MARPOL Flashcards
Annexes of MARPOL
- Oil.
- Noxious liquid substances carried in bulk.
- Harmful substances carried in packaged form.
- Sewage from ships.
- Garbage from ships.
- Air pollution from ships.
How do we comply with Annex 1
- IOPPC
- SOPEP Plan >400GT
- Oil Record Book
- Ballasting or cleaning of oil fuel tanks
- Discharge of dirty ballast water from oil fuel tanks
- Collection, transfer or dispoal of oil residues
- Non-automatic starting of discharges overboard, transfer or disposal which has accumulated in machinery spaces
- Automatic starting of discharges overbord, transger or disposal which has accumulated in machinery spaces
- Condition of oil filtering equipment
- Accidental or other exceptional discharges of oil
- Bunkering of fuel or bulk lubricating oil
- Additional remarks
Requirements for discharging oil overboard
- Ship must be enroute
- Processed through an approved oil filtering system
- Content of the effluent does not exceed 15 parts per million
In special areas:
- Ship must be enroute
- Processed through an approved oil filtering system which has arrangements for an automatic stop if the effluent exceeds 15 parts per million
- Discharge in Antarctic is strictly prohibited
Bunkering checklist
- Risk assessment carried out
- Procedures in the SMS are followed
- Local and international regualtions are complied with
- Scupper plugs are fitted
- Bunkering hoses in good condition, correctly connected and drip trays in place
- Valves correctly set
- Communication procedures agreed upon
- Maximum pumping rate agreed
- Responsible person from both parties identified
- Correct signage displayed (no smoking), Bravo flag up
- Vessel securely moored
- SOPEP equipment on standby
- Frequent soundings taken throughout the operation
- Oil Record Book, Official Logbook and Deck logbook completed immediately after bunkering
Contents of the SOPEP plan
General information about ship
- General arrangement
- Location and size of tanks
- Drawings of pipelines
- Location of valves
- Inventory and location of SOPEP equipment
Reporting requirements:
- When to report: all probable and actual spills
- How to report: By quickest means to coast radio station, ship reporting scheme, RCC etc
- Who to report: nearest coastal state, owner, P&I Insurer, MAIB, Flag, Class, DPA
- What to report: initial report, follow ups, type of spill, weather, slick movement etc
Actions to control discharge:
- Action plan for SOPEP team including a list of duties for each member
- Navigation measures: course/speed, list/trim, anchoring, setting aground, weather/swell/tide forecasting
- Seamanship measures: risk assessment, damage stability, ship to ship transfers, fire fighting etc
- Record keeping
Special areas for oil
- Mediterranean Sea
- Baltic Sea
- Black Sea
- Red Sea
- Gulfs Area
- Gulf of Aden
- Antarctic Area
- North West European Waters
- Oman Area of the Arabian Sea
- Southern South African Waters
Special areas for sewage
Baltic Sea
Special areas for garbage
- Mediterranean Sea
- Baltic Sea
- Black Sea
- Red Sea
- Gulfs Area
- North Sea
- Antarctic Area
- Caribbean
Special areas for emissions (Emission Control Areas)
- Baltic Sea (SOx & NOx)
- North Sea (SOx & NOx)
- North American ECA (SOx and PM, NOx)
- United States Caribbean Sea ECA (SOx and PM, NOx)
When can you discharge sewage into the sea?
- Must be comminuted and disinfected using a system approved by the administration
- At a distance >3nm from land
- If not comminuted and disinfected, >12nm from land
- Holding tanks discharged at a moderate at a speed >4 knots
- Shall not produce visible floating solids or discolouration
Compliance with Annex V - Garbage
- All ships irrespective of size
- Placards for ships >12m in size
- Gabage management plan and record book >100GT or carry 15 or more persons
What is contained in the garbage management plan
- Procedures for collecting, processing, storing and disposing of garbage, including the equipment onboard. It should be easy to follow and nominate the person responsible for implementing the plan.
Compliance VI - Air Pollution
- IAPPC including NOx Technical Files
- EIAPPC for every diesel engine onboard
Sulphur Oxides regulations
- Emission control areas require fuel coming onboard is of the appropriate SOx content
- Outside of an ECA = 0.5%
- Inside an ECA = 0.1%
Bilge alarm goes off, what are your actions?
- Determine where the water is coming from. If small leak and has oil:
- Run the oily water separator, discharging freshwater over the side, oil to sludge tank
- Raise a non conformity
- Inform DPA, Flag, Class and Port state
- Return to shore to have repaired
If large leak:
- Seek permission from shore
- Record in ORB and OLB
