Marine Pollution

Annex VI Regulations for the Prevention

of Air Pollution by Ships

Trika Pitana
 Outline

• Document
• General Exception
• Requirement for control of emissions
from ships
– Ozone depleting substances
– Nox
– SOx
– Shipboard incinerator
 Document

• International Air Pollution Prevention

Certificate
• Validity = shall not exceed 5 years
Certificate shall be not valid due to
(Reg. 9.4)
• If the inspection and survey not carried
out within the periods specified under
regulation 5 of this annex
• If signifiant alteration has taken place to
the equipment
• Up on transfer of the ship to the flag of
another state
 Ozone Depleting substance

1. Subject to the provision of reg.3, any

deliberate emission of ozone depleting
substance shall be prohibitted
2. New instalation contain ozone
depleting substance shall be
prohibitted to all ship, except that new
instalation containing HCFCs
(hydrochlorofluorocarbons)
 NOx

This regulation shall apply to:

(i) Each diesel engine with power output more
than 130 kw which is installed on a ship
constructed on or after 1 january 2000
(ii) Each diesel engine with power output more
than 130 kw which undergoes major
conversion on or after 1 january 2000
 NOx
This regulation shall not apply to:
(i) Emergency diesel engine, engine installed
in lifeboats and any device or equipment
itended to be used solely in case of
emergency
(ii) Engine installed on ship solely engage in
voyages within water subject to sovereignty
or jurisdiction of the state the flag of which
the ship entitled to fly, provided that such
engines are subject to an aternative NOx
control measure established by the admin
 Limitation

(i) 17 g/kW h, n < 130 rpm

(ii) 45 x n-0.2 g/kW, 130 = n < 2000 rpm
(iii) 9.8 g/kW, n >= 2000 rpm
N = crankshaf revolution (rated engine
speed)
 SOx

General Requirement:
The sulphur content of any fuel oil used
on board ship shall not exceed 4,5 %
m/m
 SOx

Requirement within SOx emission control

areas:
…. SOx emision control area shall
include:
(a) The baltic sea area as defined in reg.
10(1)(b) of annex I
(b) Any other sea area, including port area
designated by IMO
SOx within emision control area

• The sulphur content of fuel oil used on board

control area does not exceed 1,5% m/m
• An exhaust gas cleaning, ……,applied to
reduce the total emission of Sulphur oxides
from ship, including both auxiliary and main
propulsion engine, to 6 g SOx/kW or less
calculated as the total weight of SOx emision
 Shipboard incineration
1. Each ship incinerator installed on or after 1 January
2000 shall be tested accordance appendix IV to this
annex
2. Shipboard incineration of the following substances
shall be prohibitted:
1. Annex I, II and III cargo residues of the present convetion
and related contaminated packing material
2. Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB)
3. Garbage as defined in Annex V containing more than
traces of heavy metal
4. Refine petroleum products containng halogen compounds.
 Conclusion
• You already know any subtance which is limitted
in Annex VI (NOx, SOx)
• Reequirement to control air pollution
 References:

• MARPOL 73/78 consolidated edition

2002
• WMU lecture note of enviromental
standart, Prof. Johnsson,2005