioralchanges,andevendeat h.

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2. Di
srupti
ontot heCycleofCoralReef
s:Oi
lspil
lfl
oatsont hesurf
aceofwat erandpr
eventssunl
i
ght
f
rom reachingtomar ineplant
sandaf f
ectsinthepr ocessofphotosynt
hesis
.Ski
nirr
it
ati
on,eye
i
rr
it
ation,l
ungandliverprobl
emscanimpactmarineli
feoverlongper
iodoftime

3. Deplet
esOxygenCont entinWat er
:Mostofthedebrisi
ntheoceandoesnotdecomposeandremai
n
i
nt heoceanforyears
.Itusesoxygenasitdegrades.
Asaresul
tofthi
s,oxygenl
evel
sgodown.When
oxygen l
evelsgo down,t hechancesofs ur
vivalofmari
neanimalsl i
kewhales,t
urt
les
,shar
ks,
dolphi
ns,pengui
nsforlongti
meal s
ogoesdown.

4.Fail
urei
ntheReproductiveSyst
em ofSeaAnimals:I
ndust
ri
alandagr i
cult
uralwastesincl
udevari
ous
pois
onouschemicalsthatareconsi
deredhazardousformarineli
fe.Chemicalsfr
om pes t
ici
descan
accumulat
eint
hef att
yt i
ssueofani
mals,
leadi
ngtof ai
l
ureint
heirreproduct
ivesystem.

5.Eff
ectonFoodChai n:Chemicalsusedinindus
tri
esandagri
cult
uregetwashedi
ntot
her i
ver
sand
fr
om therearecar
riedintotheoceans.Thesechemical
sdonotgetdis
sol
vedandsi
nkatthebott
om
oftheocean.Smallanimalsingestt
hesechemical
sandarelat
ereatenbylar
geani
mals
,whichthen
aff
ectsthewholef
oodchai n.

6.AffectsHumanHealth:Ani
malsfr
om impactedf oodchai
naretheneatenbyhumanswhichaffect
s
theirheal
thastoxi
nsfrom t
hesecontaminatedanimalsget
sdeposi
tedinthet
iss
uesofpeopl
eand
canl eadt
ocancer,
birt
hdefect
sorlongterm healt
hprobl
ems.

7.OceanAci di
fi
cation.Theoceansar enormallyanat ur
alcar
bons ink,absorbi
ngcarbondioxi
defrom
theatmos phere.Becausethelevelsofat mospheri
ccarbondioxidear eincr
easi
ng,theoceansare
becomingmor eaci di
c.Thepotentialconsequencesofoceanacidifi
cati
onar enotful
lyunders
tood,
buttherear econcer nsthatstructur
esmadeofcal ci
um carbonatemaybecomevul ner
ableto
dis
sol
ution,aff
ectingcor
alsandtheabi l
it
yofs hel
lf
isht
oformshells.

8.Eutrophi
cati
on.Eut r
ophicationi
sani ncreasei
nchemi calnutri
ents,typicall
ycompoundscont aining
nit
rogenorphos phorus,inanecos ystem.Itcanresultinani ncreasei nt heecos ys
t em'spri
mar y
producti
vit
y( excessi
vepl antgr
owt handdecay) ,andfurthereffectsincludinglackofoxygenand
severereduct i
onsinwat erqual
it
y,fi
s h,andotherani
malpopul ations.Thebi ggestculpritar
erivers
thatempt yintotheocean, andwithitthemanychemi cal
sus edasf ert
il
izersinagricul
tureaswel las
was tefr
om livest
ockandhumans .Anexcessofoxygendepl eti
ngchemi calsi nthewat ercanleadt o
hypoxiaandt hecreati
onofadeadzone.

Fi
g.3Mai
nsour
cesofpol
l
uti
on

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1
.1
MARPOLOVERVI
EW

TheI nt
ernati
onalMarit
imeOr gani
zati
on’
s( I
MO)pr i
mar y purposeist odevelopandmai ntai
na
comprehensiveregulat
oryframeworkforshi
ppingandi tsremittodayincludess
af ety,envi
ronment al
concernsand others.The Mari
neEnvironmentPr ot
ect
ion Commi tt
ee( MEPC)oneoft hefivemai n
commi tt
eesconcernedwithprevent
ionandcontrolofpoll
uti
onf r
om shi
ps .I
npart
icularitisconcerned
withtheadopt i
onandamendmentofconvent ionsandot herregul
ati
onsandmeas urestoens uretheir
enfor
cement .

MARPOL73/
78

MARPOL73/ 78i stheI nt ernat i

onalConvent i
onf orthePr event i
onofPol l
utionFr om Ships ,1973as
modi fi
edbyt hePr otocolof1 978. "Mar pol"iss hortformar inepol lutionand73/ 78s hor tfortheyear s1973
and1 978.Thi sconvent ionwass ubs equent lymodi f
iedbyt hePr ot ocolof1 978r elatingt hereto,whi ch
wasadopt ed by t he Inter nat i
onalConf erence on TankerSaf ety and Pol l
ution Pr evention ( TSPP
Conf erence) ,Februar y1 978.Mar polisoneoft hemos timpor tanti nternationalmar i
neenvi ronment al
convent i
onsdevel opedbyt heI nternat i
onal Mar i
timeOr ganization( IMO) .
I twasdes ignedt omi nimizepol lutionoft hes eas ,i
ncludingdumpi ng, oilandexhaus tpolluti
on.
I tsst atedobj ectivei s:t opr eservet hemar ineenvi ronmentt hrought hecompl eteel i
mi nati
onof
pol l
ut i
onbyoi landot herhar mfuls ubs t
ancesandt hemi nimizat i
onofacci dent aldischargeof
s uchs ubstances .
Ast he1 973MARPOLConvent ionhadnotyetent er edintofor ce,t he1 978MARPOLPr otocolabs orbed
thepar entConvent i
on.Thecombi nedi ns t
rumenti sr eferredtoast heI nternat i
onalConvent ionfort he
Prevent ionofMar inePol lutionf rom Shi ps,1973,asmodi fi
edbyt hePr otocolof1 978r elat
ingt hereto
(MARPOL73/ 78),
andi tent eredi ntof orceon2Oct ober1 983( AnnexesI andI I
) .
TheConvent i
oni ncludesr egul ati
onsai medatpr eventingandmi ni
mi zingpol luti
onf r
om s hips-bot h
accident alpol l
uti
onandt hatf rom rout i
neoper ati
ons-andcur rent l
yi ncludesSi xTechni calAnnexes .

MARPOLSI
XANNEXES

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HI
STORYOFMARPOL73/
78

Oilpollut
ionoft heseaswasr ecognizedasapr obl
em int hefi
rsthalfofthe20thcenturyandvar i
ous
countri
esi nt
roducednat i
onalr egulat
ionst ocont roldi
schargesofoi lwithi
nt hei
rt err
it
ori
alwat ers.In
1954,theUni tedKingdom organizedaconf erenceonoi lpoll
utionwhichr es
ult
edi nt headoptionoft he
I
nternationalConventionforthePrevent i
onofPol luti
onoft heSeabyOi l(
OILPOL),1954.Foll
owi ngentry
i
ntof orceoft heI
MO Convent ionin1 958,t hedepos it
oryandSecr etari
atfuncti
onsi nrelati
ont ot he
Convent i
onwer et
ransfer
redfrom theUni t
edKi ngdom Gover nmentt oI
MO.

OI
LPOLCONVENTI
ON

The1954Convention,whichwasamendedi n1962,1969and1 971

,primari
lyaddressedpol l
uti
on
resul
tingfrom r
outinet
ankeroper at
ionsandf r
om thedis
char geofoilywas t
esfrom machinerys paces.
Thesewer eregardedasthemaj orcaus esofoilpol
l
uti
onfrom s hi
ps.
The1 954OILPOLConvent i
on,whi chent eredint
oforceon26J uly1958,attemptedt otacklethe
problem ofpoll
uti
onofthes easbyoi l-defi
nedascr udeoil
,fueloil
,heavydieseloilandlubri
cati
ngoi l-
i
nt womai nways :

1.ites t
ablis
hed" prohibi
tedzones"extendingatleast50milesf
rom t
henearestlandinwhichthe
dis
chargeofoi lorofmi xtur
escontaini
ngmor ethan1 00part
sofoil
permil
li
onwasf or
bidden;
2. i
trequiredCont r
actingPar t
iest
otakeal lappr
opri
at est
epstopromotet
hepr ovis
ionoffacil
i
tiesf
or
thereceptionofoilywat erandresi
dues.

I
n1 962,IMO adopt edamendment stot heConventionwhichext endeditsappl i
cationt oshipsofa
l
owert onnageandal s oextendedthe"pr ohi
bit
edzones".Amendment sadopt edin1 969cont ained
regulati
onst ofurtherr est
ri
ctoperati
onaldischar
geofoilfr
om oiltankersandf r
om machi ner
ys paces
ofallships.
Althought he1 954OI LPOLConventionwents omewayi ndealingwi t
hoi lpoll
uti
on,gr owthinoi l
tradeanddevel opment si
nindustr
ial
practi
ceswer ebegi
nningtomakei tcl
eart hatfurtheracti
on, was
required.
Nonetheless
,pol l
utioncont r
olwasatt het i
mes ti
l
lami norconcer nforIMO,andi ndeedt hewor l
d
wasonl ybeginningt owakeupt otheenvi r
onmentalconsequencesofani ncreasi
ngl yindustri
ali
zed
society.

TORREYCANYONI
NCI
DENT

In1 967,thet ankerTorreyCanyonr anagr oundwhi leent eri

ngt heEngl ishChannelands pil
ledher
entir
ecar goof1 20,000tonsofcr udeoi lintothes ea.Thi sres ul
tedi nthebi ggestoilpolluti
oni ncident
everrecor dedupt othatti
me.Thei nci dentr ais
edques tionsaboutmeas ur
est heninplacet opr eventoil
poll
utionf rom s hipsandal soexpos eddef i
cienci esi ntheexi sti
ngs ys t
em forpr ovi
dingcompens ation
fol
lowingacci dent satsea.
First
,IMO cal l
edanext raordinarys essionofi tsCounci l,whichdr ew upapl anofact i
onon
technicalandl egalaspectsoft heTor reyCanyoni ncident.Then,t heIMOAs semblydeci dedi n1 969t o
conveneani nternati
onalconf erencei n1 973t opr epar eas uitableinternati
onalagreementf orpl acing
restr
aint sonthecont aminationoft hes ea,landandai rbys hips.
Int hemeant ime,in1971 ,IMO adopt edf urt heramendment st oOI LPOL1 954toaf f
or d addi ti
onal
protecti
ont ot heGr eatBarri
erReefofAus tr
aliaandal sot oli
mi tthes i
zeoft anksonoi ltankers,ther eby
minimizingt heamountofoi lwhi chcoul des capei nt heeventofcol li
si
onors tranding.
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Fi
g.4Tor
reyCanyon

1
973CONVENTI
ON

Finally,ani nter
nat i
onalConf erencei n1973adoptedt heInt
ernat
ionalConventionforthePr evention
ofPol lution from Shi ps.Whi l
ei twas r ecognized t
hatacci dent
alpol l
ution was spectacular,t he
Confer encecons idered thatoper ati
onalpol l
uti
on wass t
il
lthebiggert hreat.Asa r esult
,the1 973
Convent ioni ncorporatedmuchofOI LPOL1 954andi t
samendment si
ntoAnnexI ,coveri
ngoi l
.
Butt heConvent ionwasal soi ntendedt oaddressotherformsofpoll
utionfrom shi
psandt herefore
otherannexescover edchemi cal
s ,harmf ulsubst
ancescar r
iedinpackagedf orm,sewageandgar bage.
The1 973Convent i
onal soincl
udedt woPr otocol
sdeali
ngwi th:

 PROTOCOLI
:Repor
tsonI
nci
dent
sinvol
vingHar
mful
Subs
tancesand

 PROTOCOLI I
:Arbit
rat
ion.(
means:refer
enceofadis put
et oatri
bunalf
oradecisi
onoraward
basedonevi denceandar gumentspresent
edbyt hedisput
ants.Thepar
ti
esinvol
vedus
uall
y
agreetoresorttoarbit
rat
ioni
nlieuofcourtpr
oceedingstores
olveanexis
tingdi
sput
eorany
gri
evancethatmayar i
sebetweenthem.)

1
978CONFERENCE

I
n1 978,i nres pons etoas pat
eoft ankeracci dentsin1 976- 1977,IMO hel daConf erenceonTanker
SafetyandPol lutionPr eventi
oninFebr uary1 978.Theconf er enceadopt edmeas uresaf f
ectingt anker
des i
gnandoper ati
on,whi chwer eincorpor atedi ntobot ht hePr otocolof1 978relatingt ot he1 974
Convent ionont heSaf etyofLifeatSea( 1
978SOLASPr otocol )andt hePr otocolof1978r elati
ngt ot he
1973I nternat i
onalConvent ionforthePr event ionofPol l
utionf r
om Ships( 1
978MARPOL Pr otocol )-
adopt edon1 7Febr uary1978.
Mor eimpor tant l
yint er
msofachi evingt heent ryi
ntof or ceofMARPOL,t he1978MARPOLPr otocol
all
owedSt at est obecomePar tytotheConvent ionbyf ir
stimpl ementingAnnexI( oi
l
),asi twasdeci ded
thatAnnexI I(chemi cals)woul dnotbecomebi ndingunt i
lt hreeyear saf tertheProt ocolent eredi nto
force.ThisgaveSt atestimet oovercomet echni calproblemsi nAnnexI I,whi chfors omehadbeena
maj orobs tacleinr ati
fyingtheConvent i
on.

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Asthe1973Conventionhadnotyetent er
edintoforce,the1978MARPOLPr ot
ocolabsor
bedt he
parentConventi
on.Thecombi nedinst
rument-t heInter
national Convent
ionfort hePreventi
onof
MarinePoll
uti
onfrom Shi
ps,1973asmodi f
iedbytheProtocolof1978rel
ati
ngt her
eto(MARPOL73/ 78)-
fi
nall
yenteredi
ntofor
ceon2Oct ober1
983( f
orAnnexesIandII)
.

Fi
g.4aMARPOL
Consol
idat
edEdi
ti
on

1.
2
REPORTI
NGPOLLUTIONINCI
DENTS
REPORTI
NGREQUIREMENTS

LONDONCONVENTI
ON1
972ANDTHE1
996PROTOCOL

TheLondonConventi
on1972andthe1
996Protocol( n2006)means“
asamendedi Convent
ionon
t
heprevent
ionofmar
inepol
l
ut i
onbydumpingofwastesandot
hermat
ter
”.

 DUTYTOREPORT
Prot
ocolI:Pr
ovisi
onsconcerningr eport
soninci
dentsi
nvol
vingharmfulsubs
tances.TheMast
eror
otherpersonhavingchargeofanys hipinvol
vedinaninci
dentinvol
vingpr
obabledis
chargeofoi
lor
ofnoxiouss ubs
tancesshallreportthepar ti
cul
arsofsuchwithoutdelayandt othef ul
les
text
ent
possi
bleinaccordancewiththepr ovi
s i
onsofthi
sprot
ocol
.

REPORTI
NGREQUI
REMENTS

Repor
ti
ngPr
ocedur
eofObs er
vedDumpingInci
dentsWhichMayBeinViol
ati
onofI
nter
nat
ional
OceanDumpi ngTr
eaties
(LondonConvent
ion1972andthe1996Prot
ocol
ther
eto)

GENERALGUI
DANCE

A.Thecount ri
esthatsi
gnedtheLondonConvent i
on1 972andt he1996Pr ot
ocoltheret
oar eint
erest
ed
i
nens uringcompli
ancewiththeseinternat
ionalenvir
onmentalagr eementsthatcont
rolthedumping
ofwas tesintothesea.Mari
nersoper ati
ngi nacount r
y’sterr
it
orialwatersoront hehighs eas
,or
otherper s
onsmayobs er
veincidentsthatcouldbevi ol
ati
onsoft heLondonConvent ionorthe1996
Protocol
.
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B.I
famar inerorotherobs
erver(“
Inci
dentObser
ver”
)witnes
sesadumpinginci
dentinanyocean
wat
ersthatappearst
obeinviol
ati
onoftheLondonConvent
ion1
972ort
he1996Prot
ocol
,pl
eas
edo
t
hefol
lowing:

a.I
mmedi atel
ynoti
fy,ifpossi
ble,therelevantcoas
talcont
actpoi
ntsotheproperaut
hor
iti
escan
det
ermineanappr opri
ateacti
on.
b.Completetheat
tachedDumpi ngInci
dentInfor
mationFor
m andSuppl
ement
aryInf
ormat
ionForm
ascompletel
yaspos si
ble.

C.An incidentobser
verwi
tnes
sing an i
nci
dents
houl
d keep i
n mi
nd t
hef
oll
owi
ng i
nfor
mat
ion i
n
rel
ationtooceandumpi
ng:

a.Dumpi ngacti
viti
est hatmaybei nviol
ati
onoft heLondonConvent ionortheProtocoli
ncludeany
deli
beratedis
pos alintotheseaofwastesorothermatterfrom vessel
s,ai
rcr
aft,pl
atf
ormsorot her
man- mades t
ructuresats ea.
b.Certai
nwas tesar eaccept abl
efordumpingintothes ea,providedaper mithasbeeni ssuedfor
thedumpi ngoper ati
on. Aful
ldes
cri
pti
onofwhati sandwhati snotpr ohi
bit
edforoceandumpi ng
maybef oundinAr ti
clesII
IandIVandAnnexesIandI IoftheConvent i
onandi nArticl
e1and
Annex1oft heProt ocol.

D.I
ftheIncidentObserveri
sindoubtastowhet hertheinci
dentisaviol
ationoftheConvent i
onorthe
Prot
ocol,he/s
hes houldr
eporttheinci
denttot heappropr
iat
eaut hor
iti
esforthei
revaluati
on.Send
copi
esoft he i
ncidenti
nformati
on and copiesofany s upplementaryinf
ormation (e.
g.,char
ts,
photogr
aphs ,vi
deosorotheri
nfor
mat i
on)to:

a.Themarineenvi
ronmentalenfor
cementorprot
ectionagency(i
.
e.,coastguardorportaut
hori
ty)
oftheneares
tcoastalcount
rytotheobser
vedi ncident
,ort
hecount r
yoft hevess
eloraircr
aft
obser
veddumping;

b.TheOf
fi
cef
ort
heLondonConvent
ion1
972;
and

c. Theappropr
iateaut
hor
ityi
ntheIncidentObser
ver
’snat
ionalgovernmentthatisres
ponsi
blef
or
managingoceandumpingact
ivi
ti
es,fi
sher
iesmanagement,shi
ppingorprotect
ionofthemari
ne
envi
ronment.

Ifs
upporti
nginfor
mat i
onisprovided,
pleas
emai ntainori
ginalcopiesforf
utur
eref
erence.I
fposs
ibl
e,
complet
et heinci
dentrepor
ton- l
i
neandemai lchar
ts,photographs,videos
,andotherinf
ormati
onto
theappropri
ateaddres
sinelect
ronicform.

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DUMPI
NGI
NCI
DENTI
NFORMATI
ONFORM
(
Pleas
epr
ovi
deasmuchi
nfor
mationaspos
sibl
eaboutt
hedumpi
ng
inci
dent
)

A. I
dent
it
yoft
heDumpi
ngVes
sel
orAi
rcr
aft
:

B. Count
ryoft
heDumpi
ngVes
sel
orAi
rcr
aft
:_

C. TypeofMater
ial
Dumped: Known
UnknownI
fknown,
descr
ibe:

D. Generall
ocati
onofinci
dent(
near
estcount
ry,
landmar
ks,
coor
dinates
,etc.
):

E. Bri
efl
ydes
cri
betheobs
ervedi
nci
dent
,incl
udi
ngdat
esandt
imesofs
igni
fi
cantevent
s.(
useaddi
ti
onal
sheet
sasneeded)
:

F. Wascontactmadewi
thves
selorair
craftt
oaskaboutt
heobs
erveddumpi
ng
inci
dent?Yes No(descri
be): __

G. I
ncidentObser
ver
:(i
ncl
udei
nformat
iononot
herobs
erver
sifpr
esent
)
Name: __
Aff
il
iat
ion:

Address
: _
_
Tel
ephone: Fax:
RadioStati
on&FrequencyMoni
tor
ed:_
_
Satel
li
teorCel
lPhone:
Aircr
aftCal
lSi
gnal:
Email:

H. Hast
heinci
dentbeenr
eport
edt
oanyaut
hor
it
ies
?Ifs
o,s
peci
fywhi
chcount
ry,
incl
udi
ngnameand
addres
s:Yes No

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SUPPLEMENTARYI
NFORMATI
ONFORM
Anypersonwhorepor
tsapos
sibl
yil
l
egal
dumpi
ngi
nci
dents
houl
d,wher
epos
sibl
e,pr
ovi
det
hef
oll
owi
ng
suppor
ti
nginf
ormati
on:

I
.ADDI
TIONALI
NFORMATI
ONABOUTTHEI
NCI
DENT

A. No. o Dumpi
n Ves
sel o Ai
rcr
aft

B.Dumpi
ngVes
sel
Est
imat
edHul
lLengt
h:_ (
met
ers
) (
met
ers
)

C.Descr
ipt
ionofDumpi
ngVes
sel
or

L
D.I
nci
dentobs
ervedf
rom: Ves
sel Ai
rcr
af an

E.Name and Regi

str
ati
on Number oft
he I
nci
dent Obs
erver
’s ves
selor ai
rcr
aft(
wher
e appl
i
cabl
e):

F. I
snavi
gat
iondat
aavai
l
abl
efort
hedumpi
ngves
sel
or Ye N
ai
rcr
aft?
I
fyes,pr
ovi
decopi
eswi
thr
epor
t.
G.
Arevi
deot
aper
ecor
dingsoft
hei
nci
dent Ye N
avai
l
abl
e?

_
H.Ar
ephot
ogr
aphsoft
hei
nci
dent Ye N
avai
l
abl
e?I
fyes
,pr
ovi
decopi
eswi
th

I
I
.OBSERVATI
ONI
NFORMATI
ONANDCONDI
TIONS

A.I
nfor
mat
ionont
hel
ocat
ionoft
heI
nci
dentObs
erverdur
ingt
he
observati
onsDat e: Ti
me:
Lati
tude: Degrees: Minutes
: Seconds
:_ North Eas
t
Longitude:Degrees: Minutes
: Seconds
: South
Wes tObs er
vati
onPl at
for
m( vess
elorair
craft
):Cour
se(degr
ees
):__
__

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Speed(knots
):
Dis
tancefrom i
nci
dent(
kil
omet
ers
): _
_

B.Vi
si
bil
i
ty: <0.
1km 0.
1-
0.5km 0.
5-1
.0km 1
.0-
2.0km >2.
0km
Ot
her(
des
cri
be):

C.Wi
ndDi
rect
ion(
degr
ees
): Wi
ndSpeed(
knot
s):

D.SeaStat
e( Beaufor
tScalenumber&des
cri
pti
on)
:
E. Swel
lDi
recti
on(degrees
): SeaHeight(
met
ers
):

I
I
I. ADDI
TIONALI
NFORMATI
ONONDUMPI
NGVESSELORAI
RCRAFT

OwnerorMast
erofVes
sel
,orPil
otofAi
rcr
aftobs
er veddumpi
ng(
ifknown)
:
Name:
Aff
il
iat
ion:
Address:
Tel
ephone: Fax: Email
:
Unknow
n

I
V.ADDI
TIONALI
NFORMATI
ONONOBSERVEDDUMPI
NGI
NCI
DENT

A.Pl
ott
hel
ocat
ionoft
hei
nci
dentandot
hers
igni
fi
cantl
ocat
ioni
nfor
mat
iononanavi
gat
ionchar
t,or
avai
l
abl
eel
ect
roni
cfor
mat
.
B. Pr
ovi
deasmuchoft
hef
oll
owi
ngi
nfor
mat
ionaspos
sibl
e:
1. BearingtoNearestPoi ntofLandf rom IncidentSite(degr ees):
2. Dis
tancef r
om Near estPointofLandt oIncidentSite(kil
omet ers)
:
3. CourseandSpeedofDumpi ngVes selorAi rcr
aft(descri
be) : _
4. Wast hedumpingact i
vitystil
loccurri
ngwhent heIncidentObs erverl
eftthe
scene?Yes No Unknown Expl ai
n:
5. I
ntheI nci
dentObs erver’sopinion,arehumansatr i
skf r
om t hedumping
i
nci dent?Yes No Unknown

6. I
nt heI
nci
dentObs
erver’
sopi
nion,
ist
hemar
ineenvi
ronmentatri
skf
rom t
hedumpi
ngi
nci
dent
?
Yes No Unknown _
_

V.OTHERRELEVANTI
NFORMATI
ON(
useaddi
ti
onal
pagesasneeded)

_
_

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Chapt
er2:ANNEXI
–
PREVENTI
ONOFPOLLUTIONBYOI
L

Regulati
onsforthe Prevention ofPollut
ion by OIL entered i
ntof orce 2 Oct
ober1 983.Cover
s
preventi
onofpoll
uti
onbyoi lfr
om oper at
ionalmeas ur
esaswel lasf
rom accident
aldischar
ges;the1
992
amendment stoAnnexImadei tmandat or
yf ornew oiltankerstohavedoubl ehull
sandbr oughtina
phase-inschedul
eforexis
t i
ngt ankerstofitdoublehulls
,whi chwass ubsequentlyr
evisedin2001and
2003.Revi
sedAnnexIent
ersi nt
of or
ce1J anuary2007

DEFI
NITI
ON
UnderAnnexIoi lmeanspet roleum i nanyf ormi ncl
udingcr udeoi l,fueloil,sludge,oilref
us eand
refi
nedpr oducts( otherthant hosepet rochemi calswhi char esubjecttot hepr ovis i
onsofAnnexI Ioft he
presentConvent i
on)
 Cr udeoi lmeansanyl i
quidhydr ocarbonmi xtureoccur r
ingnat urallyint heear thwhet herornot
treatedt or enderitsuit
ablef ort rans portati
on.
 Oi lymi xturemeansami xturewi t hanyoi lcont ent.
 Oi lfuelmeansanyoi lusedasf ueli nconnect i
onwi ththepr opuls i
onandauxi l
iar
ymachi ner yof
thes hipinwhi chsuchoiliscar ri
ed.
 Oi lRes i
due( sl
udge)meanst her es i
dualoilpr oductsgener ateddur i
ngt henor maloperati
onofa
ship ast hos eresulti
ng from t he purifi
cat i
on off uelorl ubricat i
ng oi lformai n orauxi l
iary
machi ner y,separatedwas teoi lf rom oilfi
lteri
ngequi pment ,was teoi lcollectedindipt r
ays ,and
was tehydr aul i
candl ubri
catingoi l
.
 Oi lBilgeWat ermeanswat erwhi chmaybecont aminatedbyoi lresulti
ngf r
om things uchas
leakageormai ntenancewor ki nmachi nerys paces .Anyliquident eri
ngt hebi lgesyst
em includi ng
bilgewel ls,bil
gepiping,tankt oporbi l
gehol dingt anksiscons i
deredoi lybilgewat er.
 Oi lTankermeansas hi
pcons tructedoradopt edpr i
mar i
lytocar ryoi li
nbul kinit
scar gos paces
andi ncludescombi nati
oncar riers, whencar ryingacar goorpar tcar goofoi li
nbulk.
 Sl opTankorcombi nati
onofs l
opt anksneces sarytoretainthes lopgener atedbyt ankwas hings,
oilresi
duesanddi r
tyballastr es i
dues .

2.
1
PRI
NCI
PLESOFENVI
RONMENTPROTECTI
ON

Shippingindus t
ryr ecognizesenvi ronment alprotectionasoneofi t
shi ghestpriorit
iesandt hatevery
efforts houldbemadet ocons erveandpr otecttheenvi ronmentf rom mar i
ne,at mos phericandot her
formsofpol l
ution.
EnvironmentPol icyai mst oel i
minat ethepos si
bili
tyofpollutionats ourcebyens uringt hathigh
standar dsofs afet
yandawar enes sar emai ntained,andt hatal
lrelevantl egis
lati
onandconvent i
onsare
foll
owed.
TheMar i
neEnvi ronmentPr otectionCommi tt
ee( MEPC)oneoft hefivemai ncommi tteesundert he
I
nt ernationalMar i
timeOr ganization’s(IMO) concer nedwi thpreventionandcont rolofpol luti
onf r
om
ships.I n parti
culari tisconcer ned wi tht he adopt i
on and amendmentofconvent i
onsand ot her
regulationsandmeas urestoens uret heirenforcement .UnderMar pol,all
s hipscarryingf l
agsofcount ri
es
thatar epar t
iestotheconvent ionmus tadher etoitsrequirements.

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SALI
ENTFEATURESOFANNEXI

SPECI
ALAREA

Anew andi mpor t

antf eat ur
eoft he1973Convent ionwast heconceptof" speci
alar eas".MARPOL
defi
nes cer t
ains ea ar eas as " speci
alar eas "in whi ch,for techni
calr easons relati
ng t ot hei
r
oceanographicalandecol ogicalcondit
ionandt ot hei
rs eatr
af f
ic,theadoptionofs pecialmandat ory
methodsf orthepr eventionofs eapol l
uti
oni srequired.UndertheConvent ion,theses pecialareasare
providedwi t
hahi gherlevelofpr otecti
onthanot herareasofthes ea.Al
loilcarryi
ngs hipsar erequi
red
tobecapabl eofoper atingt hemet hodofr etai
ningoi l
ywas tesonboar dt hrought he" l
oadont op"
system orfordi
schargetos horerecepti
onfacili
ti
es .

DateofEnt
ryi
nto
Speci
alAr
eas
;AnnexI
:Oi
l Adopt
ed# I
nEf
fectFr
om
For
ce
Mediterr
aneanSea 2Nov1973 2Oct1983 2Oct1983
Balti
cSea 2Nov1973 2Oct1983 2Oct1983
BlackSea 2Nov1973 2Oct1983 2Oct1983
RedSea 2Nov1973 2Oct1983 *
"Gulf
s"area 2Nov1973 2Oct1983 1Aug2008
GulfofAden 1Dec1987 1Apr1989 *
Antarct
icarea 16Nov1990 17Mar1992 17Mar1992
NorthWes tEuropeanWaters 25Sept1997 1Feb1999 1Aug1999
Omanar eaoftheArabi
anSea 15Oct2004 1Jan2007 *
SouthernSouthAfri
canwaters 13Oct2006 1Mar2008 1Aug2008

OI
LTANKERREQUI
REMENTS

A.CRUDEOI LWASHI NG
Crudeoi lwas hi ng( COW)i swas hi
ngoutt her esi
duef rom t het anksofanoi lt
ankerus i
ngt he
crudeoi lcar goi tself,af t
ert hecar got ankshavebeenempt ied.Cr udeoi lispumpedbackand
preheat edi nt hes lopt anks ,thens prayedbackvi ahighpr es s
ur enozzl esint hecar got anksont othe
wal l
soft het ank. Duet ot hes ti
ckynatur eofthecr udeoi l
, theoi lcli
ngst ot het ankwal l
s ,ands uchoi l
addst ot hecar go' r
emai ni
ngonboar d'(theROB) .ByCOWi ngt het anks ,theamountofROBi s
significant l
yr educed,andwi tht hecur r
enthi ghcos tofoil,thef inancials avingsar es i
gnificant,both
fort heChar tererandt heShi powner .Ifthecar goROBi sdeemedas' li
qui dandpumpabl e'thent he
char terer scancl aimf rom t heownerf oranycar gol ossf ornor mallybet ween0. 3% upt o0.5%.It
replacedt hel oadont opands eawat erwas hings ystems ,bot hofwhi chi nvolveddi schar gi
ngoi l
-
cont ami nat edwat eri ntot hes ea.MARPOL73/ 78madet hismandat oryequi pmentf oroi ltankersof
20000t onsorgr eat erdeadwei ght.
I
nor dert oens uret hatCOW i sinf actef fecti
velypr otectingt hemar i
neenvi r
onmentagai ns
t
pollution,t hedes ign,oper ationandcont r
olofCOW s ystemsar esubjectt oIMO s pecifi
cat i
ons ,and
onlycr udeoi lt anker si nwhi cht heCOW s ystem andoper ationar es urveyedandf oundt obei n
accor dancewi tht hos es pecifi
cat i
onswi l
lbei s
s uedwi ththeI OPPCer tif
icate.

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Advant
ages
• Reducti
oninpol lut
ionpotent
ialI
ncreasedcargoout
turn
• Lessdeadf r
eight
• Lessti
mer equiredinsubsequenttankcleani
ng
• Lessti
meneededt oprepareat ankforrepai
rsi
ndrydock
• Lesscorr
osionbecaus eofles
swat erwas hi
ng

I
tshouldbecl
eart
hatCOW oper
ati
onsar
enotopt
ional
,butr
ather,
mandat
oryfort
anker
s
cert
if
iedforCOW;noball
astwat
ermayeverbet
akenint
ocargotankswhi
chhavenotbeencr
ude
oil
was hed.

Fi
g.5Cr
udeOi
l

B.LOADONTOP( LOT)
Themi xtureofcl eaningwat erandr es i
duewaspumpedi nt
oas l
opt ankandal l
owedt os eparate
byt heirdi fferentdens i
tiesint o oiland wat erduring thej ourney.Thewat erpor ti
on wast hen
dischar ged, l
eavingonl ycr udeoi l i
nthes loptank.Thi
swaspumpedi ntot hemai ntanksandt henew
cargol oadedont opofi t,recover ingasmuchas800t onsofoi lwhichwasf or
mer lydiscar
ded.Load-
on-t op ( LOT),pr ocedur esmus tbe conduct ed i
n compl i
ancewi tht he requirement sofMARPOL
regul ation1 5('Retentionofoi lonboar d')
.
TheLOTr egulationsandr ecommendat i
onsrequir
et hattheoi lresi
duesf rom alltankwas hingsbe
collectedi noneort wot anks ,
whi charet hentoppedof fwiththenextcar go.
I
ts houl dbemadecl earbyt hechar t
erer'sorowner '
sloadingor dersi ftheves selistoLOToft he
previ ouss lops. I
fitisnotcl ear,thent heownermus tber equest edtoclarifythepointbef or
ear r
ivalat
the l oad por t
.I fLOT pr ocedur eswi llnotbe us ed,t hen the s l
opsmus tbe di s
charged as hore.
Alter natively,thes l
opsmayber et ai
nedonboar dandt hes l
opt anknotl oadedwi t
hcar go.

SEGREGATEDBALLASTTANK(
SBT)

Segregat ed bal lasttank i scompl etelys eparated from oi lcargoesand f ueloi lsystem and i s
permanent lyal locatedtot hecar r
iageofbal las
t;thisarrangementr educest her is
kofpol lutionwhen
deball
as t
ing.SBTr educet heneedf orwas hingandt hereforereduceoi l
y-watermi xtures,butonl yifthey
areofadequat ecapaci ty.
AnnexIRegul ation18r equi resanoi ltanker20, 000t onnesdeadwei ghtandabovedel i
ver edaf ter1
June1 982,Cr udeoi ltankers&Pr oductcar ri
ersof40, 000t onnesdeadwei ghtandabovedel iveredonor
before1J une1 982andOi ltanker sof70,000t onnesdeadwei ghtandabovedel iveredaf ter31December
1979tohaveas egregatedbal l
as ttank.Thecapaci tyoft heSBTs hallbes odet ermi nedthatt heship
mayoper ates afel
yonbal l
as tvoyageswi thoutrecour s
et ot heus eofcar got anksf orwat erbal l
ast
exceptont hos er arevoyageswhenweat hercondi t
ionsar es osever
et hat,i
nt heopi ni
onoft hemas t
er,i
t
i
sneces saryt ocar ryadditional ballastwat erincargot anksf orthes
af etyofthes hip.Ther egul ationalso
requi
rest hatt heSBTcanpr ovideameas ureofpr otecti
onagai nstoiloutfl
ow int heeventofgr ounding
orcoll
isi
on.

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Fi
g.6Segr
egat
edbal
l
ast

DEDI
CATEDCLEANBALLASTTANK(
CBT)

Everypr oductcar ri
erof40, 000t onnesdeadwei ghtandabovedel i
veredonorbef ore1J une1 982
s
hallbepr ovidedwi ths egregatedbal l
asttanksoral ternativelyoperatewithdedicatedcl eanbal l
ast
t
anks(CBT)inaccor dancewi ththefoll
owingpr ovisi
ons :
 Thepr oductcar r
iershal l
haveadequat et ankcapaci ty, dedicat
edsolel
ytothecar r
iageofcl ean
ball
as t.
 Thear rangement sandoper ati
onal pr
oceduresf ordedi catedcleanball
astt
ankss hallcompl y
witht her equirement sestabli
shedbyt heAdmi ni
s t
ration.
 Ever ypr oductcar ri
eroper at
ingwithdedicatedcl eanbal l
asttanksshal
lbeprovidedwi tha
Dedi catedCl eanBal lastTankOper ati
onManual detail
ingt hesyst
em andspecifyi
ngoper at
ional
procedur es
.

DOUBLEHULLANDDOUBLEBOTTOM

AnnexIRegul ation1 9;Adoubl ehul lisas hiphulldes i

gnandcons t
ruct
ionmethodwherethebott
om
ands idesoft hes hiphavet wocompl etelayer sofwat erti
ghthullsurf
ace:oneouterl
ayerf
ormingthe
normal hulloft hes hip,andas econdi nnerhul lwhi
chi ss omedi s
tance
i
nboar d, typicallybyaf ew f eet,
whi chf ormsar edundantbar ri
erto
seawat eri ncas et heout erhullisdamagedandl eaks .Thes pace
betweent het wohul l
si ss omet i
mesus edf ors t
or ageoff uelor
ballastwat er.
I
n1 992 MARPOL wasamended t o make i tmandat oryfor
tanker sof5, 000dwtandmor eor der edaf ter6J uly1 993t obe
fi
ttedwi thdoubl ehul l
s,oranal ternat ivedes i
gnappr ovedbyI MO
(regulation19i nAnnexI ofMARPOL) .
InDecember2003,f urtherrevisionst other equi r
ement swer e
made, accel er at
ing f ur ther the phas e-out s chedul e. These
amendment sent eredi ntof orceon5Apr il2005.Revi sedAnnexI
enteredi ntof orce1J anuar y2007
Fi
g.7Doubl
eHul
l
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2.
2
OI
LPOLLUTANTS

Accident alordel iberate,oper ati

onaldi schargesand s pil
l
sofoi lfrom s hips ,especiall
yt ankers,
off
shorepl atfor msandpi pelines,i
st hemos tobvi ousandvi si
blecauseofoi lpol luti
onoft hemar i
ne
envir
onment .Exampl eswoul dbet hingslikewel lbl
owout s,pipel
inebreaks ,shipcol li
si
onsorgr oundings,
overfi
l
li
ngofgast anksandbi l
gepumpi ngf rom s hips ,leaki
ngunder gr ounds toraget anks ,andoi l-
contaminat edwat err unofffrom streetsandpar kinglot sdur i
ngr ai
nstorms .
However ,oilsentert heoceanf rom avar ietyofs our ces,andbothnat ur alsour ces(largequant i
ties)
and land- bas ed sour cesaccountf ora l arge par toft he totalannuali nputofoi ltot he mar i
ne
envir
onment .
Als
o,hydr ocarbonsent ert he ocean notmer elyas" wet"oilproduct sbutal so asgas eousai r
poll
utants .Hydr ocarbonsf r
om vapor sder i
vedf rom t hel oadingandunl oadi ngofoi latdifferentstages
fr
om ext ract i
ont ocons umpt i
on,int hefor m ofnon- met hanevol ati
l
eor gani ccompounds( nmVOCs ),i
s
oneexampl e. Polycyclicaromat i
chydr ocar bons( PAHs )from incompletecombus t
ion( exhaus tgasesand
fl
uegas es )ar eanot hercat egor yofgas eoushydr ocar bonst hatentert hemar ineenvi r
onmentasoi l
poll
uti
on.

SOURCESOFOI
LPOLLUTI
ON

Fi
g.8Oi
lPol
l
uti
on

Sourcesofoi linputtothemar i
neenvi r
onmentar eof t
endividedintonat ur
al,sea-basedandl and-
baseds ources.Thef ourmaincategori
esofs our
ces:dis
chargesthroughnat uralseeps,dis
chargesduring
theextractionofoi l
,dis
chargesduringthetransport
ationofoil
,anddis chargesduringthecons umption
ofoil(
includingbot hsea-basedandland-basedsources).
Therearealsoot herwaysofpl acingacci
dent al
oroperational/del
iberatedis
chargesofoil
sintodif
fer
entmai ncategori
es .

A.NATURAL
 Natur
als
eeps

B.SEA-BASED
Oper at
ionaldi
scharges
Accidentaldi
scharges
Airpoll
ution

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Acci
dentaloi
lspi
ll
sfr
om tankers;
othercommer
cial
ves
sel
s;gr
oundedandabandonedves
sel
s;
oi
lpl
atforms(bl
owouts)
;pipel
ines.

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Deli
berat
e,operationaldischargesofoi lf
rom al
lkindsofcommerci
alvess
els(shi
p-orcar
go-
rel
ateddi
scharges )
;oi
lplatfor
ms ;pipeli
nes
Emissi
onsofnmVOCsandPAHsf rom tankersandpl eas
urecr
aft
,andfrom oi
lext
racti
on.
Othershi
p-r
elatedact i
vit
ies(drydocki ng,scr
apping).
Otheract
ivi
ti
es( dumpingofoi l
ywas te,etc.
)

A.LAND-
BASED

Di
schar
gesofunt
reat
edori
nsuf
fi
ci
ent
lyt
reat
edmuni
ci
pal
sewageands
tor
m wat
er(
urban
r
unof
f)
.
Di
schargeswithri
ver
s.
Di
schargesofuntr
eatedori
nsuff
ici
entl
ytr
eatedwastewaterf
rom coastal
indust
ri
es.
Acci
dentaloroper
ati
onaldi
schargesofoi
lfr
om coas
tal
ref
iner
ies
,oilst
oragefaci
li
ti
es,
oi
lter
minal
s,andr
ecept
ionf
aci
l
iti
es.
Emi
ssi
onsofgas
eoushydr
ocar
bonsf
rom oi
l
-handl
i
ngons
hor
efaci
l
iti
es(
ter
minal
s,r
efi
ner
ies
,
f
il
li
ngs
tat
ions
)andf
rom vehi
cl
esexhaus
ts(
traf
fi
c)

2.
3
PREVENTI
NGOFOI
LPOLLUTI
ON

A numberofmeas urescoul
dands houl
dbet akentoavoi ddischar
gesofoilfr
om shippi
ng( oi
l
tankersandot hervessels
)andfrom pl
atf
or msforoff
shoreoilext
racton.Meas
i ur
estoreducetheri
skof
accidentsinvol
vingtankers,
andmeas ur
est oreduceoperat
ionaldis
chargesfr
om al
lki
ndsofcommer ci
al
vessels
,includethefol
lowing:

1
.SHI
P'
SDESI
GN

Requi rement sf ordoubl ehul lsordoubl ebot t

omswer ei ntr
oduced.I n1 992,t heMARPOLConvent i
on
wasamendedt omakei tmandat oryf ort ankersof5, 000dwtandmor e( shi
psor der edaf ter6J uly1 993)
tobef ittedwi thdoubl ehul ls,oranal ternat i
vedes ignappr ovedbyI MO ( Regul at i
on1 3FinAnnexIof
MARPOL73/ 78) .Ther equirementf ordoubl ehullst hatappl iestonew t ankershasal sobeenappl iedt o
existings hi psunderapr ogr am t hatbegani n1 995( Regul ati
on1 3G inAnnexIofMARPOL73/ 78) .All
tanker shavet obeconver ted( ortakenoutofs ervice)whent heyr eachacer t
ainage( upto30year sol d).
Thismeas ur ei sbei ngphas edi noveranumberofyear sbecaus es hipyar dcapaci tyi sli
mi tedandi t
woul dnotbepos si
blet oconver tal ls i
ngl ehul ledt ankerst odoubl ehul l
swi t houtcaus i
ngi mmens e
disrupt iont owor l
dt radeandi ndus try.Ther ear eal soconcer nsaboutbui l
dingves sel
st oof astand
compr omi singdes i
gns tandar ds .Anaddi tionalpos s i
blemeas urei stol imitthes izeofi ndivi
dualt anks
wi t
hins hipss ot hats pil
l
st hatoccuratl eas tares mal ler.
Singl ehul lisas hipcons tructiont erm.I nt anker swi ths i
nglehul l
s,oilint hecar got anksiss epar ated
from t hes eawat eronl ybyabot tom andas i
depl ate.Shoul dt hispl atebedamagedasar es ul
tofa
colli
sionors trandi ng,thecont entsoft hecar got anksr i
skss pill
ingi ntot hes ea.Anef fecti
vewayof
avoi dingt her iski stos ur r
oundt hecar got ankswi thas econdi nternalpl atewhi chi satas uffi
cient
distancef rom t heext ernal plate( gener ally1 .
5-2met res).Thisdes ign,knownasadoubl ehull,saf eguar ds
cargo t anksf rom damageand t husr educest her i
skofoi lpol luti
on.Thedoubl ehul lcons truct i
on
i
ncor por atesbot hdoubl ebot tomsanddoubl es i
des .Anal ternatives olutionistohaves hi
pswi t hdoubl e
sides( doubl ehul lalongt hes i
desoft hes hip,anaddeds i
de-shellplatings t
ructur efit
t edwithint hes hip
whi l
et hebot tom oft hes hiphasas inglepl ate,as i
ngl ebot om.Thi
t smeanst hatt hecar got anksar e
separ atedf rom t hes eawat eronl ybyabot tom pl ate.Doubl ebot tom,ont heot herhand,i sas hip
cons truct iont ermr eferr
ingt ot wos epar at ebutcont inuousandwat er-ti
ghtpl at i
ngs t
ructuresal ong
somel engt handwi dthofas hip'sbot tom.

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TheU.
S.hasalr
eadybanneds
ingl
ehul
l
-ves
sel
sint
hei
rwat
ersandhass
trongerl
i
abi
l
ityl
egi
sl
ati
on
i
nthei
rOi
lPol
lut
ionAct
.

Fi
g.9Typi
calAr
rangementofCr
udeOi
l&Funct
ionsofDoubl
eHul
l
s

2.
MAI
NTENANCE&SHI
POWNERRESPONSI
BILI
TY
Shi
pownersmus tensur
eahighstandar
dofmai nt
enance.Nomatterhowwel las
hipi
sdes
igned,
buil
tandequipped— unlessi
tispr
operl
ymaint
ained,itwi
l
lsoonerorl
aterbecomeamar i
ti
mesafet
y
ri
sk.Theres
ponsibi
l
ityf
orregul
arandgoodmaintenanceal
waysr es
tswit
hthes hi
powner.

3.
COMPETENTCREW
Further
mor e,i
tist
herespons
ibil
i
tyofthes hi
pownert orecr
uitcr
ewst hatarecompetentand
experienced.Thecrewsshoul
dalsobecontinuousl
ytr
ained.Manyaccidentsareduetothehuman
factor
, andunlesst
hecrewmember sdothei
rjobri
ghti
tdoesnotreal
lymatterhowwellequi
ppedthe
shipis.

4.
NAVI
GATI
ONALAI
DSANDONBOARDEQUI
PMENT

Alls hipsmus thaver adarsys t

emst oimprovenavi gat i
on(largeshipsmus thavet wos ys
tems
thatoper ateindependent l
y).Inbusys hi
ppingcorri
dor s
,traf f
ics
epar ati
onschemesandves s elt
raf
fic
controlar er equir
edt oreducet her is
kofacol li
sion.Ins omear eas ,mandat or
ypi l
otages houldbe
i
ntroduced.
Hi gh- st
andar dfir
e-f
ightingequipmentmus tbeavai lableands t
ri
ctfi
resafetyregulat
ionsappl y
onboar d.
Moni tori
ngandcont rolequipments houl
dbei ns t
alledons hipssot hatdischargedoi l
-water
mixturescanbet racedbackt othes hipthatwascar ryi
ngt heoil
.

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5.
SURVEI
LLANCE

Thepur posesofsurvei
ll
ancei stofunct
ionasadet err
entfrom dischargi
ngs hip-gener at
edwas t
es
alt
oget her,asa meansofdet ecti
on ofdis
char gesal r
eadymade,and asa t oolt o combat,as
eff
ectivelyaspos si
blethes pil
lsthathavebeendet ected.Ai
rbornes urveil
l
ancewhi chi ncreas
esthe
ship'
sriskofbeingcaughti nthepr ocessofmaki ngill
egaldis
chargescanbeanef f
ectivemeas ureto
preventdi scharges and thus r educe marine pol l
uti
on from s hippi
ng.I nt he f uture,airbor
ne
survei
llanceonar egionals caleshouldbei ntroducedi nmor ear eas,parti
cularlyint heMARPOL
Special Ar
eas(asisalreadythecas eintheNor t
heas tAtl
anti
candt heBal ti
cSea) .

6.
INSPECTI
ONS

Fr
equentinspecti
onofships,part
icul
ar l
yolderones ,i
simperati
ve.Since1995alltankersandbul k
carr
iersagedf i
veyear sandoverhavebeens ubjecttoas peci
all
yenhancedi nspecti
onpr ogram
whichisint
endedt oensurethatanydef i
ciencies— s uchascorros
ionorwearandt earresult
ingf rom
ageornegl ect— ar edetected.Guideli
nesonenhanceds ur
veysont ankersandbul kcarriersar e
contai
nedinAs semblyresol
utionA.744( 18),adoptedi nNovember1 993.I
nspecti
onsar ecoordi nated
onar egi
onalscalethr
oughMemor andaofUnder standingonPortStateCont r
ol(
MoUs ).

7.
RECEPTI
ONFACI
LI
TIES

Bett
erfaci
li
ti
esareneededi nportsforshipstoleavetheiroil
yliqui
dwas t
eands ol
idoil
ywas te.
In
MARPOLSpecialAreas,suchportrecepti
onf aci
li
ti
esar erequir
ed.However ,inordertofur
therreduce
marineoilpol
l
utionfrom shippi
ngs uchf aci
li
ti
ess houldbemadeuni versall
yavail
ableinallports
whereoilandoil
ywas t
esar ehandled.Thes efacil
it
iesshould,prefer
ably,bemadeavai l
ableatno
ext
racost,t
heso-cal
l
ednos peci
alfeesystem presentl
yinusei ntheBalti
cSear egi
on.

Fi
g.1
0Shor
eRecept
ionFaci
l
iti
es

8.
CARGOOWNERANDOI
LCONSUMERRESPONSI
BILI
TY

Fi
nally,t
her esponsi
bil
it
yf orupholdi
ngs af
es eatransportsofoi lproductsrestsalsowit
ht he
cargoowner sandt heendus ers
,theconsumersoft hepr oducts.Cargoowner sshouldnotusesub-
standardvessels,butshouldbepr eparedtopayf orhigh-quali
tyshipping.Ulti
mat el
y,theaddi
ti
onal
costsforchoosingtochar t
ers af
eandwel lmaintaineds hi
pswi l
l(mar gi
nally)aff
ectthepr i
ceofthe
products,butitisas mallpri
cetopayasameanst opreventasf araspos si
blethepol l
uti
onofthe
coastalandmar ineenvir
onmentbyoi ls
.
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2.
4
OI
LPREVENTI
ONEQUI
PMENT

1
.OI
LYWATERSEPARATOR

Anoi l
ywat erseparat
or( OWS)isapieceofs hipboardequipmentt hatallowsaves sel'
screw to
separateoilf
rom bi
lgewat erbef
orethebil
gewat eri
sdi s
chargedover board.
Bil
gewat erisanalmos tunavoi
dableproductins hi
poperations.Bilgewat erthatisgeneratedin
proximitytos hi
pboard equipment(such asint heengi neroom)of ten contai
nsoi land it
sdi r
ect
dischargewouldresulti
nundes i
rabl
etrans
ferofwast eoil
tothemar i
neenvi r
onment .
Therearetwodi f
fer
entkindsofOilWaterSeparators(OWS)us edt opre-tr
eatwas tewater.

A.STANDARDGRAVI
TYSEPARATORS

Standar dgravitysepar atorsar eliquidcont ainments t

ructurest hatpr ovi
desuf f
ici
enthydr auli
c
retentiont imetoal l
ow oilt oris eupt ot hes urface.Theoi ldropletsf or m aseparatel ayerthatcan
thenber emovedbys kimmer sandpumps .Thewas tewat erout letisl ocatedbelow theoi llevelso
thatwat erleavingthes epar atori sfreeoft heoi lthataccumul atesatt hetopoftheuni t.
Thei nleti
s
oftenf ittedwi thdiffus
ionbaf flest or educet urbulentf l
ow t hatmi ghtpr eventeffecti
ves epar ati
on
oftheoi l andmi ghtre-
s uspends ett
ledpol l
utant s
.
Thedes ignofthes epar atori sbas edont hes pecifi
cgr avitydi f
fer encebet weent heoi landt he
was tewat erbecausethatdi ff
er encei smuchs mal l
ert hant hes pecificgr avit
ydifferencebet ween
thes uspendeds oli
dsandwat er .
Bas edont hatdes i
gncr iterion,mos toft hes uspendeds ol
idswi llsett
letot hebot t
om oft he
separ atorasas edimentlayer , theoi lwillris
et ot opoft hesepar ator, andt hewas tewat erwi l
lbet he
middl el ayerbet weent heoi lont opandt hes ol
idsont hebot tom.

Fi
g.1
1Gr
avi
tySepar
ator

B.PARALLELPLATESEPARATORS

Paral
lelplates eparator sar esimilartogr avi
tys eparatorsbutt heyincludetilt
edpar al
lelplate
assemblies(also known aspar al
lelpacks).Theunder s
ideofeach par al
lelplatepr ovi
desmor e
surf
acesf orsuspendedoi ldr oplet
st ocoalesceintol argerglobules.Anys ediments l
i
desdownt he
topsi
deofeachpar al
lelpl ate.Suchs epar
ator ssti
l
ldependupont hespecifi
cgravitybetweent he
suspended oiland t he wat er.However ,t he parallelplatesenhance t he degr ee ofoi l
-water
separati
on.Ther esul
ti st hata par all
elplates eparatorr equir
ess i
gnif
icantl
yl essspacet hana
conventi
onal APIseparatort oachi evet hesamedegr eeofs eparati
on.

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Fi
g.1
2Typi
calPar
all
elPl
ate
Separat
or

2.OI
LFI
LTER

Anoil
f i
l
terisafi
l
terdes
ignedt
oremovecont
ami
nant
sfr
om engi
neoi
l
,tr
ans
mis
sionoi
l
,lubr
icat
ing
oi
l
,orhydrauli
coil
.

Fi
g.1
3Oi
lFi
l
ter

TYPESOFOI
LFI
LTER

A.MECHANI
CAL

Mechani
caldesi
gnsempl oyanel ementmadeofbul kmater i
al(
suchascot t
onwas t
e)orpl
eated
Fi
lterpapertoentr
apands equesters us
pendedcont aminants.Asmat er
ialbui
ldsupon( ori
n)the
fi
l
trati
onmedium,oilfl
ow ispr ogr
essivel
yr est
ri
cted.Thisrequiresperi
odi
cr epl
acementofthefi
l
ter
el
ement( ort
heenti
refi
lter
,iftheelementi snotseparatel
yreplaceable)
.

B.CARTRI
DGEANDSPI
N-ON

Earl
y engi
ne oilf
il
terswere ofcartr
idge (
orrepl
aceabl
e el
ement )cons
tructi
on,in which a
permanenthous i
ngcontainsarepl
aceabl
ef i
lt
erel
ementorcar
tri
dge.Thehousingismount edeit
her
di
rectlyontheengineorremotel
ywithsupplyandret
urnpi
pesconnecti
ngittot
heengi ne.

C.MAGNETI
C

Magnet
icf
ilt
ersus
eaper manentmagnetoranel
ectr
omagnett
ocaptur
efer
romagnet
icpart
icl
es.
Anadvantageofmagneticfi
lt
rat
ioni
st hatmai
ntai
ningt
hefil
ters
implyr
equi
rescl
eaningthe
par
ti
cl
esfr
om thesur
faceoft
hemagnet.

D.SEDI
MENTATI
ON

Asedimentati
onorgravi
tybedfi
lt
eral
lowscontami
nant
sheavi
ert
hanoi
ltos
ett
let
othe
bot
tom ofacontai
nerundert
heinfl
uenceofgr
avit
y.

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E.CENTRI
FUGAL

Acent rif
ugaloi lcleaneri sar otarysedi
ment ati
ondeviceusingcentrif
ugalforcer at
hert han
gravi
tyt os eparatecont aminantsf rom theoi l
,i nthes amemannerasanyot hercent ri
fuge.
Pressurizedoilent ersthecent eroft hehousingandpas s
esintoadr um rotorfreet ospinona
beari
ngands eal.Ther otorhast woj etnozzlesar r
angedt odirectas t
ream ofoi latt heinner
housingt orotatet hedr um. Theoilthensli
destot hebottom ofthehousi
ngwal l,
leavingpar t
iculate
oi
lcont aminantss tuckt othehous i
ngwal l
s.Thehous ingmus tperi
odicall
ybecl eaned,ort he
parti
cleswi llaccumul at et os uch a thi
cknessast ostop thedr um rotati
ng.Int hiscondi ti
on,
unfi
lt
er edoilwi l
lber e-
circulated.

F.HI
GHEFFI
CIENCY(
HE)
Highef
fi
ciencyoilf
il
tersareat
ypeofbypassfi
lterthatareclaimedtoallow ext
endedoi
ldr
ain
i
nter
vals
.HEoilfi
lt
erstypical
l
yhavepor
esizesof3mi crometers
,whi chstudi
eshaves hownr
educe
engi
newear.Somef l
eetshavebeenabl
etoincreas
et heirdr
aininterval
supto5-1 0t
imes.

Fi
g.1
4Hi ghEff
ici
ency
(HE)OilFi
l
ter

3. OI
LDI
SCHARGEMONI
TORI
NGANDCONTROLEQUI
PMENT

Anoil
contentmet
erabl
etoanal
yzet
her
elat
ivecont
entofoi
li
nthewat
ers
tream,
expr
ess
edi
n
par
tspermil
l
ion.

Fi
g.1
5OilDi
schar
geMonit
ori
ng
AndContr
olEqui
pment

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2.
5
OI
LDI
SPOSAL

1
.VERI
FICATI
ONOFI
MPLEMENTATI
ON

a.FlagStateCont
rol-surveyandcertif
icati
on
b.PortStat
eControl-boardingandinspection
c. Coas
talStat
eCont r
ol-air
bornesurveil
lance
d.Ship’
sDocument aryEvidence
OilRecor
dBook
Records–ODMCs yst
em

2.DI
SCHARGEPROVI
SIONS

a.Nodi schargeofoilmaytakeplaceunles
stheshi
phasinoperati
onanoily-
waterseparat
or
andancill
aryequipment
.
b.Not wi
ths t
andingtheuseofsuchequipment,
suchdis
chargesarenotpermit
tedinspeci
alar
eas
.
c. Thedischargeprovi
si
onsdonotapplywhent heoi
lcont
entintheeff
luenthasbeenreduced
to15ppm.

Fi
g.1
6Oil
yWat erSeparator&Oi
l
Di
schar
geMoni t
oring
AndControlEqui
pment

3.CONTROLOFOPERATI
ONALDI
SCHARGEOFOI
L

Oper ationaldischargeofoili
sall
owedasl ongast herequir
ementsofAnnexIar ecompliedwi th.
Machi nerys paceoper ati
onandcargoandball
astoperati
onforoilt
ankershavedi f
fer
entrequi
rement s.
Specialar easf orAnnexImus tbeconsi
deredalso.Anyoperat
ionsmustber ecordedtotheOi lRecord
Book( Part1f orMachi ner
yspaceoperat
ionandPar t2f
orcargoandballastoper
ationforoi
ltankers)by
theres ponsiblepersonsonboard.

A.MACHINERYSPACEOPERATI ON.
Anydischargei ntotheseaofoi loroil
ymi xturesf
rom all
shi
psof400gr osst onnageandaboveoi ltanker150gross
t
onnageandaboves hallbepr ohibit
edexceptwhenal lthe
f
oll
owingcondi t
ionsar esati
s f
ied:
 t heshipisproceedingenr oute;
 t heoilymi xtureispr ocessedt hroughanoi lf
il
teri
ng
equipmentt he oilcont entoft he effl
uentwi t
hout
dil
uti
ondoesnotexceed1 5partspermi l
li
on;
 t heoil
ymi xturedoesnotor i
ginatefrom cargopump-
room bil
gesonoi ltankers;and
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ySpace
Oper
ati
ons
 t
heoi
l
ymi
xtur
e,i
ncas
eofoi
ltanker
s,i
snotmi
xedwi
thoi
lcar
gor
esi
dues

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B.CARGOANDBALLASTOPERATI ONFOROI LTANKERS.

Di
schar geint
ot heseaofoi loroi l
ymi xturesf r
om thecargoar eaofanoi ltankershal
lbe
pr
ohibit
edexceptwhenal lthef oll
owi ngcondi ti
onsar esati
sfied:
 t hetankerisnotwithinas pecial area;
 t hetankerismor ethan50naut ical milesf r
om thenear estl
and;
 t hetankerisproceedingenr oute;
 t heinstant
aneousr ateofdi schar geofoi lcontentdoesnotexceed30l it
erspernauticalmil
e;
 t het ot
alquant i
tyofoi ldischargedi ntot hes eadoesnotexceedf ort ankersdel
iveredonor
before31December1 979,1 /
15,000oft het ot
alquant i
tyoft heparticularcargoofwhi chthe
resi
duef or
medapar t,andf ortanker sdel i
ver
edaf ter31December1 979,1/30,
000oft hetotal
quant i
tyoftheparti
cularcar goofwhi cht heresidueformedapar t
 t hetankerhasi noperat i
onanoi l dis
char gemoni t
ori
ngandcont rolsystem andas l
opt ank
arrangementasr equiredbyr egul ati
ons29and31ofAnnexI .

EXCEPTI
ONS
1.t hedischargeintothes eaofoi loroi l
ymi xtureneces sar yforthepur poseofs ecuri
ngt hes afet
yof
ashipors avi
ngl i
feats ea; or
2. thedischargeintothes eaofoi loroilymixtureres ulti
ngf rom damaget oas hiporitsequi pment:
 pr ovidedthatallreas onableprecaut i
onshavebeent akenaf tert
heoccur renceoft hedamage
ordiscoveryofthedi s char
gefort hepur poseofpr eventingormi nimizingthedischar ge;and
 excepti ftheownerort hemas teractedei t
herwi t
hi ntenttocaus edamage, orrecklessl
yand
withknowl edgethatdamagewoul dprobablyr esult;or
3. thedischargei nt
ot hes eaofs ubs t
ancescont ainingoi l,approvedbyt heAdmi nis
tration,when
beingus edf orthepur pos eofcombat i
ngs pecifi
cpol l
utionincidentsinor dert omi nimizethe
damagef r
om polluti
on. Anys uchdi schargeshal lbes ubjecttot heappr ovalofanyGover nmentin
whosej uri
sdi
ctioniti
scont emplatedt hedischargewi l
loccur .

MARPOLANNEXI
SUMMARYOPERATI
ONALDI
SCHARGEOFOI
L
Ves
sel
/Voyage Sub-
Di
schar
geCondi
ti
ons
t
ype/Ar
ea Categor
y
Mor ethan50naut icalmil
esfrom thenear estl
and;
and
Tankeri sproceedingenr oute;and
Oil
ywas te
Oi
ltanker
s
f
rom cargo
Instantaneousrateofdi s
char ge<30l i
terspernaut
ical
mil
e;and
Al
lwat er
s T ot
a lquanti
ty di
sch ar
ged oes notexceed1 /
15,
000or1/
30,
000ofthet
otal
car
go(
dependi
ng
tanks
ont
heageoft
heves
sel
);and
Oi
ldi
schar
gemoni
tor
ingandcont
rol
sys
tem ands
lopt
ankar
rangementt
obeoper
ati
ng.
Oi
landal l
oilymixturesret
ainonboardf
orons hor
edisposal
or
Al
lves
sels>= Machi
Pr
oceedingenr oute;and
nery
400grosstons space Oi
lcontentlessthan1 5part
spermill
i
on;and
Al
lwaters bil
ges Oi
ldis
chargemoni t
oringandcontr
olsys
tem andoilf
il
ter
ingequi
pmentt
obeoper
ati
ng
Note:15ppm dis
char
gescanbeanywher eatsea(
notwi t
hinpor
tli
mit
s)incl
udingt
heGr eat
Bar
r i
erReefMar i
neParkandMarinePr
otect
edAreas.Vessel
mustnotbes t
ati
onarywhen
un
der
Oit
la
ak
ni
ngl
da loi
lymixt
uresr
etai
nonboardforonshor
edisposal
ORProceedingenrout
e; and
All
vess
els
Machi nery Hasi noperationequipmentofades i
gnappr ovedbyt headmini
str
ati
onthatensuresoi
l
<400gros
s
space contentlessthan1 5part
spermill
i
on.
t
ons
bil
ges Not e:15ppm dischargescanbeanywher eats ea(notwi t
hinpor
tli
mits)i
ncl
udi
ngtheGr eat
Allwat
ers
Barri
erReefMar i
nePar kandMarineProtect
edAr eas.
Ves sel
mustnotbes t
ati
onarywhen
Ves sel
s undertaking
Bunker ing
oper at
ingin
util
izing APer mitisrequir
edf r
om GBRMPAunderwhi chcertai
ncondit
ionsmaybeimpos ed.
GreatBarrier
s
hipt os hi
p
ReefMar ine
t
rans fers
Park

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2.
6
OI
LPOLLUTI
ONACT(
OPA)90

TheOi lPol l
utionAct( OPA)wass ignedi ntol aw inAugus t1 990,largelyi nresponsetor i
si
ngpubl i
c
concernf ol
lowi ngt heExxonVal dezi ncident .TheOPA i mpr ovedt henat ion'
sabi l
it
yt opreventand
respondtooi lspil
lsbyes tabli
shingpr ovisionst hatexpandt hef ederalgover nment'sabil
it
y,andprovide
themoneyandr es ourcesneces sary,tor espondt ooilspills
.
TheOPAal socr eatedt henat i
onalOi lSpil
lLiabili
tyTr ustFund,whi chi savailabletoprovideupt o
onebill
iondol larspers pi
lli
ncident .
I
naddi tion,theOPApr ovidednew r equirement sforcont i
ngencypl anni ngbot hbygover nmentand
i
ndus t
ry.The Nat ionalOi land Hazar dousSubs t
ancesPol lution Cont i
ngency Pl an (NCP)hasbeen
expandedi nat hree- ti
eredappr oach:theFeder algover nmenti srequiredtodi r
ectallpubli
candpr i
vate
responseef fortsf orcer tai
nt ypesofs pillevent s;AreaCommi t
tees- -compos edoff ederal
,stat
e,and
l
ocalgover nmentof f
ici
als- -mus tdevel op det ail
ed,l ocati
on- specif
icAr ea Cont ingency Pl
ans;and
owner soroper ator sofves sel
sandcer tainf acili
ti
esthatpos eas eri
oust hreatt otheenvironmentmus t
preparetheirownFaci l
it
yRes pons ePlans .

Final
l
y,theOPA incr
easedpenal
tiesf
orregul
ator
ynoncompli
ance,broadenedt her
esponseand
enforcementauthori
ti
esoftheFederalgover
nment,andpres
ervedStateaut hor
it
yt oest
abli
shlaw
governingoi
lspi
l
l pr
event
ionandr
esponse.

Fi
g.1
8ExxonVal
desI
nci
dent

2.
7
OI
LPREVENTI
ONDRI
LLS

SOPEP

Regulat
ion37ofMARPOLAnnex1s t
atesthateacht ankersover150GRTandves s
elsot
herthan
tankersover400 GRT mus thave on boar d a Shipboard OilPol
luti
on Emergency Pl
an (
SOPEP)
appr ovedbytheFlagAdmi ni
strat
ionorClass
ifi
cati
oninfactonbehalfoftheflagadmin.
SOPEPinitsel
fisaguidelinefort
her es
pons eofthevessel’
screw i
ncas eofoi
lpoll
uti
onandhow
tor eport
,whowi llbereporti
ngandwhats houldber eport
ed.Italsogivesaguidel i
netocontrol
dischargeacti
on-wi t
hcons i
derat
ionbasedonnavi gati
onmeas uresands eamanshi
pmeas ur
es.

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MARPOL73/
78Ar
ti
cl
e8&Pr
otocolIr
equirethatthenear
estcoas
talst
ateshoul
dbenot
if
iedofact
ual
orprobabledis
chargesofoi
li
ntothesea.

ThePlanconsi
stsgener
all
yof4Secti
onswit
hthemandator
ycontent
sandi t
sAppendi
ceswi
th
additi
onalinf
ormati
on ascontactaddr
essesand dat
a pl
usa setofcert
ain drawi
ngsf
oreasy
ref
erencefortheMaster
.

THESOPEPSHALLCONSI STOFTHEFOLLOWI NGCHAPTERS:

1.Shipidentif
icat
iondat a
2.TableofCont ents
3.RecordofChanges
4.Secti
on1 :Preambl e
5.Secti
on2:Repor t
ingRequi rement s
6.Secti
on3:St epstocont rolDischar ges
7.Secti
on4:Nat i
onal andLocal Coor dinati
on
8.Minimum Appendi ces:
 Li stofCoas talStateCont acts
 Li stofPortCont acts
 Li stofShipI nt
erestCont acts
9.Ship'
sdrawi ngs:
 Gener alArrangementPl an
 TankPl an
 Fuel Oil
PipingDi agram
10.Furt
herappendi cesonowner s
' decisi
on

WHATI
SREGARDEDASANOI LSPI LL
Anyoi lspi
l
lregardles sofsize
Dischargeofoilasar esul
tofdamage
Int
ent i
onaldis
chargef orthepur
poseofsecur
ingthes
afet
yofs
hipandcr
ew
Oper ati
onaldis
char ge
Dischargeharmf ul
ls ubstancesi
npackagedform

2.
8
OI
LRECORDBOOK(
ORB)

Oi
lRecor
dBookscompos edof;ORBPartI:machi
ner
yspaceoperati
ons(r
egulati
on37),ORBPartI
I
:
cargoandball
astoperat
ions(regul
ati
on36),shoul
dbekeptonvesselandconfor
m withands uppl
yal
l
oftheinf
ormati
onrecommendedi nthi
sGuideli
neandinAnnexIofMARPOL. Off
ici
alOilRecor
dBooks
areusual
lyavai
labl
efrom theAdmi ni
str
ati
ons.

OI
LRECORDBOOKPARTI

ORBPARTI
:GENERALREQUI
REMENTS

1
. Everyoilt
ankerof150gr osstonnageandaboveandever yshipof400grosst
onnageandabove
otherthananoi ltankershallbeprovided wit
hanOi lRecord BookPar :Machi
tI ner
ys pace
operat
ions.TheOilRecordBook,whetherasapar toft
heshi
p’sof
fi
ciall
og-
bookorot
herwis
e,shal
l
beintheforms peci
fiedinappendixI
I
ItothisAnnex.

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2. TheOi lRecor d BookPar tIs hal lbecompl eted on each occas i

on,on a t ank- t
o-tankbas isif
appr opr iat e,wheneveranyoft hef oll
owi ngmachi ner ys paceoper ationst akespl aceint hes hip:
a.bal las t
ingorcl eani ngofoi l f
uel tanks ;
b.di s char geofdi rtybal las torcl eani ngwat erfrom oi lfuel tanks ;
c. col lectionanddi spos al ofoi lresidues( sl
udgeandot heroi lres idues );
d.di s char geover boar dordi spos alot herwi seofbi l
gewat erwhi chhasaccumul atedi n
machi nerys paces ;and
e.bunker i
ngoff uel orbul kl ubr i
cat ingoi l.
3. I
nt heeventofs uchdi s char geofoi loroi l
ymi xtureasi sr eferredt oi nr egul ation4oft hisAnnexor
i
nt heeventofacci dent alorot herexcept ionaldi schar geofoi lnotexcept edbyt hatr egulation,a
statements hal lbemadei nt heOi lRecor dBookPar tIoft heci rcums tancesof , andt her easonsf or
,
thedi schar ge.
4.Eachoper at i
ondes cribedi npar agraph2oft hisr egul ati
ons hal lbef ull
yr ecor dedwi t
houtdel ayi n
theOi lRecor d BookPar tI ,s ot hatal lent riesi nt hebookappr opr i
at et ot hatoper ationar e
compl eted.Eachcompl et edoper ati
ons hallbes ignedbyt heof ficerorof ficersi nchar geoft he
oper ationsconcer nedandeachcompl etedpages hal lbes ignedbyt hemas terofs hip.Theent r
ies
i
nt heOi lRecor dBookPar tI,fors hipshol dinganI nt ernat i
onalOi lPol l
ut ionPr event i
onCer ti
ficate
(I
OPP) ,shal lbeatl eas ti nEngl ish, FrenchorSpani s h. Wher eent ri
esi nanof ficialnat i
onal l
anguage
oftheSt atewhos ef l
agt hes hipi sent it
ledt oflyar eal sous ed, thiss hall prevai l i
ncas eofadi sput e
ordi screpancy.
5.Anyf ail
ur eoft heoi lfilt
er i
ngequi pments hal lber ecor dedi nt heOi lRecor dBookPar tI.
6.TheOi lRecor dBookPar tIs hallbekepti ns uchapl aceast ober eadi l
yavai lablef orins pecti
onat
allreas onabl et imesand,excepti nt hecas eofunmanneds hi
psundert ow,s hallbekeptonboar d
thes hip. Its hal l
bepr es ervedf oraper i
odoft hr eeyear saf terthel astent ryhas
beenmade.
7.The compet entaut hor i
ty oft he Gover nmentofa Par tyt ot he pr esent
Convent i
onmayi ns pectt heOi lRecor dBookPar tIonboar danys hipt o
whi cht hi sAnnexappl ieswhi let hes hipi si nitspor torof fshoret ermi nal sand
maymakeacopyofanyent ryi nt hatbookandmayr equi r
et hemas terof
thes hi pt ocer t
ifyt hatt hecopyi sat ruecopyofs uchent ry.Anycopys o
madewhi chhasbeencer ti
fi
edbyt hemas teroft hes hi pasat ruecopyofan
entryi nt hes hi
p’sOi lRecor dBookPar tIs hallbemadeadmi ssiblei nany
j
udi cialpr oceedi ngsasevi dence oft he f act ss tat ed i nt he ent ry.The
i
ns pect ionofanOi lRecor dBookPar tIandt het aki ngofacer ti
fiedcopyby
thecompet entaut hor ityundert his
par
agraphshallbeperf
ormedasexpedi
ti
ousl
yaspos
sibl
e Fi
g.1
9ORBPar
tI
wit
houtcaus
ingthes
hiptobeundul
ydel
ayed.

ORBPARTI
:GENERALGUI
DANCEFORRECORDI
NG

I
NTRODUCTI ON
Thef ol
l
owing pagesoft hiss ecti
on show a compr ehensiveli
stofitemsofmachinerys pace
operati
onswhichar e,whenappr opriat
e,tober ecordedint heOilRecordBookinaccor
dancewi t
h
regul
ati
on1 7ofAnnexIoft heI nternati
onalConvent i
onf orthePreventi
onofPoll
uti
onfrom Ships,
1973,asmodi f
iedbyt heProtocolof1 978r elat
ingthereto(MARPOL73/ 78).Thei
temshavebeen
groupedintooperat
ionals
ect
ions,eachofwhi chisdenotedbyal et
terCode.

a.Whenmaki ngentriesi
nt heOilRecordBookPar
tI,t
hedate,oper
ati
onalcodeandit
em number
shallbe i
nser
ted i
nt he appropr
iate col
umnsand t
he r
equir
ed par
ti
cul
arsshal
lbe r
ecorded
chronol
ogi
call
yintheblankspaces.
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b.Eachcomplet
edoperat
ionshallbesi
gnedforanddat
edbyt
heof
fi
cerorof
fi
cer
sinchar
ge.The
masteroft
heshi
pshall
signeachcomplet
edpage.

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c. TheOi lRecor dBookPar tIcont ai

nsmanyr eferencest ooi lquant i
ty.Thel imitedaccur acyoft ank
meas urementdevi ces,t emper aturevar iationsand cl i
ngagewi llaf fectt heaccur acyoft hese
readings . Theent ri
esi ntheOi l
Recor dBookPar tIshouldbecons ider edaccor dingly.
d.Int heeventofacci dent alorot herexcept ionaldi s
char geofoi l
,stat ements hallbemadei nt heOi l
Recor dBookPar tIoft heci r
cums t
ancesof ,andt hereas onsf or,thedi schar ge.
e.Anyf ailureoft heoilfil
teringequi pments hal lbenot edi ntheOi lRecor dBookPar tI.
f. Theent riesi ntheOi lRecor dBookPar tI ,fors hipshol di
nganI OPPCer ti
fi
cate,s hallbeatl eas tin
Engl i
sh,Fr enchorSpani s h.Wher eent riesi nof fi
ciallanguageoft heSt atewhos eflagthes hipis
entitl
edt of lyar ealsous ed, thi
ss hallprevai lincas eofadi s puteordi s
cr epancy.
g.TheOi lRecor dBookPar tIs hallbekepti ns uchapl aceast ober eadi lyavai l
ablef orinspectionat
allreas onabl et i
mesand,excepti nt hecas eofunmanneds hipsundert ow,s hallbekeptonboar d
thes hip.Its hallbepr eser vedf oraper i
odoft hreeyear saftert hel astent r
yhasbeenmade.
h.Thecompet entaut hor i
tyoft heGover nmentofaPar tytot heConvent ionmayi nspectt heOi l
Recor dBookPar tIonboar danys hipt owhi chthisAnnexappl i
eswhi let hes hipisini t
spor tor
offshoret er minalsandmaymakeacopyofanyent r
yi nthatbookandmayr equiret hemas terof
thes hipt ocer ti
fythatt hecopyi sat ruecopyofs uchent ry.Anycopys omadewhi chhasbeen
certif
iedbyt hemas teroft hes hipasat r uecopyofanent ryi nt heOi lRecor dBookPar tIshal lbe
madeadmi ssi
bleinanyj uridi
cialproceedi ngsasevi denceoft hef act ss tatedi nt heent r
y.The
i
ns pect i
onofanOi lRecor dBookPar tIandt het akingofacer tif
iedcopybyt hecompet ent
author ityundert hispar agr aphs hallbeper formedasexpedi ti
ous l
yaspos si
blewi thoutcaus i
ng
thes hipt obeundul ydel ayed.

GUI
DANCEFORRECORDI
NGOFOPERATI ONSINTHEOILRECORDBOOK:PARTI
–
MACHINERYSPACEOPERATIONS(ALLSHIPS)
MEPC.1
/Ci
rc.
736/
Rev.
2,Dat
ed:6October2011

TheMar i
neEnvironmentPr otecti
onCommi t
tee( MEPC),atit
ss i
xty-seconds es
sion,(
11to15J uly
2011),approvedarevisedtextoftheGui danceforr ecordi
ngofoper at
ionsi ntheOilRecordBookPar tI
–Machi ner
yspaceoper ati
ons(al
lships)(MEPC62/ 24, par
agraph7.23)
, setoutintheannex.
TheGui danceisintendedtof aci
li
tatecompliancewi t
hMARPOLr equi rementsonboar dshipsby
providingadvicetocrewsonhowt orecordthevar iousoperati
onsintheOi lRecordBookbyus ingthe
corr
ectcodesandi t
em number sinordertoens ur
eamor eunif
orm portStatecontrolprocedur
e.

GENERALGUI DANCE
Thisgui danceonl yincl udess ectionsCt oI .
Oper ationss houldber ecordedi nchr onol ogicalorderast heyhavebeenexecut edonboar d.
Dat ess houldbeent eredi ndd- MONTH- yyyyf or
mat , e.g.,
16-MAR- 2009.
Incinerationorlandi ngas horeofoi l
ygar bageandus edf il
tersshouldberecor dedi nt heGar bage
Recor dBookonl y.
AllEnt ri
esar etobemadeands i
gnedbyt heof fi
cerorof f
icersinchargeoft heoper ations
concer nedandeachcompl etedpages hallbes i
gnedbyt hemas t
erofthes hip.
Donotl eaveanyf ullli
nesempt ybet weens uccessiveent ries.
Ifawr ongent ryhasbeenr ecor dedi nt heOi lRecor dBook( ORB) ,i
tshouldi mmedi atelybes tr
uck
throughwi thas i
nglel inei ns uchawayt hatt hewr ongent r yi
ss t
il
llegible.Thewr ongent r
y
shoul dbes ignedanddat ed, wi tht henewcor rectedent ryfoll
owing.
Tanknomencl atures houl dber ecor dedaspert hef or matnot edwi thi
ntheI nternat i
onal Oil
Polluti
onPr event i
onCer ti
ficate( IOPPC) .
Recor dingofquant i
tiesr etainedi nbilgewat erholdingt anksl i
stedunders ection3. 3oft heIOPPC
i
svol unt aryandnotr equi redbyt heConvent i
on.
Ther ecor dingofgener al mai ntenanceofi t
emsper tainingt otheOWSr emai nsvol untaryandi s
thisisnotr equir
edt ober ecor dedi ntheORB.
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ORBPARTI
:LI
STOFI
TEMSTOBERECORDED

(
Note:Theitemshavebeengr oupedi ntooper ational s
ecti
ons ,
eachofwhi chi edbyaLet
sdenot ter
Code.I
tem number sareincludedundereachLet terCodes).
(
A) Bal last
ingorcleaningofoi lf
uel tanks
(
B) Dis chargeofdirtyballastorcleaningwat erf
rom oilf
uel t
anksreferr
edt ounderSecti
on(A)
(
C) Col lecti
on,t
ransferanddi spos alofoilresidues(sl
udge)
(
D) Non- automati
cs tart
ingofdis chargeover board,
transferordis
pos alotherwi
seofbil
ge
wat erwhichhasaccumul atedi nmachi neryspaces
(
E) Aut omat icst
arti
ngofdi schargeover boar d,t
ransferordispos
al ot
herwi s
eofbil
gewat er
whichhasaccumul atedinmachi nerys paces
(
F) Condi t
ionoftheoi l
fil
ter
ingequi pment
(
G) Acci dentalorotherexcept i
onal dischargesofoi l
(
H) Bunker i
ngoffuel orbulklubricati
ngoi l

OI
LRECORDBOOKPARTI
I

ORBPARTI
I
:GENERALREQUI
REMENTS

1. Everyoilt
ankerof1 50gr osst onnageandaboves hallbepr ovidedwi t
hanOi lRecordBookPar
tII
:
Cargo/Bal
lastOper ations .TheOi lRecor dBookPar tII
,whet herasapar tofthes hi
p'sof
fi
ci
all
og-
bookorother wis e,shallbei nthef or ms pecif
iedi nappendi xII
I tothisAnnex.
2. TheOi lRecor dBookPar tI Ishallbecompl etedoneachoccas ion,ona t ank-
to-
tankbasi
sif
appropri
ate,wheneveranyoft hefol lowi ngcar go/bal lastoper ati
onst akeplaceintheshi
p:
.
1l oadi ngofoi l car go;
.
2i nternal trans ferofoi lcar godur i
ngvoyage;
.
3 unl oadingofoi lcargo;
.
4 bal l
as ti
ngofcar got anksanddedi cat edcleanbal l
as tt
anks ;
.
5 cleani ngofcar got anksi ncludi ngcr udeoi lwas hing;
.
6 dischar geofbal lastexceptf rom segr egat edbal l
as ttanks ;
.
7 dischar geofwat erfrom s lopt anks ;
.
8 clos i
ngofal lappl i
cableval vesors imi lardevicesaf terslop
tankdi schargeoper at i
ons;
.
9 clos i
ngofval vesneces sar yf oris
olat i
onofdedi catedcl ean
ball
as ttanksf rom car goands trippinglinesaf ters l
opt ankdi s charge
operat i
ons ;and
.
10di spos alofr es i
dues .
3. Foroi ltanker sreferredt oinr egulat i
on34. 6oft hisAnnex,t het otalquant ityofoilandwat erused
forwas hingandr etur nedtoas tor
aget anks hallber ecor dedint heOi lRecor dBookPar tI
I.
4.Int heeventofs uchdi s
chargeofoi loroilymi xtureasi sr eferr
edt oinregul ati
on4oft hi
sAnnexor
i
nt heeventofacci dent alorot herexcept ionaldi schar geofoi lnotexcept edbyt hatregulation,a
statements hall
bemadei nt heOi lRecor dBookPar tI
I oftheci r
cums tancesof ,andt hereas onsfor,
thedi schar ge.
5.Eachoper ationdescr ibedinpar agr aph2oft hisr egulat i
ons hallbef ul
l
yr ecordedwi t
houtdel ayin
theOi lRecor d BookPar tIIs ot hatal lentriesi nt hebookappr opriatet ot hatoper at i
onar e
compl et ed.Eachcompl et
edoper at i
ons hallbes ignedbyt heof fi
cerorof fi
cersi nchargeoft he
oper ati
onsconcer nedandeachcompl etedpages hallbes ignedbyt hemas t
erofs hip.Theent ri
es
i
nt heOi lRecordBookPar tIIs hallbeatl eas tinEngl ish,FrenchorSpani sh.Wher eentriesinan
offi
ciallanguageoft heSt atewhos ef l
agt hes hipi sent i
tledtof l
yar eals ous ed,thisshallprevaili
n
caseofdi s
put eordis crepancy.
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6. Anyf ail
ureoft heoi ldi
s chargemoni toringandcont rolsystem shallbenot edintheOi lRecor dBookPar tI
I.
7.TheOi lRecor dBooks hallbekepti ns uchapl aceast ober eadilyavai l
ablef orinspectionatal l
reasonabl etimesand, excepti nthecas eofunmanneds hi
psundert ow, shallbekeptonboar dthe
ship.Itshallbepr eser vedf oraper iodoft hreeyear saf t
ert helastent r
yhasbeenmade.
8.Thecompet entaut hor i
tyoft heGover nmentofaPar tyt otheConvent i
onmayi nspectt heOi l
Recor dBookPar tI Ionboar danys hipt owhi chthisAnnexappl ieswhi l
et hes hipisi nit
spor tor
offshoret er
mi nalsandmaymakeacopyofanyent ryi nthatbookandmayr equi r
et hemas t
erof
thes hipt ocer t
if
yt hatt hecopyi sat r
uecopyofs uchent r
y.Anycopys omadewhi chhasbeen
certif
iedbyt hemas t
eroft hes hi
pasat ruecopyofanent ryint hes hip'sOilRecor dBookPar tII
shallbemadeadmi ssibleinanyj udicialproceedingsasevi denceoft hef actss t
atedi ntheent ry.
Thei nspectionofanOi lRecor dBookPar tIIandt het akingofacer t
ifi
edcopybyt hecompet ent
author i
tyundert hispar agraphs hal lbeper f
ormedasexpedi t
iouslyaspos siblewithoutcaus i
ng
thes hiptobeundul ydel ayed.
9.Foroi ltankersofl esst han1 50gros stonnageoper atingi naccor dancewi thregul ati
on34. 6oft his
Annex, anappr opriateOi lRecor dBooks houldbedevel opedbyt heAdmi nistr
at i
on.

ORBPARTI
I
:GENERALGUI
DANCEFORRECORDI
NG

I
NTRODUCTI ON
Thef oll
owi ngpagesoft hi ss ections how acompr ehens i
vel istofi t
emsofcar goandbal last
operationswhi char e,whenappr opr iate,t ober ecor dedi nt heOi lRecor dBookPar tIIinaccor dance
withregul ation36ofAnnexI oft heI nter national Convent ionf ort hePr event i
onofPol l
uti
onf rom Shi ps,
1973,asmodi fiedbyt hePr ot ocolof1 978r elat i
ngt her et o( MARPOL73/ 78).Thei t
emshavebeen
groupedi nt ooper at i
onal sect ions , eachofwhi chi sdenot edbyacodel etter .
1. Whenmaki ngent r
iesi nt heOi lRecor dBookPar tII,thedat e,oper at i
onalcodeandi tem number
shallbe i ns ert ed i nt he appr opriat e columnsand t he requi red par ti
cul arss hallbe r ecor ded
chronol ogi cal l
yi nt hebl anks paces .
2. Eachcompl et edoper at ions hal lbes ignedf oranddat edbyt heof f
icerorof f
icer sinchar ge.Each
compl etedpages hall becount er s
ignedbyt hemas teroft hes hip.
3. Inrespectoft heoi ltanker sengagedi ns peci fictr adesi naccor dancewi thr egul at i
on2. 5ofAnnexI
ofMARPOL73/ 78,appr opr i
at eent ryint heOi lRecor dBookPar tI Ishal lbeendor sedbyt he
compet entpor tSt at eaut hor ity.
4.TheOi lRecor dBookPar tI Icont ai
nsmanyr ef erencest ooi lquant ity.Thel imit edaccur acyoft ank
meas urementdevi ces,t emper atur evar iationsand cl i
ngagewi llaf fectt heaccur acyoft hese
readings .Theent r
iesi nt heOi lRecor dBookPar tII shoul dbecons i
der edaccor di ngly.
5.I ntheeventofacci dent alorot herexcept ionaldi char geofoi l,as t atements hal lbemadei nt heOi l
Recor dBookPar tIIoft heci rcums tancesof ,andt her eas onsf or ,
thedi schar ge.
6.Anyf ailureoft heoi ldi schar gemoni toringandcont r olsys tem s hal lbenot edi ntheOi lRecor d
BookPar tII.
7.Theent riesi nt heOi lRecor dBookPar tII,fors hipshol dinganI OPPCer tif
icate,s hallbeatl eastin
Engl i
sh, FrenchorSpani s h. Wher eent ri
esi nanof fi
cial languageoft heSt at ewhos ef l
agt hes hi
pis
entitl
edt of lyar eal sous ed, thiss hal lprevai lincas eofadi sput eordi screpancy.
8.TheOi lRecor dBookPar tIIs hal lbekepti ns uchapl aceast ober eadi lyavai l
abl eforins pect ionat
allreas onabl et imesand,excepti nt hecas eofunmanneds hipsundert ow,s hal lbekeptonboar d
thes hip. I
ts hal l bepr es ervedf oraper i
odoft hreeyear saf tert hel as tent ryhasbeenmade.
9.Thecompet entaut hor ityoft heGover nmentofaPar t
yt ot heConvent ionmayi ns pectt heOi l
Recor dBookPar tIIonboar dt hes hipt owhi cht hisAnnexappl ieswhi l
et hes hipisi ni t
spor tor
offshor et ermi nal sandmaymakecopyofanyent ryi nt hatbookandmayr equi ret hemas terof
thes hi pt ocer tifyt hatt hecopyi sat ruecopyofs uchent ry.Anycopys omadewhi chhasbeen
certif
iedbyt hemas teroft hes hipasat ruecopyofanent ryi nt heOi lRecor dBookPar tIIshalbe
madeadmi s si
bl ei nanyj ur i
di cialpr oceedi ngsasevi denceoft hef act ss tatedi nt heent ry.The
inspect i
onofanOi lRecor dBookPar tIIandt akingofacer tifiedcopybyt hecompet entaut horit
y
undert hispar agr aphs hal lbeper formedasexpedi tious l
yaspos s i
bl ewi thoutcaus i
ngt hes hipto
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ydel
ayed.

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ORBPARTI
I
:LI
STOFI
TEMSTOBERECORDED

(
Note:Thei temshavebeengr oupedi nt ooper at
ionals ections,eachofwhichisdenotedbyaLet
ter
Code.I
tem number sar eincl udedundereachLet terCodes ).
(
A)Loadi ngofOi lCar go.
(
B)Internal transferofOi lCar godur ingvoyage.
(
C)Unl oadi ngofOi lCar go
(
D)CrudeOi lWas hing
(
E)Ballas ti
ngofCar got anks
(
F)Ballas ti
ngofdedi catedcl eanbal l
as ttank
(
G)Cleani ngofCar got anks
(
H)Dischar geofDi rtyBal l
ast
(
I)Dischar geofwat erf rom Sl opt anksi ntot
hes ea
(
J)Col l
ect i
on, tr
ans fer&di spos alofr es idueandoi lymi xturenotother
wisedealtwit
h
(
K)Dischar geofCl eanBal l
astcont ainedi nCar gotanks
(
L)Dischar geofbal las tfrom dedi cat edcl eanballas ttanks( CBTt
ankersonly)
(
M)Condi ti
onofOi lDi schargeMoni tor i
ngandCont rolSys tem
(
N)Acci dent alorot herexcept ional di schargesofoi l
(
O)Addi tional operat ional procedur esandgener al remar ksexample
Tanker sEngagedi ns pecificTrades
(
P)Loadi ngofbal las twat er
(
Q)Re- all
ocat ionofbal lastwat erwi thint heship
(
R)Ballas twat erdi schar get or ecept ionf aci
l
iti
es

2.
9
FORMSANDDOCUMENTATI
ON

I
OPPCERTI
FI
CATE

Everyoiltankerof150grosstonnageandabove,andeveryothers
hipof400gr os
stonnageand
aboves hallbes ubj
ecttot hesurveysforcompli
ancewithAnnexIconstructi
onand equi
pment
requirement si
sshownbyt heInt
ernati
onalOi
lPol
l
utionPr
event
ion(I
OPP)Cer
ti
ficat
ewithsuppl
ement
.

TheInter
national
OilPol
lut
ionPreventi
onCer
ti
fi
cateshal
lbedrawnupinthefor
m cor
respondingto
themodelgi veninappendixIIt
ot hi
sAnnexands hal
lbeatleasti
nEngl
ish,Fr
enchorSpanish.Ifan
offi
ci
allanguageoft heChapter2–Sur veysandcerti
fi
cat
ioni
ssui
ngcountryi
salsoused,thisshal
l
prevai
li
ncas eofadisputeordis
crepancy.

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OILRECORDBOOK
SAMPLEPAGE:ORBPar
tI&I
I

Name of Shi
p
…………………………………………………………
…… Di
sti
nct
ive number or l et
ter
s
……………………………………… I MO Number
…………………………………………………………
…….

MACHINERYSPACEOPERATI
ONS
CARGO/BALLASTOPERATI
ONS(OIL
TANKER)
Code I
tem Recor
dof
Dat
e
(
let
ter
)(number
) oper
ati
ons/
signatur
e
ofof
fi
ceri
nchar ge

Si
gnat
ureofmas
ter…………………………………….

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ORBPar
tII

NameofShi
p
……………………………………………………
…… Di
sti
nct
ivenumberorl
ett
ers
………………………………. .

PLANVI
EW OFCARGOANDSLOPTANKS

MARI
NEPOLLUTI
ONREPORTFORM SAMPLE

Mar
inePol
l
uti
onRepor
t(POLREP)
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Chapt
er3:ANNEXII
CONTROLOFPOLLUTI
ONBYNOXI OUSLIQUI
DSUBSTANCESI
NBULK

3.
1
NOXI
OUSLI
QUI
DSUBSTANCESI
NBULK(
NLS)

MARPOLAnnexI Icamei ntoforceon 6Apr il1987.Unl essexpr essl

ypr ovided otherwise,the
provi
sionsoft hisAnnexs hallappl
yt oallshi
pscer ti
fi
edt ocar r
ynoxi ousliqui
ds ubs t
ancesinbul k.I
t
detai
lst hedischargecrit
eriafortheel i
minati
onofpol l
utionbynoxi ousl iqui
ds ubstancescarriedin
l
arge quant i
ties.Itdivi
dess ubst
ancesi nto and introducesdet ailed operati
onals t
andardsand
meas ures.The di scharge of pollutantsis allowed onl yt o recept i
on facili
ti
es wi t
h cer t
ain
concent r
ati
onsandcondi ti
ons .Nomat t
erwhat ,nodi s
chargeofr esiduescont ai
ningpol l
utantsis
permittedwithin12milesofthenear estl
and.Stri
cterrestr
icti
onsapplyt o" s
pecialareas"

I
BCcodeass
uppl
ementt
oMARPOLannexI
I

AnnexI Iofthe MARPOLconvent i

on issuppl
ement he "
ed by t I
nternat
ionalCode f
ort
he
Constructi
onandEquipmentofShi
pscarr
yingDangerousChemi
calsi
nBul k"
(
Int
ernat
ionalBulkChemi
cal)Code.TheI
BCcodecont ai
nsdet
ail
edprovi
si
onsfor
:

 Thedesi
gnandconstr
ucti
on,aswell
as
 Theequi
pmentofchemicalt
anker
s.

Fi
g.20I
BCCode

NEW NLSPOLLUTI
ONCATEGORI
ES

Ther evisi
onofAnnexI Ir eplacest hecur rent5- categorys ystem wi thpollutioncat egoriesA,B,C
andD, andAppendi xIIIproduct swi t
ha4- categorys ystem wi thpolluti
oncat egoriesX, YandZandOS
(OtherSubs t
ances )asar esul toft her e-evaluati
onpr ocessoft heexi stingMARPOLAnnexI Ipr oduct s
byt heGESAMPWor kingGr oupont heEval uat i
onoft heHazar dsofHar mfulSubs t
ancesCar riedby
Ships( GESAMP/ EHS) .
.
AtMEPC49i n2003a3+1cat egor ys ystem (X,Y,Z+OS)wasagr eedupon.Thef our t
hcat egory
holdsonl y8har mlesspr oduct swhi chi ncludes;appl ejuice,clays lurry,coals lurry,dextroses olution,
glucos es olution,kaol i
nes lurry,mol asses,wat er( wi t
h 5mor es ubs tancest obei ncluded i nt his
cat egor y).
Pr oduct sdefinedas" float ers"and" persis
tentf l
oat ers"
,whi chi ncludet heveget ableoi ls
,wi llbe
ass ignedt oCat egoryY. Undert hecur rent l
ydef i
neds hipt ypingcr i
teriat hi
swi l
l meant heyhavet obe
car riedi nI MOType2or3s pace.Oi l
-li
kes ubs t
anceswi llnotexi s
t( xylenewi llrequirechemi calcode
cert i
f i
cat e).
Veget ableoilswi l
lbes peci f
iedandar eupgr adedf rom Appendi xIII(oftheI BCCode)t oCat egory
Y.Af ter1J anuary2007al ls hipsloadi ngI BCCar goeswi llneedt ohol daCer tif
icateofFi tness( CoF)
i
ss uedundert her evisedr equi rement s.
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1. Categor yX:s ubst

ancest hatpr esentamaj orhazar dtoei therthemar ineenvi r
onmentorhuman
healthandj usti
fythepr ohibit
ionofdi schargei ntot hemar ineenvi ronment
2. Categor yY:s ubstancest hatpr esenta hazar dtoei thermar i
ner es ourcesorhumanheal t
h,or
causehar mt oameni t
iesorot herl egi
timateus esoft hesea,andj us tifyal i
mi tati
onont hequal i
ty
andquant i
tyofthedi schargeint othemar ineenvi r
onment
3. Categor yZ:subs t
ancest hatpr esentami norhazar dtoei thermar i
ner esourcesorhumanheal th
andj usti
fylessstri
ngentr estri
ct i
onsont hequal ityandquant ityoft hedi schar geintothemar ine
environment
4.OSorOt herSubs tances-Subs tancesindicat edasOSi nt hepol l
ut i
oncat egorycol umnofchapt er
18oft heI BCCodewhi chhavebeeneval uat edandf oundt ofallout sidecat egor yX,YorZ,at
present,consideredt opr esentnohar mt omar iner esources,humanheal th,ameni ti
esorot her
l
egiti
mat eus esoft hes ea whendi scharged i ntot hes ea from t ankcl eaning ordebal l
asting
operations.Thedi schargeofbi lgeorbal l
as twat erorot herr esiduesormi xturescontaini
ngonl y
substancesr efer
redt oas‘ ‘
Ot herSubs tances ’’shallnotbes ubjectt oanyr equirementsoft he
Annex.

3.
2
CONSTRUCTI
ONREQUI
REMENTS

I
MOSHI
P’STYPES

Therepl
aci
ngoft hecurrent5-categor
ysystem (
A,B,
C,D andAppendixII
Iproducts).
wit
h new
pol
lutioncat
egor
ieshasalsoaffect
edwhatpr oduct
scanbecar ri
edinthedif
ferentIMOShi pTypes
.
TheI BCCodeprovi
desstandardsfortheconstr
ucti
onofthreetypesofchemi
calt anker
s(Types1,2
and3) .
1.IMO Shi pType1 :isachemi calt ankerintendedf ort hetrans port
ationofpr oductsconsideredto
pres entthegreatestover al
lhazar d.Thequant it
yofcar gor equiredt obecar ri
edinaType1s hi
p
shoul dnotexceed1 ,250m3i nanyonet ank
2. I
MO Shi pType2:i si ntendedt ot ransportpr oductswit happr eciablysevereenvironment aland
safet yhazardswhi chr equiresignif
icantprevent i
vemeas urest opr ecl
udees capeofs uchcar go.
Thequant i
tyofcargor equiredt obecar r
iedi naType2s hips houldnotexceed3000m3i nanyone
tank
3. I
MO Shi pType3:i sachemi caltankeri ntendedt ot ranspor tproductswi t
hs uffi
ci
entlys ever
e
envir onmentalands afetyhazar ds.Thes epr oductsrequireamoder atedegreeofcontainmentt o
i
ncr eas esur
vivalcapabi l
ityinadamagedcondi ti
on.Ther ei snof ill
i
ngr es
trict
ionforchemi cals
assignedt oShipType3.

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MOShi
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LOCATI
ONOFTANKS

Ther evisedIBCCodei ndicates: Locat i

onofcar got ankss hallbelocatedatthef ol
lowi ngdist
ances
i
nboar d:
1. Type1s hips:fr
om t hes i
des hellplating,notlesst hanthet ransverseextentofdamages pecif
iedi n
2.5.
1.1
.2,
(B/ 5or1 1.
5m whi cheveri sless),andf rom themol dedlineoft hebot tom s hel
lplati
ngat
centreli
ne,notl esst hant hever t i
calextentofdamages pecif
iedin2.5.1
.2.
3,andnowher eles
st han
760mm f rom thes hellplat i
ng.Thi sr equirementdoesnotappl yt othet anksf ordiluteds l
ops
arisi
ngfr om tankwas hing.
2. Type2s hips:from t hemol dedl i
neoft hebot tom s hellplati
ngatcent r
eli
ne,notl essthant he
verti
calext entofdamages peci f
iedi n2.5.1
.2.
3,(B/15or6m whi cheverisless)
,andnowher el ess
than760mm f rom t hes hellplat i
ng.Thi srequi
rementdoesnotappl ytothet anksf ordil
uteds l
ops
arisi
ngfr om tankwas hing.
3. Type3s hips:nor equirement .

Fi
g.22Car
goTankLocat
ion

SEGREGATEDBALLASTTANK

Bil
geand bal l
astar r
angement s
.Pumps ,bal
lastli
nes,ventlinesand ot hersimil
arequipment
ser
vingper manentbal l
asttanksshallbeindependentofsimil
arequipmentservingcargotanksandof
car
go t ankst hemselves.Dischar
ge arrangementf orper manentballasttankss it
ed immediatel
y
adj
acentt o car go t
ankss hallbe outsi
demachi nerys paces.Fi
ll
ing arr
angement smaybei nthe
machinerys pacesprovidedthatsucharrangement sensurefi
l
li
ngfrom tankdecklevelandnon-ret
urn
val
vesar efi
tted.

3.
3
PREVENTI
ONOFMARI
NEPOLLUTI
ONBYNLSI
NBULK

Thi
sisthefir
stattemptt
ocontrol,onani nt
ernationalbasi
s,t
hedischar
geoftankwashi
ngsand
otherr
esi
duesofl i
quidsubs
tances(otherthanoil)whichar ecar
riedi
nbulkcat
egori
sedasnoxi
ous
l
iquids
ubstancesinaccor
dancewithdefinedguidel
ines.

Bas
icpr
inci
plesofMARPOLAnnexI
Iar
e:
 Safecontai
nmentoft henoxiousli
quids
ubstances,
 Dil
uti
onofdischargesand
 Li
mitati
onofdischargesintothesea.
 All
-i
mpor t
antoperationsinconnecti
onwit
hnoxiousli
qui
dsubs
tancesmus
tber
ecor
dedi
n
acargorecordbook.

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SHI
PBOARDMARI
NEPOLLUTI
ONEMERGENCYPLAN(
forNLS)

Ever yshipof1 50gr osst onnageandabovecer t

ifiedtocar rynoxi ousl i
qui dsubs t
ancesinbul ks hall
carr
yonboar das hipboar dmar i
nepol l
ut i
onemer gencypl anfornoxi ousl iqui
ds ubstancesappr oved
bytheAdmi nistrati
on.
Suchapl ans hallbebas edont heGui del
ines *devel opedbyt heOr gani zati
onandwr i
tteni na
workingl anguageorl anguagesunder stoodbyt hemas terandof f
icers.Thepl ans hallconsi
statl east
of:
a.Thepr ocedur et obef ol
lowedbyt hemas terorot herper s onshavi ngchar geoft heshi
pt o
reportaNLSpol l
utionincident,
b.Thel istofaut hor it
iesorper sonst obecont act edint heeventofanoxi ousli
quids ubst
ances
poll
utionincident ;
c. Adet ail
eddes cripti
onoft heact iont obet akeni mmedi at el
ybyper sonsonboar dtoreduceor
contr
ol thedis char geofNLSf oll
owi ngthei nci dent ;and
d.Thepr ocedur esandpoi ntofcont actont hes hipforcoor dinatings hipboar dactionwith
nati
onal andl ocal aut hori
tiesincombat i
ngt hepol l
ut i
on.
I
nt hecas eofs hipst owhi chr egulation37ofAnnexIoft heConvent ional soapplies,s
uchapl an
maybecombi nedwi tht heShi pboar dOi lPoll
utionEmer gencyPl an( SOPEP)r equiredunderr egulation
37ofAnnexIoft heConvent ion.Int hiscas e,t het i
tl
eofs uchapl ans hallbe‘ ‘
Shipboardmar i
ne
pol
lutionemer gencypl an’’
.

MEASURESOFPOLLUTI
ONCONTROLBYPORTSTATES

TheGover nmentofeachPar tyt ot heConvent i

ons hallappoi ntoraut hori
zes urveyorsf ort he
purposeofi mplement i
ngt hi
sr egulation.Thes urveyorss hallexecut econt r
olinaccor dancewi th
contr
ol proceduresdevel opedbyt heOr gani zation.
Wher etheGover nmentoft her eceivingpar tyi
ss at
isfi
edt hati tisimpracti
cabletomeas uret he
concent r
ati
onoft hes ubs t
ancei nt heef fl
uentwi thoutcaus i
ngunduedel aytot hes hip,thatPar ty
mayacceptt heal ternati
vepr ocedur er eferr
edt oi nr egulation1 3.6.
3pr ovi
dedt hatt hesur veyor
ref
erredt ounderpar agraph1oft hisregul ationcerti
fiesintheCar goRecor dBookthat :
a.t hetank,it
spumpandpi pings ys
t emshavebeenempt ied;and
b.t hepr ewashhasbeencar riedouti naccor dancewi tht hepr ovisi
onsofappendi x6oft hisAnnex;
and
c. t hetankwas hingsresul
ti
ngf r
om s uchpr ewas hhavebeendi schargedtoar eceptionfacili
ty
andt hetanki sempt y.

As hi
pwheni naportofanotherPart
yiss ubj
ectt
oinspect
ionbyoffi
cersdulyauthori
zedbys uch
Partyconcerni
ng oper
ati
onalrequir
ement sunderthisAnnex,wheret hereare cleargroundsfor
beli
evingthatt
hemas t
erorcrew arenotfamili
arwit
hessenti
alshi
pboardproceduresrel
atingtothe
preventi
onofpoll
uti
onbynoxi
ousliqui
dsubs t
ances.

3.
4
UNLOADI
NG,
STRI
PPI
NGANDPRE-
WASHI
NG

UNLOADINGARRANGEMENT&
STRI
PPI
NGREQUIREMENTS

Theunl
oadingarr
angementandt
her
evis
eds t
ri
ppi
ngl
i
mit
swill
greatl
yreducet
heamountof
r
esi
duest
hatvessel
swil
lbeal
lowedt
odi
schargei
ntot
hemar
ineenvi
ronment.

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1. Everys hi
p cons tructed bef or e 1J uly1 986 s hallbe pr ovided wi th a pumpi ng and pi ping
arrangementt oens uret hateacht ankcer t
if
iedf ort hecar riageofs ubstancesi ncat egor yXorY
doesnotr etainaquant ityofr es iduei nexces sof300l itresi nt het ankandi tsas sociat edpi ping
andt hateacht ankcer t
ifiedfort hecar riageofs ubs tancesi ncat egor yZdoesnotr et ainaquant i
ty
ofresiduei nexces sof900l it
resi nt het ankandi tsas soci atedpi pi ng.Aper for mancet ests hallbe
carri
edouti naccor dancewi t
happendi x5oft hisAnnex.
2. Everys hipcons truct edonoraf ter1J uly1 986butbef ore1J anuar y2007s hal lbepr ovidedwi tha
pumpi ngandpi pingar rangementt oens uret hateacht ankcer ti
fiedf orthecar ri
ageofs ubs tances
i
ncat egor yXorYdoesnotr etainaquant i
tyofr esi
duei nexces sof1 00l itresi nt het ankandi t
s
associat edpi pingandt hateacht ankcer t
ifi
edf ort hecar r
iageofs ubstancesi ncat egor yZdoes
notr et ainaquant ityofr esi
duei nexces sof300l i
tresi nt het ankandi t sas sociatedpi ping.A
performancet es ts hallbecar r
iedouti naccor dancewi t
happendi x5oft hisAnnex.
3.Everys hi pcons t r
uct edonoraf t
er1J anuar y2007s hal lbepr ovidedwi thapumpi ngandpi ping
arrangementt oens uret hateacht ankcer t
ifi
edfort hecar ri
ageofs ubs tancesi ncat egor yX, YorZ
doesnotr etainaquant ityofr esiduei nexces sof75l it
resi nt het ankandi tsas sociat edpi ping.A
performancet es ts hallbecar r
iedouti naccor dancewi t
happendi x5oft hisAnnex. Af t
er1J anuar y
2007,t hes tri
ppi ngper formancer equi rement swi l
lappl yt oal lt anker shol dingaCer tif
icateof
Fit
nes s( CoF).
4.Foras hipot hert hanachemi calt ankercons tructedbef or e1J anuar y2007whi chcannotmeett he
requirement sfort hepumpi ngandpi pingar rangement sf ors ubst ancesi ncat egor yZr ef erredt oin
paragr aphs1and2oft hisregul at i
onnoquant i
tyr equi rements hal lappl y.Compl i
ancei sdeemed
tober eachedi fthet anki sempt i
edt ot hemos tpract icabl eext ent .

PRE-
WASHI
NGPROCEDURE

Forshipsbui
ltonoraf ter1Jul
y1 994andr ecommendat oryforshi
psbuiltbefore1J
uly1994
Apr ewashpr ocedur ei
srequi r
edinor dert omeetcer t
ainAnnexI Irequir
ements.Thi
sappendi
x
expl
ainshow t hesepr ewash proceduress hallbeperformed and how t heminimum volumesof
washingmedi atobeus edshal lbedet ermined.Small
ervolumesofwas hi
ngmediamaybeus ed
basedonact ualverif
icati
ontestingtothes atisf
acti
onoftheAdmi ni
str
ation.Wherereducedvol
umes
areapproved,anent r
yt othateffectmus tber ecor
dedintheManual.

Pr
ewas
hpr
ocedur
esf
ornon-
sol
i
dif
yings
ubs
tanceswi
thoutr
ecycl
i
ng

1. Tankss hallbewas hedbymeansofar otaryj et(s)

,oper atedats uffici
entlyhi ghwat erpr es
s ure.In
thecas eofcat egor yXs ubstances ,cleaningmachi ness hallbeoper atedi ns uchl ocationst hatall
tanks urfacesar ewas hed. I
nt hecas eofcat egor yYs ubs tances,onl yonel ocationneedbeus ed.
2. Dur ingwas hi ng,theamountofl iquidint het anks hallbemi ni
mi zedbycont i
nuous l
ypumpi ngout
slopsand pr omot ing f l
ow t ot hes uctionpoi nt.Ift hiscondi tioncannotbemet ,thewas hing
procedur es hal lber epeat edt hreet i
mes , witht horou+ghs tri
ppingoft het ankbet weenwas hi ngs.
3. Thos es ubs t anceswhi chhaveavi s
cos i
tyequalt oorgr eatert han50mPa· sat20° Cs hallbe
was hedwi thhotwat er( t
emper atureatl eas t60° C),unl esst hepr opert i
esofs uchs ubstances
maket hewas hingl esseffective.
4.Af t
erpr ewas hing,t he tanksand l i
ness hal lbe t hor oughlys tr
ipped.Pr ewas h procedur esf or
solidifyi
ngs ubs tanceswi thoutr ecycli
ng
5.Tankss hal lbewas hedass oonaspos s
ibleaf t
erunl oadi ng.Ifpos si
ble,t ankss houl dbeheat ed
priort owas hing.
6.Res iduesi nhat chesandmanhol esshoul dpr eferablyber emovedpr iortot hepr ewas h.
7.Tankss hal l bewas hedbymeansofar otaryj et(s)oper atedats uf f
icientlyhi ghwat erpr essureand
i
nl ocat ionst oens uret hatall tanks urfacesar ewas hed.
8.Dur ing was hing,t heamountofl i
quidi nt het anks hal lbemi ni mized bypumpi ng outs lops
cont inuous l
yandpr omot ingf low tot hes uctionpoi nt.Ifthiscondi tioncannotbemet ,thewas hing

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ocedur
eshal
lber
epeat
edt
hreet
imeswi
tht
hor
oughs
tri
ppi
ngoft
het
ankbet
weenwas
hings
.

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9.Tankss hal
lbewashedwithhotwat er(
temperat
ureatleas
t60°C),unl
esst
hepr
oper
ti
esofs
uch
substancesmakethewashingles
sef f
ecti
ve.
10.Afterprewashi
ng,
thetanksandlinesshal
lbethoroughl
ystr
ipped.

Mi
nimum quant
it
yofwat
ert
obeus
edi
napr
ewas
h

Theminimum quant i
tyofwatertobeus edi
napr ewashisdeter
mi nedbyt
heresi
dual
quanti
tyof
noxi
ousli
quidsubstanceinthetank,thetanksi
ze,thecar
gopr oper
ties,t
hepermi
tt
edconcent
rat
ion
i
nanys ubsequentwashwat eref
fl
uent,andtheareaofoperati
on.

3.
5
EQUI
PMENTANDI
NSTALLATI
ONSFORHANDLI
NGNLS

1
. CargoPumps
.Pumpi
ngperfor
mancetestsref
erredt
oinparagraphs1,2and3oft
hisr
egul
ati
on
shal
lbeappr
ovedbytheAdmini
str
ati
on.Pumpingperf
ormancetest
ss hal
lus
ewat
erasthetest
medium.

2. Dis
char ge Out l
et.Shipscer ti
fied to carrys ubstancesofcat egory X,Y orZ s hallhave an
under waterdischargeout l
et(orout lets
).
 Fors hi
pscons truct
edbef or e1Januar y2007andcer t
ifi
edt ocarrysubs t
ancesi
ncategoryZan
under waterdischargeout letasr equir
edunderpar agraph6oft hisregulati
onisnotmandator y.
 Theunder waterdi schargeout let( oroutlets)shallbel ocatedwi thinthecargoar eaint he
vicini
ty oft he turn oft he bil
ge and s hallbe s o arr
anged ast o avoidthe re-i
ntake of
residue/watermi xt
uresbyt heshi p’
sseawat erintakes.
 Theunder waterdi s
chargeout letar r
angements hallbes ucht hatt heresi
due/watermixture
dischargedi nt
ot hes eawi l
lnotpas sthrought hes hi
p’sboundaryl ayer.

3. Sl
opTanks
.Alt
hought hi
sAnnexdoesnotrequi
rethefi
tt
ingofdedi
cat
edsl
optanks,sl
opt
anks
maybeneededforcer
tai
nwashi
ngprocedur
es.Car
gotanksmaybeusedass
loptanks
.

4.Essenti
alt ank cleani ng equipment s
.Fi xed & por tablet ank was hing machi nes :Bef ore any
operationsbegin,t he r espons i
ble off
icers houl d confirm thatadequat e checksar e made t o
est
abl i
shthatallequi pmentt obeus eddur ingtankcl eaningoper at
ionsi singoodwor kingorder.
 Fixedtankwas hingmachi nes .Theins t
all
ationoff i
xedt ankwas hingmachi neswi t
hinacar go
tankal l
owsani ner tat mos pheretobemai ntaineddur ingthewas hingoper ation,andt hus
permi t
scleaningi nacl osedmodei ncompl i
ancewi thportregulat i
onspr ohibiti
ngr eleaseof
noxiousvapour s.Thei rinstall
ati
onandus eal sor educescrew expos uretocar govapour sand
inertgas.
 Portabletankwas hi
ngmachi nesandhos es.Theout ercasingofpor tablemachi ness houldbe
ofamat eri
alwhi chwi llnotgener ateani ncendi ves parkoncont actwi ththei nternals t
ructure
ofacar gotank.

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3.
6
NLSWASTEDI
SPOSAL

REGULATI
ON1 3:
CONTROLOFDI
SCHARGESOFRESI
DUESOFNOXI
OUSLI
QUI
D
SUBSTANCES.

Subjectt
otheprovisi
onsofregulat
ion3ofthi
sAnnex,t hecont
rolofdi
schar
gesofr es
iduesof
noxi
ous li
qui
ds ubs
tances orball
astwat er
,tank washings orothermixt
ures cont
aini
ng such
subs
tancesshal
lbei
ncompl i
ancewiththefol
l
owingrequi
rements.

ANNEXI
ISPECI
ALAREA

MARPOLannexI Ihasones peci

alareatheAnt arcti
cOcean.Theadopti
onofspeci
almandator
y
methodsf
orthepreventi
onofseapollut
ionisr
equired.UndertheConvent
ion,t
hes
especialar
easar
e
pr
ovidedwit
hahigherlevel
ofprotect
ionthanotherar easoft
hesea.

DI
SCHARGEPROVI
SIONS

1. Thedi s chargei nt othes eaofr esi

duesofs ubstancesas s
ignedt ocategoryX,YorZoroft hose
provisional l
yas ses s
edass uchorbal l
astwater,tankwas hingsorothermi xturescont ai
nings uch
substancess hallbepr ohibited unlesssuch dischargesaremadei nfullcompl iancewi tht he
applicabl eoper ationalrequirement scontai
nedint hi
sAnnex.
2. Beforeanypr ewas hordi s
char gepr ocedurei
scar ri
edouti naccordancewi tht hi
sr egul
ation,the
rel
evantt anks hallbe empt ied tot he maxi
mum ext entin accordance wi tht he procedures
prescribedi nt heManual .
3. Thecar riageofs ubstanceswhi chhavenotbeencat egori
zed,provi
si
onallyas s
es s
edoreval uated
asref erredt oi nr egulati
on6oft hi
sAnnexorofbal l
astwat er
,tankwas hingsorot hermi xt
ures
containi ngs uchr esi
duess hallbepr ohibi
tedal ongwi thanycons equent i
aldi schargeofs uch
substancesi ntot hesea.
DISCHARGESTANDARDS

1
. Wher ethepr ovisi
onsi nthi
sr egulat i
onal l
ow t hedi schargei ntothes eaofr esiduesofs ubstances
i
ncat egor yX,YorZoroft hosepr ovisi
onall
yas sessedass uchorbal lastwat er,tankwas hingsor
ot
hermi xt urescont aini
ngsuchs ubs tances,thef oll
owi ngdischarges t
andar dss hallapply:
 t hes hipi sproceedingenr out eatas peedofatl eas t7knot si
nt hecas eofs elf
-propelleds hi
ps
oratl eas t4knot sinthecas eofs hi
pswhi char enots el
f-propell
ed;
 t hedi s chargei smadebel ow t hewat er l
i
net hrought heunder wat erdischar geout l
et(s
)
notexceedi ngt hemaximum r at eforwhicht heunder wat erdis
char geoutlet(s)is(are)
designed; and
 t hedi schar geismadeatadi stanceofnotl esst han1 2naut i
calmilesfrom thenear estlandin
adept hofwat erofnotlesst han25met r
es .

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Fi
g.23Di
schar
gingandSt
ri
ppi
ngRequi
rement
s

EXEPTI
ONS

Thedis
chargerequi
rementsofthisAnnexs hallnotapplytothedis
char geint
otheseaofnoxi
ous
l
i
qui
dsubst
ancesormixtur
escontainingsuchs ubstanceswhens uchadischarge:
1.isnecessar
yforthepurposeofs ecuri
ngt hesafetyofashiporsavingli
featsea;
or
2. r
esult
sfr
om damaget oas hiporitsequipment :
 provi
dedt
hatal
lreas
onabl
epr
ecaut
ionshavebeent
akenaf
tert
heoccur
renceoft
he
damageordis
cover
yoft
hedi
schar
gef
ort
hepur
pos
eofpr
event
ingormi
nimi
zi
ngt
he
di
schar
ge;and
 excepti
ftheownerort
hemas
teract
edei
therwi
thi
ntentt
ocaus
edamage,
orr
eckl
ess
ly
andwithknowledgethatdamagewouldprobabl
yresul
t;or
3.i
sappr ovedbyt heAdmi nist
rat
ion,whenbei
ngus edforthepur poseofcombati
ngspecifi
c
poll
uti
oninci
dentsinordertominimizet
hedamagefrom pol
luti
on.Anysuchdi
schar
geshallbe
subj
ecttotheapprovalofanyGovernmenti
nwhos ej
uri
sdi
cti
onitiscont
emplat
edthedi
scharge
wil
loccur.

3.
7
CARGORECORDBOOK(
Regul
ati
on1
5)

1.Everyshi
pt owhi chthisAnnexappliesshallbeprovidedwi thaCar goRecordBook, whetheraspart
oftheship’
sof f
ici
allog-bookorotherwise,i
nthef orms pecif
iedinappendi
x2t othisAnnex.
2.Aftercompl et
ionofanyoper at
ionspecifi
edinappendi x2t othi
sAnnex,theoper ati
ons hallbe
promptlyrecordedint heCargoRecor dBook.
3. Intheeventofanacci dentaldi
schargeofanoxi ousli
quids ubstanceorami xtur
econtaini
ngs uch
as ubst
anceoradi schar
geundert hepr ovi
si
onsofr egulati
on3oft hisAnnex,anent ryshallbe
madei ntheCar goRecor dBooks t
ati
ngt hecir
cums tancesof ,andthereas
onf or,
thedischarge.

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4.Eachent ryshallbes i
gnedbyt heof ficerorof fi
cersinchar geoft heoper ati
onconcer nedandeach
pages hallbes ignedbyt hemas teroft hes hip.Theent riesint heCar goRecor dBook,f ors hips
holding an I nternati
onalPol l
ut i
on Pr event i
on Cer ti
fi
cat ef ort he Car ri
age ofNoxi ousLi quid
Subs tancesinBul koracer ti
ficat eref erredt oi nregulation7of
thi
sAnnex,s hallbeatl eas tinEngl i
sh,Fr enchorSpani sh.Wher eentriesinanof f
icialnational
l
anguageoft heSt atewhos ef l
agt hes hipi sentit
ledt of l
yar eal soused,thisshal lprevailincas e
ofadi sput eordiscrepancy.
5.TheCar goRecor dBooks hallbekepti ns uchapl aceast ober eadi l
yavai l
ablefori nspectionand,
excepti nt hecas eofunmanneds hipsundert ow,s hal lbekeptonboar dt hes hi
p.I tshallbe
retai
nedf oraper i
odoft hreeyear saf terthel astentryhasbeenmade.
6.Thecompet entaut hori
tyoft heGover nmentofaPar tymayi nspecttheCar goRecor dBookon
boardanys hiptowhi cht hi
sAnnexappl ieswhi l
et hes hipi sinitsport,andmaymakeacopyof
anyent ryint hatbookandmayr equi r
et hemas t
eroft hes hi
pt ocert
ifythatt hecopyi sat rue
copyofs uchent ry.Anycopys omadewhi chhasbeencer ti
fi
edbyt hemas teroft hes hipasat rue
copyofan ent ryint hes hip’ sCar go Recor d Books hallbe madeadmi ss
iblei n anyj udicial
proceedi ngsasevi denceoft hef act ss tatedi ntheent r y.Thei nspecti
onofaCar goRecor dBook
andt het akingofacer t
ifi
edcopybyt hecompet entaut hori
tyundert hispar agr aphs hallbe
performedasexpedi t
iousl
yaspos siblewi thoutcaus ingt hes hiptobeundul ydelayed.

CARGORECORDBOOK:
LI
STOFITEMSTOBERECORDED

(
Note:Theitemshavebeengr oupedi ntooperational s
ecti
ons,eachofwhichi
sdenotedbyaLetter
Code.
Item number sar eincludedundereachLet t erCodes).
(A)Loadi ngofcar go
(B)Internal transferofcar go
(C)Unl oadingofcar go
(D)Mandat or yprewas hinaccor dancewi ththeshi
p’sprocedur
esandarr
angementsmanual
(E)Cleani ngofcar got anksexceptmandat oryprewash( ot
herprewas
hoperati
ons,
final
was h,
vent il
ation, et
c.)
(F)Dischar gei ntot hes eaoft ankwas hings
(G)Ballastingofcar got anks
(H)Dischar geofbal lastwat erf r
om cargot anks
(I
)Acci dent alorot herexcept ionaldis
char ge
(J)Cont rolbyaut hor i
zeds urveyor s
(K)Addi ti
onal operat i
onalpr oceduresandr emarks

Name of Shi
p
………………………………………………………
……… Di
sti
nct
ive number or l et
ter
s
……………………………………… I MO Number
…………………………………………………………
……

CARGO/BALLASTOPERATI
ONS
Code I
tem Recor
dof
Dat
e
(
let
t )(
er number
) oper
ati
ons/
signatur
e
ofof
fi
ceri
nchar ge

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gnat
ureofmas
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3.
8
FORMSANDDOCUMENTATI
ON

I
NTERNATI
ONALPOLLUTI
ONPREVENTI
ON(
IPP)CERTI
FI
CATE

AnInternat
ionalPollut
ionPreventi
onCer ti
fi
catef ort heCar ri
ageofNoxiousLiquidSubs tancesin
Bulkshal
lbei ss
ued,af t
eraninit
ialorrenewalsurveyi naccor dancewi
ththeprovis
ionsofr egulat
ion8;
“toensur
et hatthestructur
e,equipment,syst
ems ,f
it
tings ,arrangementsandmat er
ialful
l
ycompl ywith
theappli
cabl erequi
rementsoft hisAnnex”,t
oanys hipi ntendedt ocarr
ynoxiousli
quids ubstancesin
bulkandwhi chisengagedi nvoyagest oportsortermi nalsundert hej
uri
sdi
cti
onofot herPar t
iestothe
Conventi
on.

PROCEDURESANDARRANGEMENTS(
P&A)MANUAL

1
. Everys hi
pcerti
fi
edtocar rys ubs
tancesofcategor
yX,Y orZs hal
lhaveonboar daManual
approvedbyt heAdmi ni
str
ation.TheManuals hal
lhaveas t
andar dformatincompli
ancewit
h
appendix4t othisAnnex.I
nt hecas eofashipengagedininternati
onalvoyagesonwhicht
he
l
anguageus edi
snotEngl i
sh,FrenchorSpani
sh,thetexts
hallincludeat r
ansl
ati
onint
ooneof
thes
el anguages
.

Fi
g.24Procedur
e&
Ar
rangementManual

2. Themai npurposeoftheManual i
stoidenti
fyfortheship’
sof f
icer hephys
st icalarrangementsand
alltheoperat
ionalprocedureswithrespecttocar gohandling,tankcl
eaning,slopshandli
ngand
cargot ankball
asting and debal
last
ing which mus tbef oll
owed in or
dert o compl ywit
ht he
requir
ementsofthisAnnex.

CERTI
FICATEOFFI
TNESS(
CoF)

Acer tif
icatecalledanI nternat i
onalCertifi
cateofFit
nes sfortheCar riageofDanger ousChemi calsin
Bulk,t hemodelf orm ofwhi chi ssetouti nt heappendi xt otheI nternat
ionalBul kChemi calCode,
shouldbei ssuedaf t erani nitialorper i
odicalsurveytoachemi caltankerengagedi ninternat i
onal
voyageswhi chcompl i
eswi t
ht herel
evantr equirementsofthe\Code.
Allnon- oilcar goes car ried in bulk ar e class
ifi
ed by t he I MO and/ or the ves s el’
sf lag
state/admi ni
strati
on.Thecar riagerequirement sforapr oductar ethendet er
mi nedbyt heseent it
ies
usingt hegui deli
ness etforthbyGESAMP*andI MO.Ifregulatedbyt heI BCCodet hosecar goesmus t
beaut hori
sedf orcarr i
ageont hatpar t
icularshipandlist
edont heship’sCertif
icateofFitness( CoF).
Everychemi calt ankeri srequi
redt ohaveaCer ti
fi
cateofFi t
nes s(CoF)–i ndicatingt hatitis
certif
ied to car r
y cer t
ain pr oducts.The i ss
uance ofa CoF wi l
lal sor equire a Procedur esand
Arrangement s(P&A)Manual .
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Chapter4:ANNEXI
I
I
PREVENTI
ONOFPOLLUTI
ONBYHARMFULSUBSTANCESCARRI
EDBYSEAI
N
PACKAGEDFORM

4.
1
I
NTRODUCTI
ON

MARPOLAnnexI I
Icamei ntof orceon7J uly1992. TheAnnexi sinli
newi t
hthepr oceduresdetail
edin
theInternationalMar i
ti
meDanger ousGoods( I
MDG)Code,whi chhasbeenexpandedt oi
nclude“mar i
ne
poll
utants”.Theamendment sent eredint oforceon1J anuar
y1 991.
Ther egulationswer edevel opedi nor dertoident i
fymarinepollutantss othattheycoul dbepacked
ands towedonboar dshipins uchawayast omi nimizeacci
dent alpoll
ut i
onaswel last oaidrecoveryby
usi
ngcl earmar kstodist
inguisht hem from ot her(
lessharmful)cargoes .
I
tai mst o preventormi nimi zepol lut
ion oft hemar ineenvi ronmentbyhar mf ulsubstancesin
packagedf ormsori nfreightcont ainers,portabletanksorr oadandr ailtankwagons ,orotherformsof
containments pecif
iedint hes chedulef orhar mfuls ubst
ancesint heI nternati
onalMar it
imeDanger ous
Goods( I
MDG)Code.

Fi
g.25Mar
inepol
l
utantcar
go

REGULATI
ON1–DEFI
NITI
ONS&APPLI
CATI
ON

Regul
ati
on1ofAnnexI II
defines:
 “ Harmfulsubst
ances ”arethos
es ubst
anceswhi
chareident
ifi
edasmar inepol
l
utantsinthe
I
nternati
onalMarit
imeDanger ousGoodsCode(I
MDGCode)orwhi chmeetthecri
ter
iainthe
Appendixofthi
sAnnex.
 “ Packagedform”isdef i
nedast hefor
msofcont
ainmentspeci
fiedforharmf
ulsubst
ancesin
theIMDGCode.

1. Detail
ed r equir
ement s on packi
ng,mar king,l abelli
ng,document at
ion,s towage,quant it
y
l
imitati
onsandexcept i
onsforpreventi
ngormi ni
mi zi
ngpoll
utionofthemar ineenvironmentby
harmfulsubs t
ances.
2. Thecar r
iageofhar mfulsubst
ancesisprohi
bited,exceptinaccordancewitht hepr ovi
sionsofthis
Annex.
3. Empt ypackaging,whichhasbeenus edprevi
ous lyforthecarr
iageofharmf uls ubst
ancesar eals
o
tr
eatedashar mfulsubst
ancesunlessadequatepr ecauti
onshavebeent akent oensuret hatt
hey
containnor esi
duethatisharmfult
othemar i
neenvi ronment.

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HAZARDOFPOLLUTI
ONTOAQUATI
CLI
FEANDHUMANHEALTH

CRI
TERI
AFORTHEI
DENTI
FICATI
ONOFHARMFULSUBSTANCESI
NPACKAGEDFORM

TheAppendi xtoAnnexI IIcontainsthenew cr iteri

afortheident
if
icati
onofhar mfulsubstancesin
packaged f orm.Thes e cr i
teri
a ar e based on t hos e devel
oped by the United Nati
onsGl oball
y
Harmoni zedSys tem ofCl assifi
cati
onandLabel l
i
ngofChemi cal
s(GHS),asamended.Fordef init
ionsof
acronymsort ermsus edint hisappendi x,refertother el
evantparagr
aphsoft heIMDGCode.
On t he bas i
soft he GESAMP ( Joi
ntGr oup ofExper tson the Scienti
fi
c AspectsofMar ine
Environment al)hazardpr ofi
le,chemi cal
si nt hefor m ofpackageddanger ousgoods ,t
heDSCSub-
Commi t
teeofI MOcl as s
ifi
ess ubs t
ancesi ntendedf ormar it
imetrans
port.I
ft hesubst
ancef all
swi t
hin
theDSCcr i
teri
a,theni ti
scl assif
iedasa“ Mar i
nePollutant”
.

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Thef
oll
owi
ngdef
ini
ti
onsappl
yforacr
onymsort
ermsus
edi
nthi
ssect
ion:

ENVIRONMENTALLYHAZARDOUSSUBSTANCES
(AQUATICENVI
RONMENT)

Envir
onmental
lyhazardoussubstancesinclude,l
iquidors ol
idsubs
tancespoll
utanttotheaquat i
c
envir
onmentands ol
uti
onsandmi xturesofsuchs ubstances(suchaspreparat
ionsandwas t
es )
.
Theaquaticenvi
ronmentmaybecons i
deredint ermsoft heaquaticorganis
mst hatli
vei nt he
water,andtheaquati
cecosystem ofwhicht heyarepar t
*.Thebas i
s,t
heref
ore,ofthei
dentif
icati
onof
hazardistheaquati
ctoxici
tyofthes ubstanceormi xture,alt
houghthismaybemodi fi
edbyf urther
i
nformationonthedegradati
onandbi oaccumul at
ionbehavi our.

THEBASICELEMENTSFORCLASSI
FICATI
ONOFENVI
RONMENTALLYHAZARDOUS
SUBSTANCES:

1
. ACUTEAQUATI CTOXI CITY-meanst hei ntr
insicpropertyofas ubstancetobei nj
uri
oustoan
or
gani
smi nas hortterm aquat
icexposur
et othats ubs
tance.
 Acute(short-ter
m)hazar d-forclassi
ficati
onpur pos
es ,meanst hehazar
dofachemi cal
causedbyi t
sacut etoxici
tytoanor gani s
m durings hor
t-t
erm aquati
cexposuretothat
chemical.

2. CHRONIC AQUATI C TOXICITY -meanst heintri

nsi
cpr oper
tyofas ubs
tancetocauseadver
se
eff
ectst
oaquat i
corgani s
msdur ingaquati
cexposureswhicharedetermi
nedinrel
ati
ontothel
i
fe
cycl
eoftheorganism.
 Long-ter
m hazar d-f orcl
assi
fi
cat
ionpurposes,meansthehazardofachemicalcaus
edby
i
tschr
onictoxici
tyfoll
owinglong-
ter
m exposureintheaquat
icenvir
onment.

3. BI ON-(
OACCUMULATI pot
ent
ialf
ororact
ual
)netr
esul
tofupt
ake,t
rans
for
mat
ionandel
i
minat
ion
ofas
ubs
tancei
nanor
gani
sm duet
oal
lrout
esofexpos
ure(
i.
e.ai
r,wat
er,
sedi
ment
/soi
landf
ood)
.

4. DEGRADATI
ON -(
biot
icorabi
oti
cforor
gani
cchemi
cal
s)meanst
hedecompos
iti
onofor
gani
c
mol
ecul
est
osmal
l
ermol
ecul
esandevent
ual
l
ytocar
bondi
oxi
de,
wat
erands
alt
s.

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g.26Hazar
douss
ubs
tancesdi
spos
alandi
tsef
fect

4.
2
PACKI
NG&HANDLI
NG

REGULATI
ON2-PACKI
NG

Packagess hallbeadequat etomi ni

mi zet hehazardtot hemar i
neenvi ronment ,havi ngregardto
thei
rspeci f
iccont ents.
MarinePol lutantss houldnotbecar ri
edi npackagingwhi char el
ikelyt obequi cklydi si
ntegr
ated
bys horttimei mmer si
oni nthes ea.Mar i
nepol l
utantswhichpos eas eri
ousandl ong- term hazardto
marinelifes houldnoti ngeneralbepackagedi nsuchpackagi ngaspapers acksorf i
ber boardunl
ess
additi
onalpackagi ngi spresentt opreventr eadydi sper
salint hesea,orunl es ss uchpackagi ngare
additi
onallyadequat elyprotected,e.
g. i
nuni tloadsorinfr
eightcontainers.
Packagesar edef inedast hecompl etepr oductofthepacki ngoperation,includingt hepackaging
(e.
g.theboxordr um)andi t
scont ents
.Packagescanbedi videdi nt
otwobr oadt ypes :
 s inglepackagi ng:theseprovideas afecont ainmentsystem withoutanys peci alover -
packi
ng
(e.g.steeldr ums )
 combi nati
onpackagi ng:theseusual l
ycons is
tofanout erpackagingwi tht hes ubstanceinan
innerpackagi ng( e.
g.bottl
einaf iberboar dbox)

REGULATI
ON3-MARKI
NGANDLABELLI
NG

1. Packagescont ainingahar mf uls ubstances hal lbe dur ablymar ked wit
ht he correcttechnical
name( t
radenamesal ones hallnotbeus ed)and,f urt
her ,shallbedur abl
ymar kedorlabelledto
i
ndicatethatt hes ubs tanceisamar inepol lutant. Suchidentificat
ions hal
lbes upplementedwher e
possi
blebyanyot hermeans ,forexampl e,byus eoft herelevantUni tedNationsnumber .
2. Themet hodofmar kingt hecorrecttechni calnameandofaf fixinglabelsonpackagescont aininga
harmfuls ubstance s hallbe s uch thatt hisi nformat i
on wi llsti
llbe identif
iable on packages
survi
vingatleas tthr eemont hs'immer sioni nt hes ea.Incons ideri
ngs uit
ablemar ki
ngandl abelli
ng,
accounts hal
lbet akenoft hedur abil
ityoft hemat eri
als
usedandoft hes ur faceoft hepackage.
3. Packages cont aining s mal l quant i
ti
es of
harmfuls ubs
tancesmaybeexempt ed f r
om
themar kingrequi rement s.

Fi
g.27IMDGCargo;Packi
ng,
Marki
ng&Labell
ing

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REGULATI
ON5-STOWAGE

Harmf uls ubstancess hallbepr operlystowedands ecur eds oast omi ni

mizet hehazar dst othe
mar i
neenvi ronmentwi thoutimpai ri
ngthes afetyoft heshipandper sonsonboar d.
I
tisrecommendedt hatmar i
nepol l
utantsar estowed, ifpos si
bleunderdecks othatthelikeli
hood
oflossover boar dismi nimized.Its houl
dbebor neinmi nd,however ,thatt hes afetyoft hes hi
pand
cr
ew t akespr ecedenceovermat tersconnect edwi t
hpollutionoft hemar ineenvi r
onment ,andcer tai
n
mar i
nepol l
utant smayneed t o bes t
owed on deck,e. g. ,when s or equir
ed byt heI MDG Code.
Nevertheless,duecons i
der ati
onoft hepol l
utionpr obl
em s houl
dbet akeni ntoaccountbef or
ea
mar i
nepol l
ut antisjett
isoned. Mar i
nepol l
utantswhi chpos eas eri
ousandl ong-term hazardtomar i
ne
l
if
es houldbes t
owedi nar ecoverablepos i
ti
ononas hi
p( suchasi nthes quareofahol d,orinamas t-
houseordeckhous eors i
mi l
aracces si
blepos it
ion,orondeck,f i
rmlys ecuredbyl ashi
ngsorot herti
e
downs )toenabl esaferecover yfrom as unkens hip.

4.
3
PREVENTI
ONOFPOLLUTI
ONBYHARMFULSUBSTANCESI
NPACKAGEDFORM

REGULATI
ON6-QUANTI
TYLI
MITATI
ONS

Cert
ainhar
mfulsubstancesmay,forsoundscienti
fi
candtechni
calr
easons
,needt obepr ohi
bit
ed
forcarr
iageorbeli
mitedast othequanti
tywhichmaybecar r
iedaboar
danyones hi
p.Inli
miti
ngthe
quantit
y,dueconsi
derati
ons hal
lbegiventosize,constr
uct
ionandequipmentofthes hi
p,aswellas
thepackagingandtheinherentnat
ureofthesubstances.

REGULATI
ON8-PORTSTATECONTROLONOPERATI
ONALREQUI
REMENTS

1. As hi
pwheni napor tofanot herPar tyiss ubjecttoins pectionbyof fi
cer sdulyaut hori
zedbys uch
Partyconcer ningoper ati
onalr equirement sundert hisAnnex,wher et her
ear ecleargroundsf or
beli
evingthatt hemas terorcr ew arenotf amili
arwi thes sent i
alshipboar dpr oceduresrelati
ngt o
thepreventionofpol lut
ionbyhar mful substances .
2. I
nt hecircums tancesgi veni npar agraph( 1)oft hi
sr egulation,t hePar tyshalltakesuchs tepsas
willensuret hatt heships hallnots ailuntilthes i
tuationhasbeenbr oughtt oorderinaccordance
withtherequi rement soft hisAnnex.
3. Proceduresrel atingtot hepor tStatecont rolprescri
bedi nar t
icl
e5oft hepr esentConventions hall
applytothisr egul ati
on.
4.Not hinginthi sr egulati
ons hallbecons t r
uedt olimitt heright sandobl igat
ionsofaPar tycarrying
outcontroloveroper ational requirement ss peci
fi
callypr ovi
dedf orint hepr esentConvent i
on.

4.
4
I
MDGCODE

I
NTRODUCTI
ON

I
MDG CodeorI nternati
onalMar i
ti
meDanger ousGoodsCodei sacceptedasani nt
ernati
onal
guideli
netot hesafetransportat
ionors hipmentofdangerousgoodsorhazardousmat er
ial
sbywat er
onves sel
.IMDGCodei sintendedt oprotectcr
ewmember sandt opreventmarinepol
luti
oninthesafe
transport
ationofhazar dousmat eri
alsbyvessel
.Iti
srecommendedt ogovernmentsforadopti
onor
foruseast hebasisfornationalregulati
ons.

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Theimplement at
ionoft
heCodeismandatoryinconj
unctionwi t
htheobli
gati
onsoft
hemember s
ofunitednati
ongover nmentundert
heInt
ernati
onalConventi
onf ortheSafet
yofLif
eatSea(SOLAS)
andt heInternati
onalConvent
ionfort
hePr eventi
onofPolluti
onf rom Shi
ps(MARPOL73/78).I
tis
i
ntendedf orus enotonlybyt hemari
nerbutal s
obyal lthosei nvol
vedinindust
ri
esandservi
ces
connectedwiths hi
pping.

APPLI
CATI
ONANDTHEI
MPORTANCEOFTHEI
MDGCODE

TheCodelaysdownbasi
cpri
nci
ples
; det
ail
edr
ecommendati
onsfori
ndivi
dualsubs
tances,
materi
alsandar
ti
cl
es,andanumberofrecommendati
onsf
orgoodoperat
ionalpr
acti
ceincl
udi
ng
advi
ceon:

 Terminology
 Packaging
 Labeling
 Pl
acar di
ng
 Markings Fi
g.28I
MDG
 Stowage
 Segregation
 Handl i
ng
 Emer gencyRes
pons
e.

TheI
MDGCodei
scompos
edof2vol
umesand1s
uppl
ementwhi
chi
ncl
udet
hef
oll
owi
ng:

 VOLUME1(
par
ts1
,2and4-
7oft
heCode)cont
ainss
ect
ionson:
 gener alpr ovis
ions,defi
nit
ions
,tr
aining
 class
ificat i
on
 packingandt ankpr ovi
si
ons
 consignmentpr ocedures
 construct ionandt esti
ngofpackagings,I
BCs
,l
argepackagi
ngs
,por
tabl
etanksandr
oad
tankvehi cles
 transpor toper ati
ons

 VOLUME2cont
ains
:
 theDanger
ousGoodsList(
equi
val
entt
othes
chedul
esi
npr
evi
ousedi
ti
onsoft
heCode)
,
pres
entedi
ntabul
arformat
 l
imit
edquanti
ti
esexcept
ions
 theI
ndex
 appendi
ces

 THESUPPLEMENTcont
ainst
hef
oll
owi
ngt
ext
srel
atedt
otheI
MDGCode:
 EMSGui de
 MedicalFi
rstAi
dGui de
 Reporti
ngProcedures
 Packi
ngCar goTransportUni
ts
 SafeUseofPes t
ici
des
 I
NFCode

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AMMENDMENTSTOTHECODE

AmendmentstotheIMDGCodeori
ginat
ef r
om twosour
ces;propos
alss
ubmitteddi
rect
lytoIMO
byMemberSt at
esandamendment srequi
redtotakeaccountofchangest otheUnitedNations
Recommendat
ionsontheTr
ans
portofDangerousGoodswhi
chs et
sthebasi
crequi
rementsforal
lthe
tr
anspor
tmodes.
Amendmentstotheprovisi
onsoft
heUnitedNat i
onsRecommendat i
onsaremadeonat wo‑yearl
y
cycl
eandapproximatel
ytwoyear saft
ert
heiradoption,
theyareadopt edbytheauthor
iti
esres
ponsibl
e
forr
egulat
ingt
hevar i
oustranspor
tmodes.I
nt hatwayabas i
cs etofrequir
ementsappl
icabl
etoall
modesoftrans
portisest
ablis
hedandimplement ed,
thusensur
ingt hatdif
fi
cul
ti
esarenot
encount
eredat
i
nter
‑modali
nter
faces
.
TheIMDGCode201 2Edi
ti
on;I
ncor
por
atingAmendment36-12wasappli
edonavoluntar
ybasis
st
art
ing1Januar
y2013andbecamemandat oryon1Januar
y2014.The201
4Editi
on;I
ncor
porat
ing
Amendment37-14,wi
ll
bevolunt
aryon1January201
5andwi l
lbecomemandatoryon1Januar
y2016.

CHARACTERI
STI
CS&PROPERTI
ESOFSUBSTANCES,
MATERI
ALSANDARTI
CLESBASEDONI
MDGCODE

 I
MDGCODECLASSES

Forthepur pos esoft hisCode,danger ousgoodsar ecl assif

iedi ndiff
erentclasses,tosubdividea
numberoft hes eclas s
esandt odef i
neanddes cr
ibechar acterist
icsandpr operti
esoft hesubs t
ances,
mat eri
alandar ti
cleswhi chwoul dfallwi
thineachcl assordi vis
ion. Generalprovisonsforeachcl assor
di
visionar egiven.I ndivi
dualdanger ousgoodsar elist
edi nt heDanger ousGoodsLi st
,wi t
ht heclass
andanys pecifi
cr equirement s .
Inaccor dancewi t
ht hecr i
ter
iaforthes electionofmar i
nepol l
utantsfort hepurpos esofAnnexI I
I
oftheI nternationalConvent ionf orthePr event i
onofPol l
utionf rom Ships,1973,asmodi fi
edbyt he
Protocolof1 978r elati
ngt hereto( MARPOL73/ 78),anumberofdanger ouss ubstancesi nthevarious
cl
ass eshave al so been i dentif
ied ass ubstanceshar mf ult ot he mar i
ne envi r
onment( MARI NE
POLLUTANTS) .
Thecl as s
ifi
cat i
on shal lbemadebyt hes hipper/
cons ignororbyt heappr opri
at ecompet ent
authorit
ywher es pecifi
edi nt hi
sCode.

CLASSES,
DIVI
SIONS,
PACKI
NGGROUPS

Substances(i
ncl
udingmi xtur
esands ol
uti
ons)andarti
cl
essubj
ecttotheprovisionsofthisCode
areas s
ignedt ooneoft heclasses1
-9accordi
ngt othehazardort hemos tpredomi nantofthe
hazardstheypresent.Someoft hesecl
assesaresubdi
videdi
ntodi
vis
ions.Theseclassesordivi
si
ons
areaslist
edont hetablenextpage.

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Dangerous
Cl
ass Di
vis
ion(
s) Cl
ass
ifi
cat
ion
Goods

subs
tancesandart
icl
eswhi
chhave
1
.1
amas sexpl
osi
onhazard

subst
ancesand art
icl
eswhich have a
1
.2 proj
ecti
on hazard but not a mas s
expl
osionhazar
d

subst
ancesand ar ti
cleswhi ch have a
fi
re hazard and eit
hera mi norbl as
t
1
.3
1 Expl
osi
ves hazardorami norproject
ionhazar dor
both,butnotamas sexplosi
onhazar d

subs
tancesandar t
icl
eswhi
chpr
esent
1
.4
nosi
gnif
icanthazard
ver
yins
ensi
ti
vesubs
tanceswhi
chhave
1
.5
amassexpl
osi
onhazar
d
ext
remelyi
nsens
iti
vear t
icl
eswhichdo
1
.6
nothaveamassexplos
ionhazar
d
2.
1 Fl
ammabl
egas
2 Gas
es 2.
2 Non-
fl
ammabl
e,non-
toxi
cgas
2.
3 Toxi
cgas

3 Fl
ammabl
e
Fl
ammabl
eli
qui
d
l
iqui
d

4.
1 Fl
ammabl
esol
i
d
4 Fl
ammabl
e 4.
2 Spont
aneous
lycombus
tibl
esubs
tance
sol
ids
Subst
ancewhichi
ncont
actwi
th
4.
3
wateremi
tsf
lammablegas

5 Oxidi
zing 5.
1 Oxi
dizi
ngs
ubs
tance
subst
ances 5.
2 Or
gani
cper
oxi
de
6.
1 Toxi
csubs
tance
Toxi
c
6 s
ubs
tances 6.
2 I
nfect
iouss
ubs
tance

7 Radi
oacti
ve
Radi
oact
ivemat
eri
al
materi
al

8 Corr
osive
Cor
ros
ives
ubs
tance
subs
tances

Miscel
l
aneo
us
9 dangerous
Mi
scel
l
aneousdanger
ousgoods
goods

Fi
g.29I
MDGCl
ass
es/Di
vis
ions

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MARI
NEPOLLUTANTSANDWASTES

Manyoft hes ubst

ancesassi
gnedt ocl
asses1t o9ar edeemedasbei ngmar i
nepollut
ants.There
wil
lnol ongerbeanydi sti
ncti
onbet weenmar i
nepol l
utantandseveremar i
nepol l
utant.Whena
substance,materi
alorarti
clepossess
espropert
iest hatmeetthecr
iteri
aofamar i
nepol l
utantbutis
notidentified i
nt hisCode,suchs ubst
ance,mat erialorarti
cl
eshallbet r
ansported asa mar ine
poll
utantinaccordancewiththeCode.

Fi
g.30Mar
inePol
l
utantMar
k

WHERETOFI
NDMARI
NEPOLLUTANTSI
NIMDGCODE

Thoses ubstancesarei
dent
if
iedwit
hinIMDGCodeVol .2,Column4oft heDanger
ousGoodsLi s
t
als
opr ovidesi nfor
mationonmar i
nepoll
utant
sus ingthes ymbol“P”
.TheI ndexi
ndicat
esbyt he
symbolPi nt hecol umnheadedMPt hosesubstances,materi
alsandart
icl
esthatareident
ifiedas
MarinePollutants.

Fi
g.31I
MDGCodeVol
.
2:Mar
inePol
l
utant

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4.
5
EXCEPTI
ONSANDOTHERAPPLI
CABLEREGULATI
ONS

SOLASCHAPTERVI
I
:CARRI
AGEOFDANGEROUSGOODS

Ther egulati
onsar econt ainedinthr eeparts
.PartA-Car ri
ageofdangerousgoodsi npackaged
form -i ncl
udes pr ovi
sions f ort he cl
as si
fi
cati
on,packing,mar ki
ng,labell
i
ng and pl acardi
ng,
document ati
onands t
owageofdanger ousgoods .Contract
ingGovernmentsar erequir
edt oissue
i
ns t
ructionsatt he nationalleveland t he Chaptermakesmandat or
yt he I
nternati
onalMar i
ti
me
Danger ousGoods( I
MDG)Code, developedbyI MO, whi
chiscons t
antl
yupdatedtoaccommodat enew
danger ousgoodsandt os upplementorr evis
eexisti
ngprovisi
ons.
Thischapt errequirescar r
iage ofdanger ousgoodst o be i
n compli
ance wi t
ht he r
elevant
provis
ionsoft heI nt
ernationalMar it
imeDanger ousGoodsCode( I
MDGCode) .

CARGOSECURI
NGMANUAL

 Cargo,cargounitsandcargot
ranspor
tuni
tsmustbel
oaded, s
towedandsecur
edthroughoutthe
voyagei naccordancewit
haCargoSecuri
ngManualapprovedbytheAdmini
str
ati
on.
 TheCar goSecuringManualmustbedrawnuptoastandardatleas
tequi
val
enttotheguidel
i
nes
devel
opedbyt heIMO.

REPORTI
NGOFI
NCI
DENTSI
NVOLVI
NGDANGEROUSGOODSI
NPACKAGEDFORM

I
fan inci
dentt akesplaceinvol
ving t
hel os
sorl i
kel
yl ossoverboard ofdangerousgoodsi n
packagedformi ntothesea,themas t
er,orotherper
sonhavi ngchargeoftheship,mus tr
eportthe
part
icul
arsoftheinci
dentwithoutdel
ayandt otheful
l
estextentpossi
bletotheneares
tcoastalSt
ate.

EXCEPTI
ONS

1.J ett
isoningofhar mfuls ubst
ancescar ri
edinpackagedf orms hallbeprohibi
ted,exceptwher e
necess ar
yfort hepur poseofs ecuringthesaf
etyoft heshi
pors avingli
featsea.
2. Subjecttot hepr ovisionsofthepr esentConventi
on,appropri
atemeas uresbasedont hephys i
cal
,
chemi calandbi ologicalpropert
iesofharmfulsubstancesshal
lbet akentoregul
atethewas hingof
l
eakagesover boar d,providedthatcompl i
ancewiths uchmeasur eswouldnotimpairthesafetyof
theshipandper sonsonboar d.

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Fi
g.32I
MDGCode:Mar
ks&Label
s

DOCUMENTATI
ON

1.Inal ldocument sr elatingt ot hecar r

iageofhar mf uls ubs t
ancesbys eawher es uchs ubstancesar e
named,t hecor rectt echnicalnameofeachs uchs ubs tances hallbeus ed( t
radenamesal ones hal
l
notbe us ed)and t he s ubs tance furtheri dent i
fied by t he addi t
ion oft he wor ds" MARI NE
POLLUTANT" .
2. Thes hippingdocument ss uppliedbyt hes hippers hal linclude,orbeaccompani edby,as i
gned
cert
ifi
cat eordecl ar ationt hatt heshipmentof feredf orcar riagei sproperlypackagedandmar ked,
l
abel l
edorpl acar dedasappr opri
ateandi npr opercondi t
ionf orcar r
iaget omi nimizethehazar d
tothemar i
neenvi ronment .
3. Eachs hip carrying har mfuls ubs t
ancess hallhavea s peci alli
stormani fes tsetti
ng fortht he
harmf ulsubs t
ancesonboar dandt hel ocationt hereof .Adet ail
eds t
owagepl anwhi chs etsoutt he
l
ocat i
onoft hehar mf ulsubs tancesonboar dmaybeus edinpl aceofs uchspeci all
istormani fest
.
Copiesofs uch document ss hallalso ber etained on s hor ebyt heowneroft hes hip orhi s
representativeunt i
lthehar mf ulsubstancesar eunl oaded.Acopyofoneoft hes edocument sshall
bemadeavai l
abl ebef oredepar t
uret ot heper sonoror gani zati
ondes i
gnat edbyt hepor tState
author i
ty.

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Chapt
er5:ANNEXI
V

PREVENTI
ONOFPOLLUTI
ONBYSEWAGEFROM SHI
PS

5.
1
I
NTRODUCTI
ON

TheAnnexI Vwasent eredintoforceon27Sept ember2003.Ar evis

edAnnexwasadopt edon1
April2004,withanent ryi ntoforcedateof1Augus t2005.AnnexI Vcont ai
nsas etofr
egul
ati
ons
regardi
ng;
a.t hedischar geofsewagei ntothesea,
b.t heships'equipmentands yst
emsf orthecont r
olofsewagedischarge,
c. theprovisionoffacili
ti
esatportsandt erminal
sfortherecept
ionofs ewage,
and
d.t herequirement sforsurveyandcer t
if
icati
on.

Thedi
schargeofr aw s
ewagei ntotheseacancr eateaheal thhazard.Sewagecanalsoleadt o
oxygendepleti
onandcanbeanobvi ousvis
ualpollut
ioni ncoastalareas-amaj orproblem for
countri
eswit
ht ouri
sti
ndustr
ies.
Themains ourcesofhuman- pr
oduceds ewagearel and-bas
ed-s uchasmunicipals
ewer s or
tr
eatmentplant s
.However ,thedischargeofs ewageint othes eafrom shipsal
socontri
butest o
marinepol
luti
on.

APPLI
CATI
ON

Thepr
ovi
si
onsoft
hisAnnexs
hal
lappl
ytot
hef
oll
owi
ngs
hipsengagedi
nint
ernat
ional
voyages
:

 news hi
psof400grosstonnageandabove; and
 news hi
psofles
sthan400gr osstonnagewhichar
ecerti
fi
edt ocar
rymorethan15per
sons
;and
 exi
sti
ngshi
psof400gr osstonnageandabove,aft
erSeptember28th2008
 exi
sti
ngshi
psoflesst
han400gr osstonnagewhi
charecerti
fi
edtocarr
ymor et
han15
per
sons,af
terSept
ember28t h2008

DEFI
NITI
ONOFSEWAGE

"
SEWAGE"means :
1. drai
nageandot herwas t
esfr
om anyf or
m oftoi
let
sanduri
nal
s;
2. drai
nagefrom medicalpremi
ses(dis
pensary,
s i
ckbay,
etc.
)vi
awashbas
ins
,was
htubsand
scupper
slocat
edi nsuchpremises
;
3. drai
nagefrom spacescontai
ningl
ivi
nganimals;or
4.ot herwastewaterswhenmi xedwiththedrai
nagesdefi
nedabove.

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SEWAGETREATMENTPLANT

The Sewage Tr eatmentPlantpr ocessissimil

artot he way thata Sept i
cTankwor ksbut
mechani calcomponent sprovi
deapr oces stohelpbreakdowns ol
idstopr oduceacl eaner,more
environmentall
yfri
endlyeffl
uent.
Two par t
icul
art ypesofs ewage t r
eatmentplantar ein use,empl oyi
ng eiherchemi
t calor
bi
ologicalmethods .Thechemicalmethodi sbas
ical
lyas t
oragetankwhi chcoll
ectssol
i
dmat eri
alf
or
di
spos alinpermit
tedar easortoas horecoll
ect
ionfaci
li
ty.Thebiol
ogicalmethodt r
eatsthes ewage
sothatitisacceptablefordi
schar
geinshore.

CHEMI
CALSEWAGETREATMENT

 Thiss ystem mi ni mi sest hecollecteds ewage,t r

eat sitandr etainsituntilitcanbedi schargedi na
decont roll
edar ea, us uallywelloutt os ea.Shorereceivingf acili
tiesmaybeavai lableinsomepor ts
totaket hisretaineds ewage.
 Thiss ystem mus tt her eforecollectands tor
es ewagepr oducedwhi l
et hes hipi sinacont r
oll
ed
area.Thel iquidcont entoft hes ystem isreduced,wher el egisl
at i
onper mi t
s,bydi schargi
ngwas h
bas i
ns ,bat hands howerdr ai
nss t
raightoverboar d.Anyl i
quidf r
om wat erclosetsistreatedand
usedasf l
us hi
ngwat erfort oi
l
ets .Thel i
quidmus tbet reat eds ucht hatitisaccept ableint ermsof
smel landappear ance.
 Var i
ouschemi calsar eaddedatdi f
ferentpointsf orodourandcol ourremovalandal sot oas s
ist
breakdownands terili
sation.Acommi nutorisusedt ophys icall
ybr eakupt hes ewageandas s
ist
thechemi cal breakdownpr ocess .
 Solidmat erials ettlesouti nthet ankandi sstoredpr iort odi schargei ntot hes ul
laget ank:the
l
iquidi sr ecycledf orf l
ushingus e.Tes tsmus tbeper f
or meddai l
yt ocheckt hechemi caldos age
rates.Thi sistopr eventodour sdevel opingandal sotoavoi dcor rosionasar esultofhighl evel
sof
alkali
ni t
y.

BI
OLOGI
CALSEWAGETREATMENT

 Thebi ol
ogicalsystem util
isesbacteriatocompl etel
ybr eakdownt hes ewagei nt oanaccept able
substancef ordischargei ntoanywat ers.Theext endedaer ationpr oces sprovidesacl i
matei n
whichoxygen- l
ovi ngbacter i
amul t
iplyanddi gestthes ewage,conver tingitintoas l
udge.Thes e
oxygen-lovingbact eri
aareknownasaer obic.
 Thetreatmentpl antus esat ankwhi chisdividedint othreewat erti
ghtcompar tment s:anaerati
on
compar tment,settl
ingcompar tmentandachl ori
necont actcompar tment.
 Thes ewageent erst heaer at
ioncompar tmentwher eiti
sdigestedbyaer obicbact er
iaandmi cro-
organisms,whos eexi s
tenceisaidedbyat mos phericoxygenwhi chispumpedi n. Thes ewagethen
fl
owsi ntot hesett l
i
ngcompar tmentwher et heact ivatedsludgei ss ettl
edout .Thecl earl
iquid
fl
owst othechlorinatorandaf tert
reat menttoki l
lanyr emainingbact eriaitisdischarged.

 Chemi calt
abletsar
eplacedinthechlor
inatorandrequir
erepl
acementastheyar eusedup.The
activatedsl
udgeinthesett
li
ngt anki
scontinuousl
yrecycl
edandbuildsup,sothatever
ytwot o
threemont hsitmustbepart
ial
l
yr emoved.Thissl
udgemus tbedis
chargedonlyi
nadecont r
oll
ed
area.

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Fi
g.33Bi
ologi
calSewageTr
eat
ment

RESOLUTI
ONMEPC. 227(
64)
201
2GUI
DELI
NESONI
MPLEMENTATIONEFFLUENTSTANDARDSANDPERFORMANCETESTSFOR
SEWAGETREATMENTPLANTS

The Mar i
ne Envi ronment Pr ot
ecti
on Commi t tee ( MEPC) adopt
ed resoluti
on MEPC.2(VI)
,
Recommendation on Internati
onalEffl
uentStandar dsand Gui deli
nesforPerformance Test
sf or
SewageTreat
mentPl ant si
n1 976.MEPC55i nOctober2006adopt ed,byr
esol
uti
onMEPC. 1
59(55),t
he
Revi
sed Gui
delineson i mplementati
on ofeff
luents t andardsand perf
ormance testsf
ors ewage
tr
eatmentpl
ants ,whi
chs upersededresol
uti
onMEPC. 2(VI).

MEPC62adopt edr esol

uti
onMEPC. 200(62)amendingMARPOLbydes ignati
ngtheBalticSeaasa
specialareaunderAnnexI Vandpr ohibit
ingthedischargeofsewageeff
luentfrom pass
engers hi
ps
operatingins peci
alareas,unl
es sapas s
engers hi
phasi noperat
ionanapproveds ewaget r
eatment
plantimpl ementing ef
fluentstandardsand per f
ormancet es
tsdefi
ned i
nt he201 2Guideli
neson
i
mpl ement ati
on ofef f
luentstandardsand per formance t
estsforsewage treat
mentpl ants( t
he
Guideli
nes).

TECHNI
CALSPECI
FICATI
ON

Forthepurposeofregul
ations9.1.
1and9.
2.
1ofMARPOLAnnexIV,asewagetr
eat
mentplant
shouldmeett hefol
l
owingeff
luentstandar
dswhent
est
edfori
tsCer
ti
fi
cat
eofTypeAppr
ovalbythe
Admi ni
str
ati
on:

1
. Thermotol
erantColi
for
m St andar
d.
Thegeomet ri
cmeanoft hether
motolerantcol
if
orm countofthes ampl esofef
fl
uenttaken
duri
ngt hetestperi
ods houldnotexceed1 00thermotol
erantcol
if
orms/100mlasdet er
minedby
membr anefi
lt
er,multi
pletubefermentat
ionoranequivalentanal
yti
cal
pr ocedure.

2. Tot
alSuspendedSolids(TSS)St
andard
Thegeomet r
icmeanoft hetot
alsuspendedsol
i
dscont
entoft
hes
ampl
esofef
fl
uentt
aken
dur
ingthetestperi
ods houl
dnotexceed35Qi/Qemg/l.
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Wheret hesewaget r
eatmentplanti
st est
edonboar dshi
p,themaxi
mum t
otalsus
pended
sol
idscontentofthesamplesofeffl
uenttakenduri
ngt het
estperi
odmaybeadjust
edtotake
accountofthetot
alsus
pendedsoli
dcontentofthef
lushi
ngwater
.
3. Biochemi caloxygendemandwi t
houtni t
rif
icati
onandchemi cal oxygendemand
Admi nistr
ationsshouldens uret hesewaget reatmentpl anti sdesi
gnedt oreducebot hsolubl
e
andi nsolubleor gani
cs ubstancest omeett her equirementt hat,thegeomet ri
cmeanof5- day
bi
ochemi caloxygendemandwi t
houtni tr
ifi
cati
on( BOD5wi thoutni t
rif
icat
ion)ofthes amplesof
effl
uentt akendur ingthet estper i
oddoesnotexceed25Qi /Qemg/ landt hechemi caloxygen
demand( COD)doesnotexceed1 25Qi /
Qemg/ l
.Thet estmet hods tandards houl
dbeI SO 5815
1:
2003 f orBOD5 wi thoutni tr
if
icat i
on and ISO 1 5705:2002 forCOD,orot heri nt
ernati
onall
y
acceptedequi valenttestst
andar ds.

4.pH
ThepHoft
hes
ampl
esofef
fl
uentt
akendur
ingt
het
estper
iods
houl
dbebet
ween6and8.
5.

5.Zeroornon- detect
edvalues
Forther motol
erantcol
if
ormszerovaluesshouldber epl
acedwi thavalueof1thermot ol
erant
coli
form/
1 00 mlt o al
low t
he cal
culat
ion oft he geometr
icmean.Fort otalsuspended soli
ds,
biochemicaloxygendemandwi thoutnitr
if
icat
ionandchemi caloxygendemandval uesbelow the
l
imitofdet ecti
onshouldberepl
acedwithonehal ftheli
mitofdetecti
ontoall
ow t
hecal cul
ati
onof
thegeomet r
icmean.

I
SPPCERTI
FI
CATE

1. AnI nt
ernationalSewagePol lutionPr eventi
onCer ti
ficates hallbei ssued,af teraniniti
alorr enewal
surveyi naccor dancewi tht hepr ovisionsofr egulation4oft hisAnnex,t oanys hi
pwhi chi s
engagedi nvoyagest oportsorof fshor eterminal sundert hej urisdicti
onofot herPar ti
est othe
Convent i
on.I nt hecas eofexi s
tings hipsthisrequi rements hallappl yf iveyearsaftert hedat eof
entryintoforceoft hi
sAnnex.
2. SuchCer tif
icat es hallbeissuedorendor s
edei therbyt heAdmi nistrationorbyanyper sonsor
organizati
on*dul yaut hori
zedbyi t.Inever ycas e,t heAdmi nistrationas s
umesf ullrespons i
bil
it
y
fortheCer t
ificate.
3. The Internat ionalSewage Pol lut
ion Pr evention Cer ti
fi
cates hallbe dr awn up i nt he form
corres
pondi ngt ot hemodelgi venint heappendi xt othisAnnexands hallbeatleas tinEngl i
sh,
FrenchorSpani sh.Ifanoffi
ciallanguageoft hei ssuingcount ryisal s ous ed,t
hiss hallprevaili
n
caseofadi s put eordiscr
epancy.

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I
NTERNATI
ONALSEWAGEPOLLUTI
ONPREVENTI
ONCERTI
FICATE

I
nternat
ionalSewagePoll
uti
onPrevent
ionCer ti
fi
cat
eIssuedunderthepr ovi
sionsoftheI
nter
nat
ionalConvent
ion
fort
hePr eventi
onofPollut
ionf
rom Ships,1973,asmodi f
iedbythePr otocolof1978rel
ati
ngtheret
o,andas
amended byr esol
uti
on MEPC…(…) ,(
hereinaft
errefer
red to as"
theConvent i
on"
)undertheauthori
tyoft he
Governmentof:………………………………………………………………………
(
fulldesi
gnati
onofthecountr
y)

by…………………………………………………………………………f ull des

ignat
ion of t
he compet
ent per
son or
organi
zat
ionaut
hor
izedundert
hepr
ovi
si
onsoft
heConvent
ion)

Parti
cular
sofshi
p1…………………………………………………………………………….
Nameofs hi
p…………………………………………………. ………………………………. .
Dist
incti
ve number or
l
etters…………………………………………………………………. Por t of r
egi
stry
………………………………………………………………………………… Gr
os s
tonnage…………………………………………………………………………………

Numberofper
sonswhichtheshipiscerti
fi
edt
o
car
ry…………………………………. I
MONumber 2
……………………………………………………………………………. New/exis
ting
shi
p*
Dateonwhichkeelwaslaidors hi
pwasatas imi
lars
tageofconstr
ucti
onor ,wher
eappl
icabl
e,dateonwhi
ch
work for a conver si
on or an al ter
ati
on or modi f
icati
on of a maj or char act
er was
commenced…..
.………....
.
..
..
.
..
..
.
..
..
.
..
..
..
..
..
.
..
..
.

THI
SISTOCERTIFY
1
.Thatt hes hipisequippedwi thas ewagetreatmentplant
/comminuter
/hol
dingt
ankandadischar
gepipel
i
nei
n
compliancewi thregulat i
ons9and1 0ofAnnexI Voft
heConvent i
onasfol
lows:
*
1
.1. Des cript
ionoft hes ewaget reat
ment
pl
ant .
*Typeofs ewaget r
eatmentplant
Nameofmanuf act urer
Thes ewaget reatmentpl antiscert
if
iedbytheAdmi ni
str
ati
ontomeettheef
fl
uents
tandardsas
provi
dedf orinr esoluti
onMEPC. 2(
VI)

1
.2 Descri
ption ofcommi nuter
*…. .
……………………………………………………. .
Typeofcommi nut
er………………………………………………………………….
Name of
manuf acturer………………. ………………………………………………
Standar d of sewage af
ter
di
s i
nfecti
on…. .
…………. ………………………………
1
.3 Des cripti
onofholdingtankequipment
*………………. .
…………………. ……. .
Total capaci
ty of the holdi
ng
tank…………………………………………. .
m3 Locati
on
………………………………………………………………………….
1
.4Api peli
nef orthedi
schargeofsewagetoarecepti
onfaci
li
ty,
fit
tedwi
thas tandar
dshor
econnect
ion

2.Thatt
hes
hiphasbeens
urveyedi
naccor
dancewi
thr
egul
ati
on4ofAnnexI
Voft
heConvent
ion.

3.Thatt hes urveys howst hatt

hes tr
ucture,equi
pment,systems,fi
tt
ings,ar
rangementsandmater
ialoft
hes hi
p
andt hecondi ti
ont hereofar einallrespectssati
sfact
oryandt hatthes hipcompli
eswi
ththeapplicabl
e
requir
ement sofAnnexI VoftheConvent i
on.
ThisCerti
ficateisvalidunt i
l……………………………………………………………………. .
.
subjecttos urveysinaccor dancewi t
hregulati
on4ofAnnexI Voft heConvention.
I
ssuedat ..
.
.………………………………………………………………………………………. .
(
Placeofis
s ueofCerti
fi
cate)
.
..
..
.
..
..
..
..
.
..
..
.
..
...
..
.
..
..
..
.
...
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..
..
.
..
..
..
..
.
..
..
..
.
..
. …………………………. .
………………. .
.
(Dat eofissue) (
Signatureofauthori
zed
of
fi
ciali
ssui
ngtheCer ti
fi
cate)

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(
Seal
ors
tampoft
heaut
hor
it
y,asappr
opr
iat
e)

Endor
sementt
oext
endt
heCer
ti
fi
cat
eifval
i
dforl
esst
han5year
swher
eregul
ati
on8.
3.appl
i
es

Theshipcompli
eswit
hther
elevantprovisionsoft heConventi
on,andthisCer
ti
fi
cat
eshal
l
,inaccor
dancewi
th
regul
ati
on8.3ofAnnexI
VoftheConvent ion, beacceptedasvali
dunti
l ………………………………. .
Si
gned: ..
..
.
..
…………………. ………
(si
gnat ureofauthor
ized
offici
al)
Place: …………………………………. …
Dat e:…………………………………. ….
(
Seal orstampoftheauthori
ty,
as

appr
opr
iat
e)Endor
sementwher
ether
enewal
sur
veyhasbeencompl
etedand

r
egul
ati
on8.
4appl
i
es

Theshipcompl
ieswit
hther
elevantprovi
sionsoftheConvention,andthisCer
ti
fi
cat
eshal
l
,inaccor
dancewi
th
regul
ati
on8.4ofAnnexI
VoftheConvention, beacceptedasvalidunti
l…………
Si
gned: ………………………………
(s
ignatureofaut hori
zedoff
icial
)
Pl
ace: ..
.
.…………………………. …
Date:...
.
…………………………. ….

(
Seal
ors
tampoft
heaut
hor
it
y,asappr
opr
iat
e)

Endor
sementtoext
endthevali
dit
yoft
heCer
ti
fi
cat
eunt
ilr
eachi
ngt
hepor
tofs
urveyorf
oraper
iodofgr
ace
whereregul
ati
on8.
5or8.6appli
es

Thi
scer
ti
fi
cat
eshal
l
,inaccor
dancewi
thregul
ati
on8.
5or8.6*ofAnnexIVoft
heConvent
ion,
beaccept
edasval
i
d
unt
il……………………
Si
gned:..
.
………. ……………. ………. .
(s
ignat
ureofaut
hor
izedof
fi
cial
)

5.
2

SEWAGESYSTEM REQUI
REMENTS

1. Everyshipwhi ch,inaccordancewi t
hr egulati
on2,i sr equi
redt ocompl ywi t
ht hepr ovi si
onsoft his
Annexs hal
lbeequi ppedwithoneoft hef ollowings ewages ys tems :
a.aSewageTr eatmentPlantwhi chs hallbeofat ypeappr ovedbyt heAdmi ni
stration,in
compliancewi t
hthes t
andardsandt estmet hodsdevel opedbyt heOr ganization1 ,or
b.aSewageCommi nuti
ngAndDi s i
nfecti
ngSys tem appr ovedbyt heAdmi ni st
ration.
2. Such s yst
em s hallbe fi
tt
ed wi t
hf aci l
iti
est ot he s ati
sfaction oft he Admi ni s
tration,f ort he
temporarystorageofs ewagewhent hes hipislesst han3naut i
calmilesfrom t henear estland, or
3. aHol dingTankoft hecapacitytot hes ati
sfacti
onoft heAdmi nist
rati
onf ort her etentionofal l
sewage,havingr egardtotheoper at i
onoft heshi p,thenumberofper s onsonboar dandot her
rel
evantfactors.Thehol di
ngt anks hallbecons tructedt ot hes atis
factionoft heAdmi nistr
ation
andshallhaveameanst oindicat
evi suallytheamountofi tscont ents.

Fi
g.34SewageTr
eat
mentPl
ant

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5.
3

STANDARDDI
SCHARGI
NGCONNECTI
ON

1. STANDARDDI SCHARGECONNECTI ON. Toenablepipesofrecept

ionfaci
li
tiestobeconnect edwith
theship'
sdischargepi peli
ne,bothliness hal
lbef i
tt
edwi thas t
andarddi schargeconnectionin
accordancewiththet ablebelow.
2. Forshipshavingamoul deddept hof5met er
sandl ess,thei
nner diamet eroft hedischarge
connecti
onmaybe38mi l
li
met er
s.
3. Forshipsindedicatedtrades,i.
e.passengerferr
ies
,alt
ernati
vel
ythes hi
p'sdischargepipel
inemay
befit
tedwi t
hadi schargeconnect i
onwhi chcanbeaccept edbyt heAdmi ni
strat
ion,suchasquick
connecti
oncoupl i
ngs.

Fi
g.35St
andar
dDi
schar
geConnect
ion

Descri
pti
on Di
mens
ion
Outs
idediameter 210mm
I
nnerdiameter Accordingt opi peout si
dediameter
Bol
tcir
cledi
ameter 170mm
4holes1 8mm i ndiamet er
equidistantl
ypl aced
onabol tci
rcleoft heabove
Sl
otsinflange
diamet er,sl
ottedt o
theflangeper i
pher y.
Thes l
otwidthto
be1 8mm
Fl
anget hickness 16mm
Bol
tsandnut s: 4,eachof1 6mm i ndi ameterand
quanti
tyand ofsuitablelengt h
dh
Ti
ame
eflt
ae
nrei
g sdesi
gnedtoacceptpi pesupt oamaxi mum inter
nal
di
amet erof1 00mm ands hallbeofs t
eel orotherequival
ent
materi
al havingaflatf
ace. Thi
sf l
ange, togetherwi thasui
table
gasket,shallbesui
tabl
eforas er vi
cepr essureof600kPa

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5.
4

DI
SCHARGEOFSEWAGE

DI
SCHARGEOFSEWAGEI
NTOTHESEA

Subj
ecttotheprovi
si
onsofr
egul
ati
on3oft
hisAnnex,
thedi
schar
geofs
ewagei
ntot
hes
eai
s
pr
ohibit
ed,exceptwhen:

1
. COMMINUTEDANDDI SINFECTEDSEWAGE
Theshipisdi
schar
gingcomminutedanddisi
nfect
edsewageusi
ngasyst
em appr
ovedbyt
he
Admi
nis
trati
onatadistanceofmor
et han3nauti
calmil
esfr
om t
henear
estl
and.

2. NOTCOMMI NUTEDORDI SI
NFECTEDSEWAGE
Thesewagewhichisnotcommi edordi
nut si
nfect
edatadi
stanceofmor
ethan1
2naut
ical
mil
esfrom t
heneares
tland,

3. SEWAGESTOREDI NHOLDI NGTANKS

Thesewaget hathasbeens t
oredinholdingtanksshallnotbedis
chargedins
tant
aneouslybut
atamoder ateratewhent heshi
pisenr outeandpr oceedingatnotles
sthan4knots;therateof
di
scharges hal
lbeappr oved byt heAdmi nis
trat
ion based upon s
tandardsdevel
oped byt he
Organi
zati
on.

4.TREATEDSEWAGE
Theshiphasi noper atonanappr
i oveds ewagetreat
mentpl antwhichhasbeencer ti
fi
edby
theAdminis
trati
ont omeett heoperati
onalrequi
rementsrefer
redtoi nr
egulati
on9,par
agraph1.
1
ofthi
sAnnex,and
 thetestr esult
soft hepl
antar elaiddowni nt hes hip'
sInter
nati
onalSewage
Poll
uti
onPr eventionCerti
fi
cate;and
 addit
ionall
y,theef f
luentshall
notproducevis
iblefl
oati
ngs ol
idsnorcausedi
scol
orati
onof
thesurroundingwat er.

5.MIXEDSEWAGE
Whent hesewageismixedwit
hwas t
esorwastewatercover
edbyotherAnnexesofMARPOL
73/78,
therequi
rement
softhos
eAnnexesshal
lbecompl
i
edwi thi
naddi
ti
ontotherequir
ement
sof
thi
sAnnex.

Theprovi
si
onsofparagraph1shal
lnotapplyt os
hipsoperati
ngi
nthewat
ersunderthejuri
sdi
cti
on
ofaSt at
eandvi si
ti
ngshipsfrom ot
herSt at
eswhiletheyar eint
hesewat
ersandar edischar
ging
sewageinaccordancewit
hs uchl
essstr
ingentrequi
rementsasmaybeimpos
edbys uchState.

RECEPTI
ONFACI
LI
TIES

1. TheGovernmentofeachPar tytotheConvention,whi chr equi

resshipsoperatinginwatersunder
i
tsjuri
sdi
cti
onandvi siti
ngshipswhil
eini t
swat erstocompl ywiththerequirementsofregulati
on
11.
1,under
takest oens uretheprovi
sionoffaci l
it
iesatpor t
sandt er
mi nal
soft hereceptionof
sewage,withoutcausingdel
ayt oshi
ps ,
adequat etomeett heneedsoft heshipsusi
ngthem.
2. TheGovernmentofeachPar tyshal
lnotif
ytheOr ganizationfortr
ans missi
ont otheContracti
ng
Governmentsconcer ned ofallcaseswher et he facil
iti
espr ovi
ded undert hi
sRegulati
on are
all
egedtobei nadequate.
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SPECI
ALAREA;
BALTI
CSEA

MEPC62adopt edr esol

uti
onMEPC. 200(62)amendingMARPOLbydes ignati
ngtheBalticSeaasa
specialareaunderAnnexI Vandpr ohibit
ingthedischargeofsewageeff
luentfrom pass
engers hi
ps
operatingins peci
alareas,unl
es sapas s
engers hi
phasi noperat
ionanapproveds ewaget r
eatment
plantimpl ementing ef
fluentstandardsand per f
ormancet es
tsdefi
ned i
nt he201 2Guideli
neson
i
mpl ement at
ion ofef f
luentstandardsand per formance t
estsforsewage treat
mentpl ants( t
he
Guideli
nes).

REGULATI
ON3–EXCEPTI
ONS

TheRegul
ati
onoft
hisAnnexs
hal
lnotappl
yto:

1.t hedischar
geofsewagefr
om as hi
pnecessaryf
orthepurposeofs
ecuri
ngthesafet
yofashipand
thoseonboardorsavi
ngli
feats ea;or
2. thedischargeofsewager es
ultingfrom damaget oa s hi
poritsequipmentifallr
easonabl
e
precauti
onshavebeentakenbef oreandaf t
ertheoccur
renceofthedamage,forthepur
poseof
preventi
ngormini
mizi
ngthedischarge.

Chapt
er6:ANNEXV

PREVENTI
ONOFPOLLUTI
ONBYGARBAGEFROM SHI
P

I
NTRODUCTI
ON

The1973MARPOLConvent i
on,AnnexVsoughtt oeli
minateandr educet heamountofgar bage
beingdumpedi ntot heseafrom shi
ps.
AnnexVt hePr eventi
onofpoll
utionbygarbagef rom s
hips,whichent eredintofor
ce:31December
1988,out
linesther equir
ementsforonboardwas t
emanagementpl ansands pecif
icprocedur
estobe
usedforcoll
ecting,process
ing,
stori
nganddischargingthevessel
’sgar bagepr oper
ly.
Unles
sexpr esslyprovi
dedotherwise,
theprovi
sionsofthisAnnexs hallapplytoalls
hips.

DEFI
NITI
ONS

Fort
hepur
pos
esoft
hisAnnex:
1. Animalcar cassesmeanst hebodi esofanyani malsthatar ecar ri
edonboar dascar goandt hat
dieorar eeut hanizeddur ingt hevoyage.
2. Car gor esiduesmeanst her emnantsofanycar gowhichar enotcover edbyot herAnnexest othe
pres entConvent i
onandwhi chremai nont hedeckori nhol dsfollowingloading or unl oading,
i
ncl udingl oadingandunl oadi ngexcessorspillage,whet herinwetordr yconditi
onorent rainedin
was hwat erbutdoesnoti ncludecar godustr emainingont hedeckaf tersweepi ngordus tont he
exter nalsur f
acesoft hes hip.
3. Cooki ngoi lmeansanyt ypeofedi bleoilorani malf atus edori ntendedt obeus edfor t he
prepar ationorcooki ngoff ood, butdoesnoti ncludethef oodit s
elfthatisprepar edusingthes eoil
s.
4. Domes ticwas t
esmeansal ltypesofwas tesnotcover edbyot herAnnexest hatar egener atedin
theaccommodat ions pacesonboar dtheship. Domes t
icwas t
esdoesnoti ncludegr eywater .
5. Fishinggearmeansanyphys i
caldeviceorpar tthereoforcombi nationofi temst hatmaybe

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bedwiththei
ntendedpurpos
eofcapt
uri
ng,orcont
rol
l
ing
forsubs
equentcapt
ureorharves
ting,mari
neorfr
eshwaterorgani
sms.

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6. Foodwas tesmeansanys poil

edoruns poi l
edf oods ubs tancesandi ncl udesf ruit
s,veget ables,
dairypr oduct s,poultry, meatpr oduct sandf oods crapsgener at edaboar ds hip.
7. I
nciner atoras hesmeansas h and cl inker sr esulti
ng f rom s hipboar di nciner atorsus ed fort he
i
nciner ationofgar bage.
8. Oper ationalwas tesmeansal ls oli
dwas tes( includings l
ur r
ies )notcover edbyot herAnnexest hat
arecol lectedonboar ddur i
ngnor malmai nt enanceoroper ationsofas hip,orus edf orcar go
stowageandhandl ing.Oper ationalwas tesal s oincludescl eani ngagent sandaddi ti
vescont ained
i
ncar gohol dandext ernalwas hwat er .Oper ationalwas tesdoesnoti ncludegr eywat er,bi l
ge
wat er,orot hers i
mi lardi schar geses sentialt ot heoper ationofas hip,t aki ngi ntoaccountt he
guidelinesdevel opedbyt heOr gani zation.
9. Plasti
c meansa s oli
d mat er i
alwhi ch cont ainsasan es s entiali ngr edientone ormor e high
molecul armas spol ymer sandwhi chi sf ormed( shaped)dur ingei t
hermanuf act ureoft hepolymer
orthef abr icati
oni ntoaf i
nis hedpr oductbyheatand/ orpr es sure. Plasticshavemat erialproperties
rangingf rom har dandbr ittl
et os of tandel as ti
c.Fort hepur pos esoft hisannex," al
lplastics"
meansal lgar baget hatcons i
s tsofori ncludespl as ti
ci nanyf or m,i ncludi ngs yntheti
cr opes ,
synthet icfishi
ngnet s,plas t
icgar bagebagsandi ncineratoras hesf rom pl as ti
cpr oduct s.
10.Near estl and.Thet erm" from t henear estl and"meansf rom t hebas elinef r
om whi cht heterri
torial
seaoft het err
itoryinques tionises tabl i
shedi naccor dancewi thi nternat ional law
11.Greywat ermeansdr ainagef rom di shwat er,shower ,laundr y,bat handwas hbas i
ndr ains.I
tdoes
notincl udedr ainagef rom t oil
ets ,urinal s
, hos pitals,andani mals paces ,asdef i
nedi nr egul
ation1 .3
ofMARPOLAnnexI V( sewage) ,andi tdoesnoti ncludedr ainagef rom car gos paces .Greywat eri s
notcons ideredgar bagei nt hecont extofAnnexV.

6.
1
OVERVI
EW:

GARBAGEDEFI
NITI
ON

Garbagemeansal lki
ndsoff oodwas tes,domes ticwastesandoper ationalwas tes,allplast
ics
,
cargores i
dues,incineratorashes,cookingoil,f
ishi
nggear ,andani malcarcas sesgener ateddur i
ngt he
normaloper ati
onoft hes hi
pandl i
abletobedi sposedofcont i
nuous l
yorper i
odicall
yexceptt hose
substanceswhi char edef i
nedorl ist
edinot herAnnexest othepr esentConvent i
on.Gar bagedoesnot
i
ncludef reshfi
s handpar tsthereofgener atedasar esul
toff i
shingactivit
iesunder t
akendur i
ngt he
voyage, orasar es ul
tofaquacul tureacti
viti
eswhichi nvol
vethet ransportoff i
shincludings hell
fi
shfor
placementi ntheaquacul turefacil
it
yandt het r
ans portofharvestedfis
hi ncludings hell
fi
shf rom such
faci
li
ti
est oshoref orproces s
ing.

GARBAGEEFFECTTOTHEMARI
NEENVI
RONMENT

Garbagef rom shi

pscanbej ustasdeadl ytomar inel i
feasoi lorchemi cal
s.Thegr eatestdanger
comesf rom plasti
c,whichcanf l
oatf oryears.Fis
handmar inemammal scani nsomecas esmistake
plas
ticsforfoodandt heycanal sobecomet r
appedi npl asti
cr opes,nets
,bagsandot heritems-even
suchinnocuousi t
emsast heplast
icri
ngsus edtoholdcansofbeeranddr inkstogether.
I
tisclearthatagooddealoft hegarbagewas heduponbeachescomesf rom peopleons hore-
holi
day-maker swhol eavet hei
rrubbishont hebeach,f ishermenwhos i
mpl ythrow unwant edrefuse
overthes ide-orf rom townsandci tiest
hatdumpr ubbishi ntoriver
sort hes ea.Butins omear eas
mos toft her ubbis
hf ound comesf rom passing shipswhi chf ind i
tconveni entt othrow rubbish
overboardr at
herthandi sposeofiti
npor t
s.

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Fi
g.36Br
eakdownt
imef
orcommongar
bage

6.
2
SPECI
ALREQUI
REMENTSFORDI
SPOSALOFGARBAGE

Regul
ati
on5
SPECI
AL REQUI
REMENTS FOR DI
SCHARGE OF GARBAGE FROM FI
XED OR FLOATI
NG
PLATFORMS

1. Subjecttothepr ovi
sionsofpar agr
aph2oft hi
sr egulat
ion,thedischargeintothes eaofany
garbageispr ohi
bitedf rom fi
xedorf l
oati
ngplatf
ormsandf rom al
lothershipswhenal ongs
ideor
withi
n500m ofs uchpl atfor
ms .
2. Foodwas tesmaybedi schargedintotheseafrom fi
xedorf l
oati
ngplatfor
msl ocat
edmor ethan12
nauticalmil
esf r
om thenear estl
andandf r
om allothershipswhenal ongsi
deorwi thi
n500m of
suchpl at
for
ms ,butonl ywhent hewas teshavebeenpas sedthr
oughacommi nut
erorgr i
nder
.
Suchcommi nutedorgr oundfoodwas t
ess hal
lbecapabl eofpas si
ngt hroughas creenwith
openingsnogr eaterthan25mm.

6.
3
DI
SPOSALOFGARBAGE

SPECI
ALAREAS

Speci alar ea meansa s ea area wher ef orrecogni zed t echnicalreas onsi nr el

ati
on toi ts
oceanogr aphicandecol ogi
calcondi tionandt ot hepar t
icularchar acterofitst raffi
ctheadoptionof
specialmandat orymet hodsforthepr eventionofs eapoll
ut i
onbygar bagei srequi red.
AnnexVt otall
ypr ohibit
soft hedi sposalofgar bageas i
def rom foodwas teanywher ei
ntothes ea,
ands ever elyr estri
ctsdi s
chargesofot hergarbagef r
om s hi
psi ntocoas t
alwat ersand" Speci
alAreas "
.
Thes ear ear easwhi chhavepar ti
cularpr oblemsbecaus eofheavymar it
imet raff
icorlow wat er
exchange caus ed by t he land-locked nat ur e oft he s ea concer ned.The Annex al so obli
ges
Gover nment stoens ur ethepr ovi
sionoff aci
lit
iesatpor tsandt erminalsforther eceptionofgarbage.
ASpeci alAr eamayencompas sthemar i
timezonesofs ever alStates,orevenanent ir
eenclosed
ors emi -enclosedar ea.Speci alAreades i
gnat ions houldbemadeont hebas i
soft hecri
teri
aand
charact eris
ticst oavoidt hepr ol
if
erationofs uchar eas.
Ther equi rement sofa Speci alAr ea des ignati
on can onl ybecomeef fectivewhen adequat e
receptionf acili
tiesarepr ovidedfors hipsinaccor dancewi tht hepr ovisi
onsofMARPOL73/ 78.
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Thes
pecial
areases tabli
shedundert
heAnnexar
e:
 theMedi t
erraneanSea
 theBalti
cSeaAr ea
 theBlackSeaar ea
 theRedSeaAr ea
 theGulfsarea
 theNor t
hSea
 theWi derCar i
bbeanRegionand
 Antarcti
cArea

Fi
g.37Speci
alAr
eas
1. TheMedi terraneanSea ar eameanst heMedi t
erraneanSeapr operincludingt hegul fsands eas
thereinwi tht heboundar ybet weent heMedi terraneanandt heBlackSeacons t
itutedbyt he41 ºN
paral l
elandboundedt ot hewes tbyt heSt r
aitsofGi braltaratthemer i
dian5° 36΄W.
2.TheBal ti
cSeaar eameanst heBal ticSeapr operwi tht heGul fofBothniaandt heGul fofFinl
andand
theent r
ancet ot heBalti
cSeaboundedbyt hepar alleloft heSkawi ntheSkager r
akat57º44. 8΄N.
3.TheBl ackSeaar eameanst heBl ackSeapr operwi tht heboundar ybetweent heMedi terr
aneanand
theBl ackSeacons ti
tutedbyt hepar all
el 41ºN.
4.TheRedSeaar eameanst heRedSeapr operi ncludi ngt heGul f
sofSuezandAqababoundedatt he
southbyt her humbl inebet weenRass iAne( 12º28. 5΄N, 43º19.6΄E)andHus nMur ad( 12º40.4΄N,43º
30.2΄ E).
5.TheGul fsar eameanst hes eaar eal ocat ednor t
h-wes toft herhumbl i
nebet weenRasalHadd( 22º
30΄ N, 59º48΄ E)andRasal Fas teh( 25º04΄ N,61 º25΄ E).
6.TheNor thSeaar eameanst heNor thSeapr operi ncludings east her
einwi t
htheboundar ybetween:
a.. 1theNor thSeas out hwar dsofl atitude62ºNandeas twardsoflongitude4ºW;
b.t heSkager r
ak,thes outher nlimitofwhi chisdet ermi nedeas toftheSkawbyl atitude57º44. 8΄N;
and
c.t heEngl ishChannel andi t
sappr oacheseas t war dsofl ongit
ude5ºW andnor thwar dsoflatit
ude
48º30΄ N.
7.TheAnt arcticar eameanst hes eaar eas outhofl atitude60ºS.

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8.TheWi derCari
bbeanRegi onmeanst heGulfofMexicoandCar ibbeanSeapr operincludi
ngt hebays
andseast her
einandthatpor t
ionoftheAt l
anti
cOceanwi thi
nt heboundarycons ti
tutedbyt he30°N
par
all
elfrom Flor
idaeastwardt o77°30΄W meridian,t
hencear humbl i
netothei ntersecti
onof20°N
par
all
eland59°W mer idian,thencear humbl inetotheint
ersectionof7°20'Npar all
eland50°W
meri
dian,thencearhumbl inedrawns outhwesterl
ytotheeasternboundaryofFr enchGui ana.

Regulat
ion4
DISCHARGEOFGARBAGEOUTSI
DESPECI
ALAREAS

1. Subjectt ot hepr ovisionsofr egul at i

ons5,6,and7oft hisAnnex,di schar geoft hef ollowi ng
garbagei ntothes eaout si
des peci al areass hal l
onl ybeper mi t
tedwhi let hes hipisenr out eandas
faraspr acti
cablef r
om t henear estland, butinanycas enotl essthan:
a.3naut i
calmi l
esf rom t henear estlandf orf oodwas teswhi chhavebeenpas s
edt hr ougha
commi nuterorgr i
nder .Such commi nuted orgr ound f ood was t ess hal
lbecapabl eof
passi
ngt hroughas creenwi thopeni ngsnogr eaterthan25mm.
b.1 2naut i
calmi lesf rom t henear estl andf orf oodwas t
est hathavenotbeent reat edi n
accordancewi ths ubpar agr aph. 1above.
c. 1 2naut i
calmi lesf rom t henear estlandf orcar gor esiduest hatcannotber ecover edus ing
commonl yavai l
abl emet hodsf orunl oading.Thes ecar gor esiduess hallnotcont ainany
substancesclas sif
iedashar mf ultot hemar ineenvi ronment ,taki ngi nt oaccountgui delines
developedbyt heOr gani zat i
on.
d.Forani malcar cas ses ,dischar ges halloccurasf arfrom thenear estl andaspos si
ble,t aking
i
ntoaccountt hegui deli
nesdevel opedbyt heOr ganization.
2. Cleaningagent soraddi ti
vescont ainedi ncar gohol d,deckandext ernals ur faceswas hwat ermay
bedi s
char gedintot hes ea,butt hes es ubs t
ancesmus tnotbehar mf ultot hemar ineenvi ronment ,
taki
ngi ntoaccountgui delinesdevel opedbyt heOr ganization.
3. Whengar bagei smi xedwi thorcont aminat edbyot hers ubs t
ancespr ohi bitedf r
om di schar geor
havingdi f
ferentdischar ger equi rement s,themor es tri
ngentr equirement ss hallappl y.
Regulat
ion6
DISCHARGEOFGARBAGEWI
THI
NSPECI
ALAREAS

1
. Dischar geoft hefollowi nggar bagei ntot hes eawi thi
ns peci alar eass hallonlybeper mi
ttedwhi l
e
thes hipisenr outeandasf ol
lows :
A.Di schargei ntot hes eaoff oodwas tesasf araspr acticabl ef rom thenear es tland,butnotl ess
than1 2naut i
calmi l
esf rom t henear estlandort henear esti ces helf.Foodwas t
ess hal lbe
commi nut edorgr oundands hallbecapabl eofpas singt hr oughas creenwi thopeni ngsno
gr eaterthan25mm. Foodwas tess hallnotbecont ami nat edbyanyot hergar baget ype.
B.Di schargeofcar gor es i
duest hatcannotber ecover edus ingcommonl yavai lablemet hodsf or
unl oading, wher eal lthef ollowi ngcondi tionsar esat i
sfied:
a.Car gor esidues ,cl eaningagent soraddi ti
ves ,cont ainedi nhol dwas hingwat erdonot
incl
ude any s ubs tancescl assi
fied ashar mf ult ot he mar i
ne envi r
onment ,taking int o
accountgui delinesdevel opedbyt heOr ganization;
b.Bot ht hepor tofdepar tureandt henextpor tofdes tinat i
onar ewi t
hi nthes peci
alareaand
thes hipwi l
lnott r ans i
tout s i
det hes pecialareabet weent hosepor ts;
c. Noadequat er ecept i
onf aci l
iti
esar eavai l
ableatt hos epor t
stakingi ntoaccountgui del i
nes
devel opedbyt heOr gani zation;and
d.Wher et hecondi tionsofs ubpar agraphsa,bandcaboveoft hi
spar agr aphhavebeen
fulf
il
led, di
schar geofcar gohol dwas hingwat ercont ainingr esi
duess hallbemadeasf aras
practicabl ef rom t henear estlandort henear esti ces helfandnotl es st han1 2naut ical
mi l
esf rom t henear estlandort henear estices helf.

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2. Cleani ng agent soraddi ti

vescont ained i n deckand ext ernals urfaceswas h wat ermay be
dischar gedi nt othes ea,butonlyift hes es ubstancesar enothar mfult ot hemar i
neenvi ronment ,
takingi ntoaccountgui deli
nesdevel opedbyt heOr gani zation.
3. Thef ol
lowi ngr ules(inaddi ti
ontot her ulesi npar agraph1oft hi
sregul ation)appl ywi thr espectto
theAnt arcticar ea:
1. Each Par ty atwhos e portss hipsdepar ten r outet o orar ri
ve f rom t he Ant ar cti
c area
under takest oens urethatass oonaspr acticabl eadequat ef acil
it
iesar epr ovidedf orthe
recept i
onofal lgar bagef r
om al ls hips,wi t
houtcaus i
ngunduedel ay,andaccor dingt othe
needsoft hes hi
psus i
ngthem.
2. EachPar tys hallens urethatallshi psent it
ledt of l
yi tsfl
ag,bef oreent er i
ngt heAnt arcti
carea,
haves uffici
entcapaci t
yonboar df orther etentionofal lgarbage,whi leoper atingi nthear ea
andhaveconcl udedar r
angement st odi schar ges uchgar bageatar eceptionf aci l
i
tyaf t
er
l
eavi ngt hear ea.
4.Whengar bagei smi xedwi thorcont ami natedbyot hers ubs t
ancespr ohibitedf r
om di schar geor
havi ngdi ff
er entdi s
char gerequirement s,themor es tringentr equi
rement ss hallapply.

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g.38Summar
yofgar
bagedi
spos
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6.
4
SHI
PBOARDEQUI
PMENTFORPROCESSI
NGGARBAGE

COMMI
NUTERSORGRI
NDERS

Awi devariet
yoff oodwas t
egr i
ndersisavailabl
eont hemar ketandmos t
moderns hi
ps'galleyshavet heequi pmentneededt opr oduceas l
urr
yoff ood
part
icl
esandwat ert hatwas heseas i
l
yt hrought her equi r
ed25mm s cr
een.
Outputrangesf r
om 1 0to250l i
trespermi nute.Thedi schargef r
om s hi
pboard
comminutersshoul dbedirectedi nt
oanappr opri
atel
ycons tr
uctedholdingtank
whent hevesseli
soper at
ingwi t
hinanar eawher edischar geisprohibi
ted.

COMPACTOR

Compactioncanr educet hevol

umeofgar bagetoacompact i
onratio,
whichmaybeashi gh1 2:
1.Mostgar
bagecanbecompacted.Theexcepti
ons
i
ncludeagr oundplasti
cs,fi
berandpaper
board,bul
kycar
gocont ai
ner
sand
thi
ckmet ali
tems.Pres
suri
zedcontai
ner
sshoul
dnotbecompact edsi
ncethey
presentanexplos
ivehazard.

I
NCI
NERATORS

Allinci
nerat
orss hould beapproved typeaccor ding t
o“ Standard Speci
fi
cati
on f
orShi
pboard
I
nci
nerators
”developedbyI MO.Useofi nciner
atorsfordisposalofs ol
idgarbageisanoptionto
del
i
veryt oportrecepti
onf aci
li
tyorrest
ricteddisposalint
ot hes ea.Mostgarbageisamenableto
i
nci
nerati
onwi t
ht heexpect at
ionofmet alandgl ass.Inci
nerat
orsar eoffer
edinawi devari
etyof
model
st omeetever ycombi nati
onorrequirements,dependingonwhatt ypeofmat er
ial
sar
et obe
bur
nedandhowmuch.

USEOFI
NCI
NERATOR

Moder nincinerator
s ,wi t
ht heirt wo-chamber sdes ign,producenopar t
icul
ateemissi
onsint he
exhaustgas esbecaus eofcompl et ecombus ti
ondur ingretenti
oni nthes econdchamber .Contr
olof
airpoll
uti
oni snormal l
yr equiredinmanypor tsint hewor l
d.Pri
ortous i
ngani nci
nerat
orwhileport
,
permissi
onmayber equiredf ormthepor tauthor i
tyconcer ned.
The i nci
nerati
on of pr edomi nant l
y plas tic was t
es as mi ght be cons ider
ed under some
cir
cums t
ancesincompl yingwi thAnnexV,r equiresmor eairandmuchhi gher
temperaturesforcompl et edes t
ruction.Ifplasticsar etobebur ntina
safe manner ,the inciner at
ors houl d be s uit
ablef ort he purpose;
otherwisethefoll
owingpr obl
emscanr esult
:

a.Dependingonthetypeofplas t
icandcondi ti
onsofcombust
ion,
somet oxicgasescan begener ated i
nt heexhauststr
eam,
i
ncludi
ngvapor i
sedhydrochlori
c( HCI)andhydrocyani
c(HCN)
aci
ds.Thes e and other intermediary product
s of pl
astic
combustioncanbeextr
emel ydanger ous.
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b.Theas hf rom t hecombus tionofs omepl asti

cproduct smaycont ainheavymet alor ot her
residues,whi chcanbet oxi cands houldt heref
orenotbedi schargei ntothes ea.Suchas hes
shoul dber etainedon- boar d,wher epos sibl
e,anddischar gedatapor tr ecepti
onf acil
it
y.
c. Thet emper at
ur esgener ateddur i
ngi nci
ner at
ionofpr i
mar i
lyplast
icwas t
esarehighenought o
pos si
blydamagegar bagei ncinerators.
d.Pl as t
icincinerationrequires3t o10t imesmor ecombus ti
onai rthanaver agemuni cipalref
use.
I
ft hepr operl evelofoxygeni snots uppli
ed,highlevelsofs ootwi l
lbef ormedi nt heexhaus t
stream.As handcl i
nker sfrom i ncineratorsareoper ati
onalwas tesandcanbedi spos edinto
seaout sides pecialar eas1 2mi lesf r
om near estland.Shi pclassif
icationandoper ati
onof
i
nci nerators,andt hereforet heappr ovaloft heclass i
fi
cationisrequiredf oreveryi nciner
ator
i
ns tall
edonboar d.

Regul
ati
on8
REQUI
REMENTSFORUSI
NGGARBAGEDI
SPOSALFACI
LI
TIESI
NPORT

Themet hodologyf ordet erminingt headequacyofar ecept i

onf acil
it
ys houldbebas edont he
numberandt ypesofs hipst hatwi l
lcallatt heport,thewas t emanagementr equi r
ement sofeacht ype
ofshipaswel lasthes izeandl ocati
onofapor t
.Emphas i
ss houldalsobepl acedoncal cul at
ingthe
quantiti
esofgar bage,i ncl udingr ecyclabl emat eri
alfrom s hi pswhi char enotdi schargedi ntot hesea
i
naccor dancewi ththepr ovisionsofAnnexV.
I
ts houl dbenot edt hat ,duet odifferencesi nportr ecept i
onpr oceduresandaddi ti
onalt reatment
amongpor ts,
portrecept i
onf aci l
it
iesmayr equi
rethes epar ationonboar dof:
1.f oodwas t
es( e.g. animal deri
vedpr oductsandby- product sbecaus eofr i
skofani mal dis
eases)
;
2.cooki ngoi l(
animal derivedpr oduct sandby- pr oduct sbecaus eofriskofani mal di
seas es
);
3.plas t
ics;
4.domes t
icwas te, oper at i
onalwas teandr ecyclabl eorr eusablemat eri
al;
5.s pecialit
emsl ikemedi cal waste, outdatedpyr ot echnicsandf umigat i
onr emnant s;
6.ani malwas t
es ,includi ngus edbeddi ngfrom thet rans portofli
veani mal s(duetor i
skof
disease)butexcl udi ngdr ai
nagef rom spacescont ainingl i
vingani mals;and
7.car gor esi
dues .

6.
5
PROCEDURESFORHANDLI
NGSHI
P-GENERATEDGARBAGE

Compl i
ancewi thAnnexVi nvol
vesper s
onnel,equi pmentandpr ocedur esf orcollecting,s or t
ing,
processing, s tori
ng, r ecycling, reusing and di scharging gar bage. Economi c and pr ocedur al
cons i
der ati
ons as sociated wi tht hese act i
vit
ies i
nclude s torage s pace r equirement s,s anitation,
equipmentandper sonnelcos tsandi npor tgarbages ervicechar ges.
Alls hipowner sand oper atorss hould minimize taking onboar d mat eri
alt hatcoul d become
garbage.Shi p-s
peci f
ic gar bage mi nimization procedur es s hould be i ncluded i nt he Gar bage
ManagementPl an.I ti sr ecommended t hatmanuf actur ers,cargo owner s
,por tsand t er minal s
,
shipowner sandoper atorsandgover nment scons i
dert hemanagementofgar bageas sociat edwi th
ships'suppl i
es,provisi
ons ,andcar goesasneededt omi nimizet hegener ati
onofgar bagei nal lforms .
Car efulplanningandpr operexecut ionbycr ew member si srequiredf orobt ainingt hegoal sof
thesePl anThemos tappr opr i
atepr oceduresf orhandl i
ngands t ori
nggar bageons hipwi llvar y
dependi ngonf actorss uchast ypeands izet heareaofoper ati
on,s hipboardgar bageequi pmentand
storage, underhygi eniccondi ti
ons ,s
pace, crews i
ze, durationofvoyage, andr egulationsandf acili
ties
atpor t
sofcal l
.

a.TheChi
efOf
fi
ceri
sappoi
ntedas“Envi
ronment
alCont
rolOf
fi
cer
”(E.
C.O)andisrespons
ibl
efor
thei
ncompli
ancewit
hr egul
ati
onshandli
ngofallonboardgeneratedgarbage.Hes hal
l
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uper
vis
ethatal
ldepar
tment
sar
efol
l
owi
ngs
tri
ctl
yes
tabl
i
shedpr
ocedur
es.

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b.Individualcrewmember s,
incl
udi ngheadsofdepar tments,r
esponsibi
l
iti
ess houldbei ndenti
fi
ed
and clarif
ied.Listswitht he namesofcr ewmember sand t hei
rrelati
ve dut i
ess hould be
preparedandpos ted.
c. Thewar ningpl acardspostedonboar dprovi
dethat“Allcr
ew member sshallnotdi sposeany
kindofgar bagei ntotheseaunl essspeci
fici
nstr
ucti
onsallowingsuchdispos alreceivedfr
om
theMas ter”.
d.TheECOs houldbet heauthorizedr epres
entati
veoftheMas t
erands hallactint hi
scapaci t
y
andens uret hatrequi
rementsoft hes
eguideli
nesareful
lyimplemented.

SPECI
FICSTEPSI
NHANDLI
NGGARBAGE

Compl
iancewit
hregul
ati
onsandt
hepri
nci
pleofenvi
ronmentprot
ect
ionrequir
ethatthe
gar
bagegenerat
edonboardshoul
dbemanagedinspeci
fi
cstepsandinagivensequenceas
des
cri
bedbelow:

1. Col
lecti
onandsorti
ngofgarbagebytypes
.
2. Pr
oces s
ing.
3. St
oring.
4.DischargeatPortRecept
ionFaci
li
ti
esordi
spos
alats
eaaccor
dingt
oregul
ati
onsofAnnexV.

Corr
ectpl
anningoftheaboveprocedur
esforhandl
ingandst
ori
ngshi
pboardgarbage,
wil
lresul
t
i
nreduct
ionofst
oragespacerequi
rementsandproperandeasyt
ransf
ert
oPortRecepti
onFaci
l
iti
es.

1
. COLLECTI
NGANDSORTI
NG

Procedur esforcol lectinggar bagegener atedonboar ds houldbebas edont hecons iderati

onof
whati sper mi t
tedandwhati snotper mittedt obedi schar gedi ntot hes eawhi leenr oute,and
whet herapar ti
culargar baget ypecanbedi schar gedt opor tfaci l
i
tiesf orrecyclingorr euse.The
detail
soft hesepr ocedur ess houldbewr it
teni nthegar bagemanagementpl an.
To r educe oravoi dt he need f ors orti
ng af tercol l
ect i
on and t of aci
li
tater ecycl
ing,i tis
recommendedt hatdi sti
nct i
vel ymar kedgar bager ecept aclesbepr ovidedonboar dthes hi
pt oreceive
garbageasi tisgener ated.Recept aclesonboar dcanbei nt hef orm ofdr ums ,met albins,cans,
containerbags ,orwheel i
ebi ns.Anyr ecept aclesondeckar eas,poopdecksorar easexpos edt othe
weat hers houldbes ecur edont hes hipandhavel idsthatar et i
ghtands ecurelyf i
xed.Allgar bage
receptaclesshoul dbes ecur edt opr eventlos s,spill
age,orl ossofanygar baget hatisdepos i
tedi nthe
receptacles.Recept acless houl dbecl ear l
ymar kedanddi stinguishablebygr aphicsshape,s ize,or
l
ocation.Recept acless houl dbepl acedi nappr opr iates pacest hroughoutt hes hip( e.
g.theengi ne-
room,mes sdeck,war dr oom,gal ley,andot herl ivingorwor kings paces )andal lcrew member sand
passenger sshouldbeadvi sedofwhatgar bages houl dands houl dnotbepl acedint hem.
Ther ecommendedgar baget ypest hats houldbes eparat edar e:
 non- recyclabl epl as t
icsandpl asticsmi xedwi thnon- plasti
cgar bage;
 r ags;
 r ecyclablemat erial:
 cooki ngoi l;
 gl ass;
 al umi nium cans ;
 paper ,car dboar d,corrugat edboar d;
 wood;
 met al;
 pl astics;(includi ngs t
yrofoam orot hers i
mi l
arpl asticmat eri
al);
 gar baget hatmi ghtpr es entahazar dtot hes hi
porcr ew( e.
g. oil
yrags ,l
ightbulbs,acids,
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,bat
ter
ies
,et
c.)
.

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Crew r
esponsi
bil
it
iesshouldbeas si
gnedforcol
lect
ingorempt yi
ngthes
er ecept
acl
esandtaking
thegarbagetot heappr opri
ateprocess
ingors t
oragelocat
ion.Useofs uchas yst
em f
acil
it
ates
subs
equentshipboardprocessingandmi ni
mizestheamountofgar bagewhichmus tbest
oredon
boar
ds hi
pforret
urnt oport
.

Fi
g.39Col
l
ect
ing&Sor
ti
ng

2. PROCESSI
NG

Ves s
elsequi pped wi t hi nciner ators ,compact ors,commi nut ersorot herdevi cesf ors hipboar d
garbagepr ocessingmus tas signappr opr iatecr ew member sres pons i
blef oroper at i
ngt hisequi pment
onas chedulecommens urat ewi ths hipneeds .I
ns electingappr opr i
atepr oces singpr ocedur es,the
fol
l
owings houldbecons ider ed:
Use ofcompact or s,i nciner ators,commi nut ers ,and ot hers uch devi ceshave a numberof
advantagess uchasmaki ngi tpos sibletodi s char gecer tai
ngar bageats eawhi chot her wi semi ghtnot
bepermi tt
ed,reduci ngs hipboar ds pacer equi rement sf ors toringgar bage,maki ngi teas ert oof f-
load
garbagei nport,andenhanci ngas simi l
at i
onofgar bagedi s char gei ntot hemar i
neenvi ronment .
a.I tshouldbenot edt hats peci alr ulesoni ncr etionmaybees tablishedbyaut hor izesi ns ome
por t
sandmayexi sti ns omes peci alar eas .Incinerat i
onoft hef ol
lowi ngi temsr equi ress pecial
precaut i
on due t ot he pot entialenvi ronment aland heal th ef f
ect sf r
om combus ti
on by-
product s
;hazar dousmat erial
s( e. g.s crapedpai nt,i mpr egnat edwood)andcer taint ypesof
plasti
cs(e.g. PVC- bas edpl as ti
cs).
b.Shi psoper ati
onpr i
mar il
yi n“ speci alar eas ”orwi thin3naut i
calmi lesf rom t henear es tland
shouldchoos ebet weens torageofei thercompact edori ncompactmat er i
alf orof f l
oadi ngat
por trecept i
onf acili
t i
esori nciner ati
onwi thr etent i
onofas handcl i
nker s.Thi si st hemos t
restri
cti
ves it
uat ioni nt hatnodi schar gei sper mi tt
ed.
c. Compact orsmakegar bageeas i
ert os tore,t ot rans f
ert opor trecept ionf acili
ties,andt oalso
mayai dins i
nking, whi chwoul dr educeaes thet icimpact si ncoas tal wat ersandal ongbeaches ,
andper hapsr educet hel ikelyhoodofmar i
nel ifei nges t
ingorot herwi sei nter actingwi th
dischargedmat erials .
d.Shi psoper atingpr imar i
lybeyondt hreenaut i
cal milesf rom t henear es tlandar eencour agedt o
us ecerti
fiedcommi nut ersi favai lablet ogr indf oodwas tes.Althoughl argerf oods crapsmay
bedi schar gedbeyondt wel venaut icalmi les,i tisr ecommendedt hatcommi nut er sbeus ed
evenout si
det hisl imi tbecaus et heyhas tenas similationi ntot hemar i
neenvi ronment .Becaus e
foodwas tescommi nut edwi thpl as t
icscannotbedi schar gedats ea,al lplasticmat eri
al smus t
ber emovedbef oref oodwas tesar egr oundup.

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Fi
g.40Compact
ionopt
ionsf
ors
hipboar
d-gener
atedgar
bage

3.STORAGE

Gar bagecol l
ect edf rom l i
vingandwor ki
ngar east hroughoutt hes hips houldbedel iveredt o
des i
gnat edpr oces si
ngors toragel ocati
ons .Garbaget hatmus tbedi sposedt opor tr ecepti
onf acil
it
ies
mayr equi rel ong- terms toragedependi ngont hel engt hoft hevoyage.Gar bagewhi chmaybe
di
s cardedover boar dmayr equires hort-
term ornos torage.Inal lcas esgar bages houldbes t
oredi n
propercont ainer sandi namanner ,whichavoi dsheal thands afetyhazar ds .
Thef ollowi ngpoi ntsshoul dbecons i
der edwhens electi
ngpr ocedur esfors t
oringgar bage:
a.Separ atecans ,drums ,boxes ,bagsorot hers uitablecont ainerss houldbeus edf orshort-t
erm
andt rip-l
ongs torage.
b.Suf ficients t
or ages paces houldbedes ignedands uffi
cientpr opers torageEqui pments hould
bepr ovided, car eoft heMas teronboar d.
c. Foodwas tesandas sociatedgar bagewhi char etobedi sposedt opor trecept i
onf aci
lit
iesand
whi chmaycar rydiseas esorpes tshouldbes toredi nt i
ghtlycover edcont ainersandbekept
separ at ef rom ot hergar bage.Thecont ainerss houldbecl earlymar kedt oavoi dincorrect
dis pos al andt r eatmentatt hepor trecepti
onf acili
ty.
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d.Disi
nfecti
onandbothprevent
iveandr
emedi
alpet
scont
rol
met
hodss
houl
dbeappl
i
ed
regul
arlyingar
bagestorageareas

DI
SPOSAL

Al
thoughdisposalisposs
ibl
eunderAnnexVdis
chargeofgarbagetoportrecept
ionf
aci
l
ityshoul
d
be gi
ven fi
rstpriori
ty.However,dis
posalofshi
p-gener
ated garbage mustbe done alwaysin
compli
ancewithr egulati
onsasprevi
ousl
ycover
ed.Whendi sposi
nggar bage,thefol
l
owi
ngpoi nt
s
shoul
dbecons i
dered:

a.Food was te,whi chmaybedi sposed ats ea,can simpl

ybedi scharged overboard.When
garbagei stobedi schargedoverboardt heMas t
ershouldreview thepas sageandar r
ange
suchdischarget otakeplacewhent heves selisatmaximum distancefr
om t henearestland.
b.Toens uretimelyt r
ansferofshi
p-generatedgar bagetoportreceptionfacil
i
tyitisessenti
alfor
shipsortheiragent stomakear r
angementwel linadvanceforgarbager ecepti
on.Atthes ame
ti
me,di s
pos alneedss houldbeidenti
fi
edi nordertomakear rangement sforgarbager equi
ri
ng
specialhandlingorot hernecessaryarrangement s.Speci
aldisposalneedsmi ghtincludeoff-
l
oadi ng f
ood was tesand as s
ociated garbage,whi ch may car r
y certai
n disease orpes t
organisms.

Fi
g.41I
nci
ner
ati
onopt
ionsf
ors
hipboar
d-gener
atedgar
bage
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6.
6
PLACARDS,
GARBAGEMANAGEMENTPLANSANDGARBAGERECORDKEEPI
NG

Regul
ati
on10
PLACARDS,
GARBAGEMANAGEMENTPLANSANDGARBAGERECORD-
KEEPI
NG

PLACARDS

Theplacardss hal
lbewr it
tenintheworki
nglanguageoft heshi
p'scr
ewand,forshi
psengagedin
voyagestopor tsoroffshoreterminal
sundert
hejuris
dict
ionofotherPart
iest
otheConvent
ion,s
hall
als
obei nEngli
s h,FrenchorSpanis h.
Li
mitati
onsont hedischargeofgarbagef
rom shi
psass peci
fi
edinAnnexVares ummari
zedon
theplacardspos t
edonboar d.

Fi
g.42Pl
acar
dsampl
e

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Fi
g.42Pl
acar
dsampl
e

GARBAGEMANAGEMENTPLANS

Everys hi
pof1 00grosst onnageandabove,andever yshi
pwhi chiscert
ifi
edtocar ry15ormor e
persons,andfixedorfl
oatingpl atf
ormss hallcarryagar bagemanagementpl anwhi cht hecr
ew shall
fol
low.Thisplans hal
lprovidewr i
ttenpr oceduresf ormi ni
mizing,coll
ecti
ng,stori
ng,processi
ngand
disposi
ngofgar bage,i
ncludingt heus eoft heequi pmentonboar d.Itshal
lalsodesignatetheperson
orpersonsinchar geofcarryi
ngoutt hepl an.Suchapl anshallbebas edont heguideli
nesdeveloped
byt heOrganizati
onandwr i
tteninthewor kinglanguageoft hecr ew.
MARPOLAnnexVout li
nest herequirement sforonboar dwas temanagementpl ansands peci
fi
c
procedurestobeus edforcollecti
ng, pr
oces si
ng,storinganddis char
gingtheves sel
’
sgar bageproperl
y.

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GARBAGERECORDKEEPI
NG

1
. Everys hipof400gr osstonnageandaboveandever ys hi pwhi chiscer tifi
edt ocar ry1 5per sonsor
moreengagedi nvoyagest opor tsorof f
shoret ermi nal sundert hej ur i
s dictionofot herPar ti
est o
theConvent i
onandever yf i
xedandf l
oat i
ngpl atform engagedi nexpl or ationandexpl oitat i
onof
thes ea-beds hallbepr ovidedwi thaGar bageRecor dBook.TheGar bageRecor dBook,whet her
asapar toft hes hip'soffi
ciallog- bookorot herwise,s hal lbei nthef orms peci f
iedi nt heappendi x
tothisAnnex;
a.Eachdi schar gei ntothes eaort oar ecept i
onf aci l
ity,oracompl et edi ncinerat i
on,s hallbe
pr ompt l
yr ecor dedi nt heGar bageRecor dBookands ignedf oront hedat eoft hedi s char geor
inciner at i
onbyt heof fi
ceri nchar ge.Eachcompl etedpageoft heGar bageRecor dBooks hall
bes ignedbyt hemas t
eroft hes hip.Theent ri
esi nt heGar bageRecor dBooks hallbeatl eas tin
Engl i
sh, FrenchorSpani sh. Wher et heent ri
esar eal s omadei nanof ficial l
anguageoft heSt ate
whos ef l
agt hes hipisent itledt of ly,theent ri
esi nt hatl anguages hal lpr evailincas eofa
dis puteordi scr epancy;
b.Theent ryf oreachdi schargeori ncinerations halli ncludedat eandt i
me,pos iti
onoft hes hip,
cat egor yoft hegar bageandt hees timat edamountdi s char gedori nci ner ated;
c. TheGar bageRecor dBooks hal lbekeptonboar dt hes hiport hef i
xedorf l
oat i
ngpl at form, and
ins uchapl aceast ober eadi l
yavai lablef orinspect i
onatal lreas onabl et imes .Thi sdocument
shal lbepr eser vedf oraper i
odofatl eas tt
woyear sf rom t hedat eoft hel astent rymadei nit;
d.I nt heeventofanydi schar georacci dentallossr efer redt oi nr egul ation7oft hi sAnnexan
ent rys hal lbemadei nt heGar bageRecor dBook,ori nt hecas eofanys hipofl es st han400
gr os st onnage,an ent r
ys hal lbe made i nt he s hi p'sof f
iciall og- book,oft he l ocation,
circums tancesof ,andt her eas onsf ort hedischar georl oss,detai l
soft hei temsdi s char gedor
los t,andt her eas onablepr ecaut ionst akent opr eventormi nimi zes uchdi schar georacci dental
los s.

2. TheAdmini
str
ati
onmaywai vet
herequi
rement
sforGarbageRecordBooksf
or:
a.Anyshi
pengagedonvoyagesofone(1
)hourorl
essindurat
ionwhichi
scert
if
iedt
ocar
ry1
5
ormorepers
ons;
or
b.Fi
xedorfl
oati
ngplat
for
ms.

3. Thecompet entaut hori

tyoft heGover nmentofa Par t
yt ot heConvent i
on mayi ns pectt he
Gar bageRecor dBooksors hip'soffi
ciallog–bookonboar danys hipt
owhi cht hi
sr egulat i
onappl i
es
whi l
et heshipi sinitsportsorof fshoreterminal sandmaymakeacopyofanyent ryint hos ebooks ,
andmayr equi r
et hemas teroft hes hipt ocerti
fythatt hecopyi satruecopyofs uchanent r
y.Any
copys omade,whi chhasbeencer t
ifi
edbyt hemas teroft hes hi
pasat ruecopyofanent ryint he
ship's Garbage Recor d Book ors hip's offi
ciallog-book,s hallbe admi s si
blei n any j udicial
proceedingsasevi denceoft hef actss t
atedi ntheent ry. Theinspecti
onofaGar bageRecor dBook
ors hi
p'sof f
iciall
og- bookandt het akingofacer ti
fi
edcopybyt hecompet entaut hori
tyundert his
paragr aphs hallbeper f
ormedasexpedi ti
ouslyaspos siblewithoutcausingt hes hiptobeundul y
delayed.
4.Theacci dent allossordi schar geoff i
shinggearaspr ovidedf orinregul ati
onswhi chpos esa
si
gni f
icantt hreatt othemar ineenvi ronmentornavi gations hallbereportedt ot heSt atewhos e
fl
agt hes hipi sent i
tl
edt ofl
y,and,wher ethel ossordi schar geoccurswithinwat erssubj ecttot he
j
urisdicti
onofacoas talState,alsotot hatcoas talState.

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6.
7
GARBAGERECORDBOOK

COMPLETETHEENTRI
ESI
NTHEGARBAGERECORDBOOK

ENTRI
ESI
NTHEGARBAGERECORDBOOK

Ent
riesintheGarbageRecor dBooks hallbemadeoneachoft hef ol
l
owi ngoccas i
ons
:
1. Whengar bageisdischargedtoar eceptionf
acil
it
y5ashor
eort oot herships
.
2. Whengar bageisinciner
ated.
3. Whengar bageisdischargedintothes eainaccor
dancewithregulations4,5or6ofMARPOL
AnnexV.
4.Acci dent
alorot herexceptionaldischargesorlossofgar bagei ntot hesea,incl
udi
ngi
n
accordancewit
hr egulat
ion7ofMARPOLAnnexV

DESCRI
PTI
ONOFTHEGARBAGE

Gar
bagei stobegr oupedintocat
egor
iesf
ort
hepur
pos
esoft
heGar
bageRecor
dBook(
ors
hip'
s
of
fi
cial
log-
book)asf oll
ows :
A.Pl as t
ics
B.Foodwas t
es
C.Domes ticWas tes
D.Cooki ngOi l
E. I
nci neratorashes
F. Oper ationalwas tes
G.Car gor esi
dues
H.Ani mal Carcass(es)
I. Fi
s hingGear

AMOUNTOFGARBAGE

Theamountofgar bageonboar dshouldbees t

imatedincubi cmet res,ifpossibleseparat
ely
accordi
ngt ocategory.TheGar bageRecordBookcont ainsmanyr efer
encest oes t
imat edamountof
garbage.Iti
srecognizedthattheaccuracyofes t
imati
ngamount sofgar bagei slef
ttoi nter
pret
ati
on.
Volumees ti
mateswi l
ldif
ferbeforeandafterprocessi
ng.Somepr ocessi
ngpr oceduresmaynotal l
ow
foraus abl
eesti
mat eofvolume, e.
g.,
theconti
nuouspr ocess
ingoffoodwas t
e.Suchf actorsshoul
dbe
takenintoconsi
derati
onwhenmaki ngandinterpret
ingentri
esmadei nar ecord.

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RECORDOFGARBAGEDI
SCHARGES

Shi
p'sname:
Dis
tinct
iveNo.
,orl
ett
ers
:
I
MONo. :

Gar
bagecat
egor
ies
:
A. Pl
as t
ics
B. Foodwas t
es
C. Domes ticwas tes(e.
g.,
paperproduct
s,r
ags
,
gl
as s
, metal,bottl
es,cr
ocker
y,etc.
)
D. Cookingoil
E. I
ncineratorAs hes
F. Operationalwas tes
G. Cargor esi
dues
H. Animal Carcas s(
es)
I
. Fishinggear

Fi
g.43Gar
bageRecor
dBook

PROCEDUREOFGARBAGEDI
SPOSALVI
APORTRECEPTI
ONFACI
LI
TIES(
PRFs
)

Thef ollowi ngs ummar i

zesthebasicobli
gationsunderMARPOLandi ncl
udesot hercons i
derat i
ons
thats hi
pandpor toper atorsshoul
dt akeintoaccount .Fors peci
fi
cl egalrequi r
ement s
,us ersoft his
guides houl dr eferdirectl
ytot heMARPOLPr otocolsandAnnexesort heimpl ement ingregulationsof
i
ndividual Stat espar t
yt otheConvent i
on.
Inaddi ti
ont ot hebas icrulesintheMARPOLAnnexes ,s hi
ps’oper atorss houl dbeawar et hat
i
ndividualpor tSt ateshavei mplementednat ionalandr egionalrequi r
ement swhi chmaymandat e
thats hi
psdi schargecer t
aintypesofMARPOLr esi
dues /was testopor trecept i
onf acil
it
ies.Individual
portSt atesmay al sos pecif
yt he meansofdi spos alt o meetquar antine and ot herr egul atory
requirement s.
Oper ator ss houldt her
eforeensuretheyhaveacompl eteandup- to-dateover viewofnat i
onaland
regionalrequi rement sr el
atingtoPRFs.Suchi nformationmaybegai neddi rectl
yf rom thepor tSt ate
author i
ti
es,orvi aagent sint heport,ortradeas sociati
onsr epresentingt hes hippingand/ orpor t

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Fi
g.44Por
tRecept
ionFaci
l
iti
es(
PRF)

Regul
ati
on7
EXCEPTI
ON

Regulat
ions3,4,5and6oft hisAnnexs hallnotappl yto:
1. Thedi s
char geofgar bagef rom as hi pneces saryforthepurposeofsecuringthesafetyofa
shipandt hoseonboar dors avingl i
feats ea;or
2. Theaccident all
os sofgar bager esult
ingf rom damaget oas hi
poritsequipment,pr
ovidedthat
allr
easonabl eprecaut i
onshavebeent akenbef or
eandaf tert
heoccurrenceofthedamage, to
preventormi nimizet heaccident all
os s;or
3. Theaccident allossoff i
shinggearf rom as hippr ovi
dedthatallr
easonableprecauti
onshave
beentakent oprevents uchl oss
; or
4.Thedi schargeoff is
hinggearf rom as hipforthepr ot
ecti
onofthemar ineenvi
ronmentorf or
thesafetyoft hatshipori tscrew.

Exceptonofenr
i oute:
1.Theenrouter
equir
ementsofregul
ati
ons4and6shal
lnotappl
ytothedi
schar
geoffoodwastes
whereiti
scleart
heret
enti
ononboar doft
hes
efoodwas t
espres
entsanimminentheal
thr
isk
tothepeopl
eonboard.

6.
8
PENALTI
ESANDAPPREHENSI
ONS

Undert he revi
s ed MARPOLAnnexV,di schargeofal lgarbagei snow pr ohi
bit
ed,exceptas
specifi
callypermitt
edi nr egulat
ions3,4,5and6ofMARPOLAnnexV.MARPOLAnnexVr evers
est he
hist
oricalpresumpt iont hatgar bagemaybedi s
char gedi ntothes eabasedont henat ureoft he
garbage and def i
ned di stancesf r
om s hore.Regul ation 7 providesli
mit
ed exceptionst ot hese
regulationsi
nemer gencyandnon- routinesituati
ons .Generall
y,dischar
geisrest
ri
ctedtofoodwas tes
,
i
dent i
fiedcargor esidues,animalcar cas s
es,andi dentif
iedcleaningagentsandaddi ti
vesandcar go
resi
dues ent rai
ned i n was hwater whi ch ar e not har mfult ot he marine envir
onment .I tis
recommended t hats hipsus epor tr eception facil
it
iesast hepr imar
ymeansofdi schar geforall
garbage.

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RecognizingthattheAnnexVr egul
ati
onsconti
nuetorest
ri
ctthedi
schar
geofgar bageintothe
sea,requi
regar bagemanagementforshi
ps,andthatgar
bagemanagementtechnol
ogycontinuesto
evolve,i
tisr ecommendedthatgovernmentsandt heOrgani
zat
ioncont
inuetogatherinf
ormation
andr evi
ewt heseguidel
i
nesper
iodi
call
y.

Thef
ir
s tst
epincompl
ianceisknowingtheappli
cabl
eregul
ati
ons.Wit
houtpropert
rai
ningcr
ew i
s
l
i
abl
etoviolat
etherul
esl
eadingtopenalt
iesandheavyfi
nesorevenimpri
sonment.

6.
9
Regul
ati
on9
PORTSTATECONTROLONOPERATI
ONALREQUI
REMENTS

1. As hi
pwheni napor toranof f
shoret erminalofanot herPar t
yiss ubjectt
oi nspecti
onbyof f
icer
s
dulyauthorizedbys uchPar t
yconcer ni ngoper ationalrequirementsundert hisAnnex,wher et
here
arecleargroundsf orbelievi
ngt hatt hemas terorcr ew arenotf amili
arwi t
hes senti
alshi
pboard
proceduresr elat
ingtot heprevent i
onofpol luti
onbygar bage.
2. I
nt hecir
cums tancesgiveni npar agraph1oft hisr egulati
on,thePar t
ys hal
ltakes uchstepsaswill
ensurethatt hes hipshallnots ai
luntilthes ituationhasbeenbr oughtt oorderinaccordancewi t
h
therequirement softhisAnnex.
3. Proceduresr elat
ingtot hepor tStatecont rolpr escr i
bedinar ti
cl
e5oft hepresentConvent i
onshall
applytothisr egulati
on.
4.Not hingint hisregulati
ons hallbecons tr
uedt olimi tther i
ghtsandobl igat
ionsofaPar tycarr
ying
outcontroloveroper ationalrequirement ss pecificall
ypr ovidedforinthepresentConvent i
on.

Chapt
er7:ANNEXVI

PREVENTI
ONOFAI
RPOLLUTI
ONFROM SHI
PS

7.
1
I
NTRODUCTI
ON

EFFECTSOFAI
RPOLLUTI
ON

Airpolluti
oni st heintr
oduct i
onofchemi cals,par t
icul
atemat
ter
,orbi
ologi
cal
mat
eri
alst
hat
:
 caus ehar m ordiscomf orttohumansor
otherl i
vingor ganisms ,
or
 caus edamaget ot henat ural
envi r
onmentorbui ltenvironment ,i
nto
theat mos phere.
Theat mos pher ei sacompl exdynami cnat ur al
gas eouss ystem t hati sessent i
altos upportlifeon
planetEar th.Strat osphericozonedepl eti
onduet o
airpol lut
ionhasl ongbeenr ecognizedasat hreat
to human heal th as wel l as t o the Ear th's
ecos ystems .
Thef acti sthathumanact ivi
ti
escont r
ibutet he
mos tt o ai r pollut i
on.Cons ideri
ng the har mf ul
effectsofai rpollution,now i tisver yessenti
alt hat
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shouldcont
ri
but
eabi
ttopr
eventai
rpol
l
uti
on. Fi
g.45Ai
rPol
l
uti
on

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1
.ACI
DRAI
N

AcidRainismos tl
ycaus edbyemi s s
ionsofcompoundsofs ulfur,nit
rogen,andcar bonwhi chr eact
withthewat ermol eculesint heat mos pher et oproduceaci ds.Itcanal sobecaus ednat urall
ybyt he
spl
itti
ngofnitr ogencompoundsbyt heener gypr oducedbyl ightnings tr
ikes .Oxi desofs ul
phurand
nit
rogenemi t
t edf rom thebur ningoff os s
ilfuelsforms ul
phur i
candni tri
caci d.ThepHl evelofthes e
acidsisaround4. 0.Thepr imar ys ourcesoft hesegas esar epowers tations ,indus tr
ialboiler
sand
vehicl
es.Oxi
desofni tr
ogenar er eleasedmai nlyfrom vehicleswi thoutcat alyticconver t
ers.Thisgas
dis
s ol
veswit
hwat ertoform car bonicaci d.I
thasapHof5. 6(pur ewat erhasapHof7. 0)
.
Thesegas ess tartcaus ingpol lutionass oonast heyar ef ormed.Sul phurdi oxidedamagest he
l
eavesandpr event schlorophyl lformat ion.Itformsasaci dvapori nt helungsandaggr avatesdi s
eas es
suchasbronchi ti
s. I
tcausess tonesonbui l
dingt ocrumbleandmet alworktobedi ssolved.

2.SMOG

Smogisawor dwhichi sapor tmanteauofs mokeandf og.

Classicsmogr esult
sfrom l
argeamount s
ofcoal
burninginanareacaus edbyami xtureofsmokeands ulf
urdioxide.
 Smogi sharmfulforseniorcit
izens,chil
dren,andpeoplewithhear tandlungconditi
onssuchas
emphys ema,bronchiti
s,andas thma.
 Itcaninfl
amebr eathi
ngpas sages ,decreasethel
ungs'workingcapaci t
y,andcaus eshor
tness
ofbreath,pai
nwheni nhali
ngdeepl y,wheezing,andcoughing.
 Itcancauseeyeandnos eir
ri
tationandi tdri
esouttheprotect
ivemembr anesofthenoseand
throatandint
erfereswiththebody' sabi l
i
tytofi
ghtinf
ecti
on, i
ncreasingsuscept
ibi
lit
ytoil
lnes
s.

3.OZONEDEPLETI
ON.

OzoneDepl eti
onisas low,steadydecli
neofabout4% perdecadei nt het otalvolumeofozonei n
Eart
h'sstrat
os phere(ozonelayer)sincethelat
e1 970’
s.CFCsandothercont ri
butorys ubst
ancesare
commonl yreferredtoasozone- depl
et i
ngsubst
ances(ODS).Ozone-
Depl eti
ngSubs t
ances( ODS)have
thefol
lowingef f
ects:
a.IncreaseUV
 Ozone,whi leami nori
tycons t
it
uentintheEarth'
satmosphere,isrespons i
blef ormostofthe
absorpti
onofUVBr adi
at i
on.
 adecr easeinat mosphericozoneisexpectedtogiveri
setos ignif
icantlyincreasedlevel
sof
UVBneart hesurf
ace.

b.Bi
ologi
cal
effect
s
 Themai npubli
cconcer
nregar
dingt
heozonehol
ehasbeent
heef
fect
sofi
ncr
eas
eds
urf
ace
UVandmi cr
owaveradi
ati
ononhumanheal
th.

c. Ef
fectsonHumans
 UV ( the hi
gherenergyUV r adiation absor
bed byozone)isgener
all
yaccept
ed to be a
contr
ibut
oryfact
ortos ki
ncancer.
 Increasedsurf
aceUVl eadstoincreasedtropospher
eozone,
whichi
sahealt
hri
sktohumans.

d.Ef
fectsonCrops
 Ani ncreas
eofUVr adi
ati
onwoul
dbeexpect edtoaff
ectcrops.Anumberofeconomi
cal
ly
i
mpor t
antspeci
esofplant
s,s
uchasr
ice,dependoncyanobacter
iar
esi
dingont
heirr
oot
sfor
t
her et
enti
onofnit
rogen.

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4.GLOBALWARMI
NG

Globalwarmingistheincr
eas ei
nt heaveragetemperatur
eofEar th'
snear -
sur
faceairand
oceanss i
ncethemid-20t
hcent uryandi t
sproj
ectedcont
inuati
on.Globals ur
facetemperatur
e
i
ncreased0.74±
0.1
8° C(1.
33±0.32°F)betweent hestartandtheendofthe20t hcentury.Physi
calImpactsofGl
obal
War ming:

a.Weather
 Incr
easi
ngt emperatur
eislikelytol
eadtoincr
easi
ngprecipi
tationbuttheeffect
sons
tor
ms
areles
sclear.
 Incr
easedar easwil
lbeaffectedbydrought
 Therewil
lbei ncr
easedincidencesofext
remehighsealevel(excl
udingtsunamis)

b.Gl
acierRetr
eatandDisappearance
I
nhi st
ori
ctimes
,glacier
sgr ew dur
ingacoolperiodfr
om about1
550to1 850knownasthe
Li
tt
leIceAge.Subsequentl
y,unti
labout1940,gl
aci
ersar
oundtheworl
dret
reatedasthecl
i
mate
warmed.

c. Oceans
Theoceanss er
veasas inkforcar bondioxide,
takingupmuchthatwouldotherwis
eremainin
theatmos phere,butincreas
edl evelsofCO2havel edtooceanaci
dif
icati
on;asthetemperat
ureof
theoceansi ncreases,t
heybecomel essabletoabs orbexces
sCO2.Globalwarminghasanumber
ofeffect
sont heoceanst hatincludesr i
si
ngs ealevel
sduet ot
hermalexpansionandmel t
ingof
glaci
ersandi cesheets.

5.GREENHOUSEEFFECT

Thegreenhouseef f
ectist
heheatingofthesur
faceofaplanetormoonduet othepresenceofan
atmospherecontaininggasesthatabsor
bandemi tinf
raredradi
ati
on.Greenhousegasesar egas
es
i
nanat mospheret hatabsorbandemi tradi
ati
onwi t
hinthethermalinfr
aredrange.Earth'
smos t
abundantgreenhous egases:
 wat ervapor
 carbondi oxi
de
 Met hane
 nitr
ousoxi de
 Ozone
 CFCs

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eenhous
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WAYSTOPREVENTAI
RPOLLUTI
ON

Fol
l
owi
ngar
ethegener
alt
ipsf
orpr
event
ingai
rpol
l
uti
on:

1
. CarPool:For
mingandimplementi
ngacarpoolwi l
lreducet
henumberofcar
s,t
hereby,pr
event
ing
airpol
lut
ionbycutti
ngdowntheus eoffos
silf
uels.Thi
sway,i
twil
lhel
pinthes us
tai
nableuseof
foss
ilf
uelandit
sconser
vat
ionfort
hefut
uregenerati
ons.

2. Vehicl
eCare:Timel
ys ervi
ci
ngofthecarhel
pstokeepi ti
nagoodconditionandals
omi ni
mizesf
uel
exhaust.
Drivi
ngthecaratanaveragespeedandt ur
ningoffi
ntr
aff
icisakeytosavefuel
.Makesure
touseunleadedpetr
ol andoptf
orregul
arpol
lut
ionchecki
ngofyourcar.

3. Publi
cTr anspor
t:Whenever possi
ble, t
ryt otr
avelbypubl
ictr
ansport
s.Thishel
psintwoways ;
preventsairpol
l
uti
onandincreas
espubl i
cincome.I
fyouaregoi
ngtoanear bypl
ace,gobywalki
ng
orusebi cycl
e,i
nst
eadofusingyourvehicle.Theobj
ect
ivei
stomini
mi zetheuseoffuel
s,asf
aras
possi
ble.

4.Alter
nati
veEnergySource:Anothereff
ecti
vewaytopreventai
rpoll
uti
onistousealt
ernati
veenergy
sourcessuch assolarenergy,hydroelect
ri
cenergy and wi
nd energy.Nowadays,sophis
ticat
ed
technol
ogiessuchaswi ndturbine,s
olarwaterheat
ersareint
roducedtogenerateelect
ri
cit
yand
otherener
gyformsforthehouseholduse.

Fi
g.47Al
ter
nat
iveEner
gy

7.
2
AI
RPOLLUTANTSFROM COMBUSTI
ON

1
.SULFUROXI
DES(
SOx)

SulfurOxi
des(SOx)–es peci
all
ys ul
phurdioxi
de,achemi calcompoundwi t
ht hefor
mulaSO2.SO2i s
producedbyvol canoesandi nvar i
ousindustri
alprocesses
.Sincecoalandpet rol
eum oft
encont ain
sulphurcompounds ,thei
rcombusti
ongenerat essul
furdioxi
de.Furtheroxidat
ionofSO2,usuall
yint he
pres enceofacatalystsuchasNO2,formsH2SO4,andt husaci
drain.Thisisoneofthecausesforconcern
overt heenvir
onment alimpactoft
heus eofthesefuel
saspowers our ces
.

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2.NI
TROGENOXI
DES(
NOx)

Nit
rogenoxides(
NOx)-especi
all
ynitr
ogendioxi
dear eemit
tedf r
om hightemper at
urecombusti
on.
Canbes eenasthebrownhazedomeaboveorpl umedownwi ndofciti
es.Nit
rogendioxi
deisthe
chemi calcompoundwit
htheformulaNO2.Iti
soneoft heseveralni
trogenoxides
.Thisreddi
sh-
brown
toxicgashasacharact
eri
sti
cshar
p,bit
ingodor
.NO2isoneofthemos tprominentairpol
lut
ants
.

3.CARBONMONOXI
DE(
CO)

Car
bonmonoxi
de-isacolourl
ess
,odorl
ess
,non-ir
ri
tat
ingbutverypoisonousgas.I
tisaproductby
i
ncomplet
ecombust
ionoff
uelsuchasnatur
algas,coalorwood.Vehicul
arexhausti
samaj orsour
ceof
car
bonmonoxi
de.

4.CARBONDI
OXI
DE(
CO2)

Carbondioxi
de( CO2)
-a colour
les
s,odor
les
s,non-
toxi
cgreenhousegasassoci
atedwit
hocean
aci
dif
icati
on,
emittedfr
om sour
cessuchascombust
ion,
cementproduct
ion,
andr
es pi
rat
ion

CULATEMATTER(
5.PARTI PM)

Part
iculates,alter
nat i
velyreferr
edt oaspar t
iculatemat t
er( PM)orf i
nepar ti
cles,areti
nypar ticlesof
sol
idorl iquids uspendedi nagas .I
ncont r
as t
,aer osolref
erstopar ticl
esandt hegast ogether .Sour cesof
particul
at emat tercanbemanmadeornat ural.Somepar ticulatesoccurnat urall
y,originatingf r
om
volcanoes ,dus ts t
orms ,f
or es
tandgr assl
andf i
res,livi
ngveget at i
on,ands eas pray.Humanact ivit
ies
,
such ast he bur ning offos s
ilfuelsin vehicles,powerpl ant sand var i
ousi ndus t
ri
alpr oces sesal so
gener at
es ignifi
cantamount sofaer os ol
s.Aver aged overt hegl obe,ant hropogenicaer osol
s —t hose
madebyhumanact i
vit
ies—cur r
entlyaccountf orabout1 0percentoft hetotalamountofaer osolsi nour
atmos pher e.Increasedl evelsoff i
nepar ticl
esi nt heai rarel inkedt oheal t
hhazar dss uchashear t
disease,alteredl ungfunctionandl ungcancer .

Fi
g.48Ai
rpol
l
utant
sfr
om combus
tion

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7.
3
AI
RPOLLUTANTSFROM OTHERSOURCES

1
.VOLATI
LEORGANI
CCOMPOUNDS(
VOCs
)
Volati
leorganiccompounds( VOCs )-ar
eani mpor t
antoutdoorairpollutant.I
nt hisf
iel
dtheyar e
oftendi vi
dedi nt
ot heseparat
ecat egori
esofmet hane(CH4)andnon- methane( NMVOCs )
.Methane
i
sanext remelyef f
ici
entgreenhous egaswhi chcont r
ibutestoenhancedgl obalwar ming.Ot her
hydr ocarbonVOCsar ealsos i
gnifi
cant greenhous egas esviatheirroleincr eati
ngozoneandi n
prolongingt heli
feofmet haneint heatmos phere,alt
hought heeffectvariesdependi ngonlocalair
qual i
ty.Wi t
hintheNMVOCs ,thear omati
ccompoundsbenzene,t olueneandxyl enear esuspected
carcinogensand may l ead tol eukemiat hrough prolonged exposure.1 ,
3-butadiene i
sanot her
danger ouscompoundwhi chisoftenassoci
at edwithindustr
ialus
es.

2.PERSI
STENTFREERADI
CALS
Per
sist
entfr
eer adical
sconnect edtoairbor
nefinepar ti
cl
es.Theyalsooccurinbodychemist
ry,in
pr
ocessessuchast hedestructi
onofi nvadi
ngorgani s
msbywhi tebloodcells
.Freeradi
cal
smi ght
pl
aya r ol
ein variousmal adies,such asar t
hri
ti
s ,cardi
opulmonar
ydi sease,heartdis
ease,and
Al
zhei
mer '
sdisease.When nat uralenzymecont rolsfail
,fr
eer adi
calsint hebodyat t
acklipi
ds,
pr
otei
ns,andnucleicacids.

3.TOXI
CMETALS
Toxi
cmet alsuchasl ead,cadmi um andcoppereventhesesubstancesmaybepr esentinvery
l
ow concentrati
onsinwat erbutaccumulat
etohigherconcentr
ati
onswi thi
nalgaeandbui l
dupt o
evenhigherlevel
sinfish.Bir
dsorpeoplethatf
eedont hes
efisharethenexposedtoveryhighlevel
s
ofhazardoussubstances.

4.CHLOROFLUOROCARBONS(
CFCs
).
Chlorofl
uor ocarbonshar mf ult
otheozonel ayeremi ttedfrom productscur
rentl
ybannedf r
om use.
Manufact urersus edCFCsasr efri
gerantsi
nr ef
r i
gerators,fr
eezers,ai
rconditi
oners,andheatpumps ,
and aspr opellantsin aeros olsand medi calinhalers.CFCsal s oserved asins ul
ati
ng f
oamsi n
packagingmat erial
s,furni
ture,bedding,andcars eats.Cleaningagentsforelect
ronicci
rcui
tboards,
metalpar ts,anddr ycleani
ngpr oces
s esal
sous edCFCs .

5.AMMONI
A(NH3)
Ammoni a( NH3)-emit
tedf r
om agricult
uralprocesses
.Ammoni aisacompoundwi t
ht hefor
mul a
NH3.Itisnormallyencounteredasagaswi thachar acter
ist
icpungentodor .Ammoni acontri
butes
si
gnif
icantl
yt othenutri
ti
onalneedsoft er
restri
alorgani
smsbys ervi
ngasapr ecur
sortofoodstuf
fs
andferti
li
zers.Ammonia,eit
herdirect
lyorindirectl
y,i
salsoabuildingblockf
orthes ynt
hesisofmany
pharmaceuticals
.Alt
houghinwi deuse, ammoni aisbothcausti
candhazar dous.

6.ODORS-
Odor
ssuchasf
rom gar
bage,
sewage,
andi
ndus
tri
alpr
oces
ses

7.RADI
OACTI
VEPOLLUTANTS
Radioacti
vepoll
utant
sar edir
ectlyli
nkedt oNuclearenergythatworksbyi nducingenergyto
comeoutofs pl
i
tatoms.I
t’
smos tpopularuseinthepas thasbeeninwarswher eitdestr
oyedenti
re
ci
ti
esi nonego;however,todayitiswidelyusedasanener gysourcetofuelel
ectri
ci
ty.Radi
oacti
ve
pol
lutants-pr
oducedbynuclearexplosi
ons,warexpl
osives,
andnatural
processes

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7.
4
MARPOLANNEXVI
DEVELOPMENTS

MARPOLAnnexVIwasr ati
fi
edi n2004,andent eredint
of or
ceon1 9May2005.Asexpr essedi n
MARPOL Annex VI ,t he I
nternati
onalMar it
ime Or gani
zati
on (IMO) devel ops and promul gates
i
nt ernationalregul
ationonairemis s
ionsf
rom ship.
Exi s
t i
ngandpr oposedregulatorymeasurest oreduceairemissi
onsf rom s
hippingacti
vit
iestendt o
focusont heuseofheavyf ueloilforshi
ps( ‘
bunker s
’),whichhavef ormedt hebas i
sofmar i
nef uel
suppl i
esf ormanydecades .Thes ustai
nedreductioninemi ss
ionsfr
om landbas edsourceshasfocused
attentionont herel
ativecontr
ibuti
onf r
om shi
ppingwhennearcoas talareasandi nport
s.

7.
5

SURVEY,
CERTI
FICATI
ONANDMEANSOFCONTROL

Regul
ati
on1
APPLI
CATI
ON

Theprovi
si
onsofthi
sAnnexshal
lapplytoalls
hips,except
where expr
essl
y pr
ovi
ded ot
her
wisein ot
herregulat
ionsthis
Annex.

Fi
g.49Ai
remi
ssi
onf
rom s
hips

Regul
ati
on3
GENERALEXCEPTI
ONS

Regul
ationsoft hisAnnexs hal
lnotapplyto:
1. anyemis s
ionneces s aryforthepurposeofs ecuri
ngthes afet
yofas hiporsavi
ngl i
feats ea;or
2. anyemis s
ionres ult
ingf r
om damaget oas hi
pori t
sequipment :
 providedt hatal lreasonabl
epr ecaut
ionshavebeent akenaftert
heoccurrenceoft hedamageor
di
scoveryoft heemi ssi
onforthepurpos eofprevent
ingormi nimizi
ngtheemi ssi
on; and
 excepti ft
heownerort hemasteractedeitherwithi
nt enttocausedamage, orrecklessl
yand
wi
thknowl edget hatdamagewoul dpr obablyres
ult
.

Regul
ati
on4
EQUI
VALENTS
TheAdmi nistr
ationmayal low anyf i
tt
ing,material,appli
anceorappar atustobef i
tt
edi nas hi
por
otherprocedures,al
ternati
vefueloils
,orcompliancemet hodsus edasanalternat
ivetothatrequi
redby
thi
sAnnexi fsuchf i
tti
ng,material
,appli
anceorappar atusisatleastasef
fecti
veast hatr
equiredbyt hi
s
Annexincludinganyoft hest
andar dssetfort
hinr egulations13&1 4(NOxemi ssi
ons t
andards&f ueloi
l
sulf
urcontentstandards).

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Regul
ati
on5
SURVEYS

Everys hipof400gr osst onnageandaboveandever yfi

xedandf loati
ngdr il
li
ngr igandot her
pl
atformss hallbes ubjecttot hes urveyss pecifi
edbel ow t oensuret hatt heequi pment ,systems,fi
tti
ngs,
ar
rangement sandmat erialful
lycompl ywitht heappl icablerequir
ement soft hisAnnex;
a.An i niti
als urvey bef oret hes hipi sputi ntos er
viceorbef oret hecer t
if
icater equir
ed under
regulati
on6oft hisAnnexi sissuedfort hef i
rsttime.
b.Ani ntermediates urveywi t
hint hr
eemont hsbef oreorafterthes econdanni versarydateorwi thin
threemont hsbef oreoraf tert hethir
danni ver sarydateoft hecer ti
fi
catewhi chs halltaket he
placeofoneoft heannual surveysofthi sregulat i
on.
c. Anannual surveywi t
hint hreemont hsbef or eoraf tereachanni vers arydateoft hecer t
if
icate.
d.Anaddi t
ionalsurveyei thergener alorpar tial,
accor dingtotheci rcums t
ances ,
shallbemadeaf ter
ar epairresulti
ngf rom inves t
igati
ons ,orwheneveranyi mpor tantr epairsorrenewal saremade.

Regul
ati
on6
I
SSUEORENDORSEMENTOFCERTI
FI
CATE

I
NTERNATI
ONALAI
RPOLLUTI
ONPREVENTI
ON(
IAPP)CERTI
FICATE

AnI nternati
onalAirPoll
uti
onPr eventi
on(IAPP)Certi
fi
cates hallbeiss
ued,af terani ni
tialorrenewal
surveyinaccor dancewiththeprovisi
onsofregulati
on5oft hisAnnex, t
o:
a.anys hi
pof400gr osstonnageandaboveengagedi nvoyagest opor t
sorof fs
horet erminal
s
underthejuri
sdi
cti
onofot herParti
es;and
b.pl at f
ormsanddr i
ll
ingri
gsengagedi nvoyagest owat ersunderthes over
eignt yorjurisdi
cti
onof
otherParti
estotheProtocolof1997.
Such cer ti
fi
cateshallbe issued orendor s
ed eit
herbyt he Adminis
trati
on orbyanyper s
on or
organizationdulyauthori
zedbyi t
.Ineverycas e,t
heAdmi nistrat
ionas s
umesf ullres
pons ibil
i
tyforthe
certi
fi
cate.

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I
NTERNATI
ONALAI
RPOLLUTI
ONPREVENTI
ONCERTI
FICATE
I
ssuedundert hepr ovi
si
onsoft hePr ot
ocolof1997asamended,t oamendt heInternati
onalConventi
onf orthe
Prevent
ionofPol
lut
ionfrom Shi
ps,1973,asmodif
iedbytheProt
ocolof1978rel
atedthereto(herei
naf
terr
eferr
edt oas
"t
heConvention"
)undertheauthori
tyoftheGover
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SISTOCERTI FY:
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hregulation5ofAnnexVIoft
heConventi
on;and
2. Thatthes ur
veys howsthattheequipment ,syst
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tt
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Endor
sementf
orannual
andi
nter
medi
ates
urveys

THISISTOCERTIFYthatatas urveyr equiredbyr egulati

on5ofAnnexVI
oft
heConvent
iont
hes
hipwasf
oundt
ocompl
ywi
tht
he
rel
evantpr
ovis
ionsoftheConvent ion:
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SISTOCERTIFYthat,
atanannual /i
ntermediate*surveyinaccordanc
ewi
thr
egul
ati
on9(
8)(
c)ofAnnexVI
oft
heConvent
ion,
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pwasfoundtocomplywi t
ht herelevantprovisi
onsoft heConventi
on:
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Endor
sementt
oext
endt
hecer
ti
fi
cat
eifval
i
dforl
esst
han5year
swher
eregul
ati
on9(
3)appl
i
es

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pcompli
eswit
htherel
evantpr
ovisi
onsoftheConvent i
on, andthiscert
if
icat
es hal
l,i
naccordancewi
thr
egul
ati
on9(
3)ofAnnex
VIoft
heConventi
on,
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edasvaliduntil
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APPCer
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cat
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REGULATI
ONSONENERGYEFFI
CIENCYFORSHI
PS

Newr egulati
onsaimedati mprovingtheenergyef
ficiencyofinternat
ional
shi
pping&t or
educe
emission
onGr eenhouseGas esent er
edintoforceon1J anuar
y201 3.Anew chapt er4Regulati
ons19t
o23was
addedonener gyeffi
ciencyfors
hipstoMARPOLAnnexVI ,foral
lships400grosstonnageandabove,t
o
makemandat orythe:
1. EnergyEffi
ciencyDes i
gnIndex(EEDI
),f
ornews hips,and
2. ShipEnergyEf f
ici
encyManagementPl an(SEEMP)f oralls
hips.

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1
.ENERGYEFFI
CIENCYDESI
GNI
NDEX(
EEDI
)

TheEEDIf ornew s hipsi sthemos ti mpor tantt echni calmeas ureandai msatpr omot ingt heus eof
mor eener gyef fici
ent( l
esspol l
ut i
ng)equi pmentandengi nes .TheEEDIr equi resami ni mum ener gy
effi
ciencyl evelpercapaci tymi le( e.g.t onnemi le)f ordi ffer ents hipt ypeands izes egment s.Si nce1
Januar y201 3,f ollowi ngani niti
al twoyearphas ezer o,news hipdes i
gnneedst omeett her efer encel evel
forthei rshi ptype. Thel evel ist obet ight enedi ncr ement al l
yever yfiveyear s,ands ot heEEDI isexpect ed
tos ti
mul at econt inuedi nnovat ionandt echni caldevel opmentofal lthecomponent sinf l
uenci ngt hef uel
effi
ciencyofas hipf rom i tsdes i
gnphas e.TheEEDIi sanon- pr escripti
ve, per formance- bas edmechani sm
thatl eavest hechoi ceoft echnol ogiest ous ei nas pecif i
cs hipdes ignt ot hei ndus try.Asl ongast he
requiredener gyef ficiencyl eveli sat tained,s hipdes igner sandbui ldersar ef reet ous et hemos tcos t
-
effi
cients oluti
onsf ort hes hipt ocompl ywi tht her egulat ions .TheEEDIpr ovi desas peci f
icf igur ef oran
i
ndi viduals hi
pdes ign,expr es sedi ngr amsofcar bondi oxi de( CO2)pers hi p’scapaci ty- mile( thes mal l
er
theEEDIt hemor eener gyef ficients hi pdes i
gn)andi scal culat edbyaf ormul abas edont het echni cal
des i
gnpar amet ersf oragi vens hip.
TheCO2r educt ionl evel( gramsofCO2pert onnemi le)f ort hef irstphas ei ss ett o1 0% andwi l
lbe
ti
ght ened ever yf i
ve year st o keep pace wi tht echnol ogi caldevel opment sofnew ef ficiency and
reduct ionmeas ures .Reduct ionr ateshavebeenes tabli
s hedunt i
ltheper iod2025andonwar dswhena
30% r educt i
oni smandat edf orappl icabl es hipt ypescal cul atedf rom ar eferencel iner epr es entingt he
aver ageef fi
ciencyf ors hipsbui l
tbet ween2000and201 0. TheEEDI i
sdevel opedf ort hel arges tandmos t
ener gyi nt ensives egment soft hewor ldmer chantf l
eetandwi l
lembr aceemi ssionsf rom new s hips
cover ingt hef ol lowi ngs hipt ypes :oilt anker s,bul kcar ri
er s,gascar riers,gener alcar gos hi ps ,cont ainer
ships,r efri
ger at edcar gocar ri
er sandcombi nat ioncar r
ier s.In201 4,MEPCadopt edamendment st ot he
EEDIr egulat i
onst oext endt hes copeofEEDIt o:LNGcar ri
er s,ro-rocar gos hips( vehi clecar riers),ro-ro
cargos hips ;r
o- ropas s
engers hipsandcr uisepas s engers hi pshavi ngnon- convent ional propul s i
on. Thes e
amendment smean t hats hipt ypesr es pons iblef orappr oximat ely85% oft heCO2emi s si
onsf rom
i
nter nat i
onal shippi ngar eincor por atedundert hei nternat ional regulat oryr egime.

2.SHI
PENERGYEFFI
CIENCYMANAGEMENTPLAN(
SEEMP)

TheShi pEner gyEf ficiencyManagementPl an(SEEMP)i sanoper ati

onalmeas urethatestabl
ishesa
mechani smt oimpr ovet heener gyef fici
encyofas hipi nacos t-effecti
vemanner .Thispl
anmayf orm
partofthes hip’sSaf etyManagementSys t
em (SMS).TheSEEMPal sopr ovidesanappr oachforshipping
compani estomanages hipandf leetef f
iciencyperformanceovert imeus ing,forexampl e,theEner gy
Effi
ci
encyOper ationalI ndicator( EEOI )asamoni tor
ingt ool.Thegui danceont hedevel opmentoft he
SEEMPf ornew andexi stingshi psi ncorporatesbestpr acticesforf ueleff i
ci
ents hipoper ati
on,aswel las
guidel
inesforvol untaryus eoft heEEOIf ornew andexi stingships( MEPC. 1/Ci
rc.
684) .TheEEOIenabl es
operatorstomeas uret hef uelef fi
ciencyofas hipi
noper ationandt ogauget heef f
ectofanychangesi n
operati
on,e. g.i mproved voyage pl anning ormor ef requentpr opellercl eaning,ori ntr
oduction of
techni
calmeas uress uchaswas teheatr ecover ysystemsoranew pr opeller.TheSEEMPur gesthes hip
ownerandoper atorateachs tageoft hepl antocons idernew t echnol ogiesandpr act
iceswhens eeking
toopti
mi setheper f
ormanceofas hip.

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SURVEYANDCERTI
FICATI
ON

I
NTERNATI
ONALENERGYEFFI
CIENCYCERTI
FI
CATE(
IEE)

Aft
erpas si
ngt hesurveyconduct edbyt heAdmi ni
str
ati
onasr equi
redbychapter4Regulat
ions1
9to
23an InternationalEnergyEf fi
ci
encyCer tif
icate( I
EE)wi l
lbei ss
ued tothes hi
p and s
hallbevali
d
thr
oughoutt helifeoft
hes hipsubjecttothepr ovis
ionofthisAnnexsuchas:i
ftheshipiswi
thdr
awnfrom
ser
viceorfoll
owi ngamaj orconversionofthes hip.
Thi
scertifi
cateisal
sos ubjectf
ort hePortstateControlonoperati
onalr
equir
ement s
.

Fi
g.50aEner
gyEf
fi
ci
encyDes
ignI
ndex

Regul
ati
on9
DURATI
ONANDVALI
DITYOFCERTI
FI
CATE

AnInt
ernati
onalAirPol l
uti
onPr eventi
on(I
APP)Certi
ficat
es hal
lbeissuedforaper i
ods pecif
iedbythe
Admini
str
at i
on,
whichs hallnotexceedf i
veyears.
I
fas hip,atthetimewhenacer ti
fi
cat
eexpires,i
snoti npor tinwhi chitistobes urveyed,the
Admini
str
at i
onmayext endt heper i
odofvalidi
tyofthecer ti
fi
cate,butthisext
ensions hallbegr ant
ed
onl
yforthepurposeofal lowingthes hiptocompleteit
svoyaget ot heportinwhichitistobes ur
veyed,
andthenonlyincaseswher eitappearsproperandreasonabletodos o.

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ati
on1
0
PORTSTATECONTROLONOPERATI
ONALREQUI
REMENTS

As hi
p,wheninapor toranoffshor
eterminalundert
hejuri
sdi
cti
onofanotherPar
tytotheProt
ocol
of1 997,i
ss ubj
ectt
oi nspect
ion byoffi
cer
sdul yauthori
zed bysuch Par
tyconcer ng oper
ni ati
onal
requir
ementsundert
hisAnnex,

Wherether
ear ecl
eargr
oundsforbeli
evi
ngt hemas
hatt t
erorcr
ewar enotfami
l
iar
wit
hessenti
alshi
pboar
dproceduresrel
ati
ngtot
hepr
event
ionofai
rpoll
uti
onfr
om
shi
ps.
ThePar
tyshal
ltakes
uchstepsaswil
lens
uret
hattheshipshal
lnots
ail
unt
ilt
hes
ituat
ionhasbeen
br
oughttoorderi
naccor
dancewithther
equir
ement
softhisAnnex.

Regul
ati
on1
1
DETECTI
ONOFVI
OLATI
ONSANDENFORCEMENT

Parti
estot hi
sAnnexs hal
lco-operat
ei nthedetecti
onofvi ol
ationsandt heenfor
cementofthe
pr
ovisionsofthi
sAnnex,us
ingallappropr
iateandpr
acticablemeasuresofdetecti
onandenvi
ronmental
monitori
ng,adequat
eproceduresforr
eporti
ngandaccumul ati
onofevidence.

7.
6

REQUI
REMENTSFORCONTROLOFEMI
SSI
ONSFROM SHI
PS

AnnexVI
hasr
equi
rement
stot
hef
oll
owi
ngmai
nis
sues
:

1.Regul
ati
on1
2-Emissionsfrom Ozonedepl etings ubstancesf r
om
refr
igerati
ngpl antsandfirefi
ghtingequi pment
2.Regul
ati
on1
3-Nitr
ogenOxi de(NOx)emi ssionsfrom di esel
engi nes
3.Regul
ati
on1
4-SulphurOxi de(SOx)emi s
sionsf r
om s hips
4.Regul
ati
on1
5-Volatil
eOr ganiccompoundsemi s si
onsf rom cargo
oilt
anksofoi ltankers
5.Regul
ati
on1
6-Emissionsfrom shipboardincinerators
6.Regul
ati
on1
7–Recept i
onFaci l
iti
es
7.Regul
ati
on1
8-FuelOi lquali
ty

Regul
ati
on1
2
OZONE-
DEPLETI
NGSUBSTANCES

Thi
sr egulat
iondoesnotappl yt oper manentlysealedequi pmentwher e
there ar e no refri
gerantchar ging connect i
ons orpot enti
all
yr emovabl e
component scontainingozonedepl eti
ngs ubstances.
Subjecttot hepr ovisi
onsofr egulation3.1,anydel iberateemi ssi
onsof
ozone- deplet
ings ubstancess hallbepr ohibi
ted.Deli
berat eemi ssi
onsincl
ude
emi ssi
onsoccur ring int he cour se ofmai ntaini
ng,s ervici
ng,r epair
ing or
disposingofs ystemsorequi pment ,exceptthatdeliberateemi ssi
onsdonot
i
ncludemi nimalr el
eas esas sociatedwi thther ecaptureorr ecycli
ngofan
ozone-depl eti
ng s ubstance.Emi ssi
ons arisi
ng from l eaks ofan ozone-
depl et
ing
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eti
ng

substance,
whet
herornott
hel
eaksar
edel
i
ber
ate,
mayber
egul
atedby s
ubs
tances
Part
ies.

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1
.Install
ati
onswhi chcont ai
nozone-depleti
ngsubst
ances,ot
herthanhydr ochlorof
luorocarbons,
ar
epr ohi
bited:
 Onal lshipsconst
ructedonorafter19May2005,
 Int hecas eofshipsconstr
uct
edbef ore19May2005,whichhaveacont ract
ualdel i
verydateof
theequipmentt othes hi
ponoraf ter19May2005,or,i
ntheabs enceofacont ractualdel
iver
y
date,t
heact ual
deliver
yoftheequipmenttotheshi
ponorafter1
9May2005.
2. I
nst
all
ationscont
aininghydr
ochlor
ofl
uorocarbons(
HCFCs
)ar
epr
ohi
bit
ed:
 ons hipscons
tructedonoraf
ter1January.
2020.
3. Thesubstancesandequi
pmentcont
aini
ngs
ubs
tances
,shal
lbedel
i
ver
edt
oappr
opr
iat
erecept
ion
faci
l
iti
es

OZONE-
DEPLETI
NGSUBSTANCESRECORDBOOK

Eachshi
pthathasrechar geabl
esystemsthatcontai
nozone-deplet
ingsubs
tancess
hallmaint
ainan
ozonedepl
eti
ngs ubst
ancesr ecordbook.Thisrecor
dbookmayf orm par
tofanexisti
nglogbookor
el
ectr
oni
crecor
dingsystem asapprovedbytheAdmi ni
str
ati
on.

Regul
ati
on1
3
NI
TROGENOXI
DES(
NOx)

1
. Thi
sregul
ati
onshall
applyto:
a.eachdi es
elenginewihapowerout
t putofmoret
han130kW whi
chi
sinst
alledonashi
p
const
ruct
edonoraf t
er1Januar
y2000;and
b.eachdi eselenginewithapowerout putofmoret
han1 30kW which under
goesa
majorconversi
ononorafter1J
anuar
y2000.

2. Thi
sregul
ationdoesnotapplyto:
a.emer gencydi es
elengi
nes,engi nesins
tall
edi nli
feboatsandanydevi ceorequi
pment
int
endedt obeus edsol
elyincas eofemergency;and
b.engi nesinstal
ledonshi
pss olel
yengagedi nvoyageswi t
hinwaterssubj
ecttothesoverei
gnty
orjurisdi
cti
onoft heStatet heflagofwhi chthes hi
pisent i
tl
edt ofl
y,provi
dedthats uch
enginesares ubj
ectt
oanal ternati
veNOxcont r
olmeas urees
tabli
shedbytheAdministr
ati
on.

MAJORCONVERSI
ON

Forthepur poseoft hi
sr egulati
on,maj orconvers
ionmeansa
modif
icationofanengi newher e:
a.t heengi nei sreplacedbya mar ineoranaddi t
ionalmarine
diesel
enginei sinstalled,or
b.anys ubstantialmodi fi
cati
on,asdef inedintheNOxTechni cal
Code2008, ismadet ot heengine,or
c. themaxi mum cont inuousr ati
ngoft heengi
nei sincr
easedby
mor ethan1 0%compar edt othemaxi mum conti
nuousr at
ingpf
theorigi
nalcer t
ifi
cat eoftheengi ne.

Fi
g.52NOxTechni
cal
Code,
2008

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ON1
3CONTAI
NSFURTHERA3-
TIERAPPROACH

TI
ERI
Subj
ecttother egulati
on3oft hisannex,t
heoper ati
onofamar i
nedieselenginethatisinst
all
ed
onas hi
psconstruct edonoraf ter1J anuary2000andpr ior1January2011i
spr ohi
bit
ed, exceptwhen
theemissi
onofni trogenoxi de( calculat
edasthet ot
alwei ght
edemi ss
ionofallowableNOx)f rom t
he
engineiswithi
nt hef oll
owi ngl i
mi ts,wheren=r atedengines peed(cranks haftrevoluti
onsper
minute)
:
 17.0g/kWhwhenni sl es
st han1 30rpm
 45.0×n(-0,2)g/ kWhwhenni s1 30ormor ebutlessthan2000rpm
 9.8g/kWhwhenni s2000r pm ormor e

TI
ERI
I
Subjecttother egulat
ion3oft hisannex,theoperationofamar inedies
elenginethati
sinst
all
ed
onas hipsconstr uct edonoraf ter1J anuary2011isprohibit
ed,exceptwhent heemissi
onofnitr
ogen
oxi
de( calcul
atedast hetotalwei ghtedemi ss
ionofal l
owabl eNOx)f rom theengineiswit
hinthe
fol
l
owingl imi
ts,wher en=r atedengines peed(crankshaftrevol
utionsperminute)
:
 1 4.4g/kWhwhenni sl
essthan1 30rpm
 44. 0×n(-0,23)g/kWhwhenni s130ormor ebutlesst han2000r pm
 7. 7g/kWhwhenni s2000r pm ormor e

TI
ERI
I
I
Subjectt
ot her egul
ati
on3oft hisannex,t heoperat
ionofamar i
nedieselenginet hati
sins
tal
l
ed
onashipcons tructedonorafter1J anuary201 6.Thi
sappli
estotheEmissi
onCont rolAreatheNorth
Amer
icanareaandanyot herseaar ea,i
ncludingportar
eades i
gnat
edbyt heOr ganizati
on:
 3, 4g/
kWhwhenni sles
sthan1 30rpm
 9, 0×n(-0,2)g/
kWhwhenni s130ormor ebut l essthan2000rpm
 2, 0g/
kWhwhenni s2000r pm ormor e

Fi
g.53Regul
ati
on1
3;3-
ti
erappr
oach

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