MARPOL & Ballast Convention Flashcards

1
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What are the 6 annexes of MARPOL?

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1) Oil
2) NLS
3) Harmful sub in packaged form
4) Sewage
5) Garbage
6) Air

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2
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What is the certificate for MARPOL 1?

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IOPP

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3
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Who needs an IOPP? And what is the survey requirements?

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Every oil tanker of 150gt and above and all other vessels of 400gt and above.

Initial IOPP by MCA ONLY, then Annual, A/Int, A/Int, annual and renewal by MCA or UK RO.

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4
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What is surveyed in an IOPP survey?

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  • ODME Equipment
  • Slop tank set-up
  • OWS
  • Oil filterning equipment
  • Structure, equipment, system, fitting and arrangements
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5
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Can you discharge oil water in a special area?

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Yes provided it’s not from Cargo pump room or cargo residue (tankers)

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6
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What are the special areas for Annex 1?

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  • Black
  • Baltic
  • Antatric
  • Med
  • Red
  • Gulf area
  • Guld of Aden
  • South of South Africa
  • NW EU Waters
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7
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What are the requirements to be able to discharge of oil from a ship?

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Ships over 400gt in/out of special area:
- en route
- no cargo residues
- Must pass oil filtering equipment
- must not exceed 15ppm
- allows processed bilged water to be discharged
- OUT OF SPECIAL AREA from pump room

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What are the requirements for an oil tanker to discharge (from slops) (cargo spaces)

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Prohibited except:
- not in a special area
- more than 50nm from nearest land
- Not exceed 30L/NM
- not more than 1/30,000th of total oil capacity.
- ODME operational & slop tanks.

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9
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Talk about the requirements of ODME. WHo needs to approve the system? etc

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  • Administration needs to approve
  • Automatic shoutdown if discharge exceeds 15ppm
  • Tanker alarm and stop if discharge more than 30L/NM
  • Records must be retained for 3 years
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10
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Oil record book (all ships of 400gt + and tankers 150gt +) what do you record?

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  • Bunkering ops
  • discharge of any dirty ballast
  • discharge of bilges / oil residues
  • Ballasting or cleaning of fuel tanks
  • accidental discharge
  • any failure of equipment
  • any insections / repairs
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11
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Additional OLB part 2 for tankers, what is recorded?

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  • cargo loading and unloading
  • transfer of cargo / ballast
  • cleaning of cargo tanks
  • discharge from slops
  • equipment failure
  • inspections and repairs
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12
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SOPEP, who needs it?

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Tankers of 150gt and more plus all other vessels of 400gt or more.

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13
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Describe SOPEP and how it affects you?

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Shipboard Oil Pollution Emergency Plan.

Drill at least every 3 months.

Mandatory provision
- Procedure to report spills
- list of contacts
- coastal states
- steps to control discharge.

Non-mandatory
- plans & diagrams
- list of equipment
- public affairs
- record keeping

Change contacts every 1 month.

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14
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What do you need to complete a STS if you are on a tanker?

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An apprived STS operations plan, describing how STS operations are to be conducted.

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15
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On the IOPP certificate, what is on the back of it?

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Supplement:

A (other than oil tankers)
- Details of ODME
- Details of auto stop and alarm
- details of separating filtering equipment
- details of holding tanks (bilge water)
- details of sludge holding tanks
- details of SOPEP

B (oil tankers)

From A info plus:
- Details of SBT, CBT, PL, COW
- Details of ODMCS
- Oil content monitor
- details of slop tanks
- pipes and arranagements
- any exemptions.

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16
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What are the catagories of NLS?

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X - Major haz
Y - present haz
Z - Minor haz

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17
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Criteria to discharge NLS Cat X?

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Discharge is prohibited. Washed tank water discharged to shore until concentration is <0.1% by weight. Any subsequent water can go into sea if:

  • > 7kts
  • > 12NM from land depth ?25m
  • Below WL
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18
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Special Area for NLS?

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Antarctic

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19
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Discharge criteria for NLS Cat Y

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Prohibited unless:
- >7kts
- Below WL
- Not more than 1ppm in wake
- Max Qty not more than 1/3,000th of tank capacity
- >12NM & >25m depth

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20
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Discharge criteria for NLS Cat Z

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Prohibited unless:
- >7kts
- below WL
- concentration not more than 10ppm
- max cargo not more than 1/1,000th of capacity
- >12NM & >25m depth.

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21
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Content of Cargo Record Book for NLS?

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  • Usual loading / discharging records
  • pipes and arrangements
  • tank cleaning
  • accidents

retain for 3 years

22
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What additional document is required for a vessel (chemical or product tanker) carrying NLS?

A

Procedures and Arangement Manual.

EVERY SHIP SHALL CARRY THIS.

Main features of Annex 2.
- certified NLS for carriage
- what cargo what tank
- control and monitoring equipment
- lists tanks and slops
- wash programmes

23
Q

Oil vessels require SOPEP, what do NLS vessels require?

A

SMPEP (Shipboard Marine Pollition Emergency Plan)

24
Q

What are Harmful substances?

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Those identified as marine pollutants by the IMDG code (check vol II).

25
Q

Certification for IPP NLS

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IPP NLS (IOPP same same)
P & A manual
SMPEP / SOPEP (can be put together).
Certificate of Fitness (gas or chemical)

26
Q

Annex 3 documentation DG cargo

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DOG DOC
IMDG code
DG manifest
Shippers decleration
Stowage plan

27
Q

Annex IV - Sewage cert requirement?

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Internation Sewage Pollution prevention Cert (initial and renewal only)

28
Q

Discharge requirement?

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NOT IN BALTIC SEA UNLESS USING TREATMENT FACILITIY. STP

0 - 3 NM Approved STP, test results in cert, no discolouration

3-12 - en route not less than 4kts, no discolouration rate monitor, use sewage treatment plant. Use communator, disinfectant or STP (use one)

> 12 - Untreated okay, en route 4 kts, no discolouration or solids.

29
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Who needs to comply with Annex 4?

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over 400gt or 15 persons.

30
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Annex 5 special areas

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Baltic, Med, black and red, Gulf, North sea, wider caribbean inc gulf of mexico, arctic & antarctica

31
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Who needs a garbage management plan?

A

Vessels over 100gt or 15 persons.

32
Q

What is in a garbage management plan?

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Designated garbage officer,
Garbage minimisation,
collection & segrigation and storage,
discharging,
equipment on board.

CERS garbage declaration

33
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What vessels require a garbage record book?

A

400 or over gt

34
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What is in garbage record book and how long to keep on board.

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2 years.

Date and time of garbage record to shore side, sea, inciniration and seperate catagories, accidental discharge.

35
Q

Garbage record book part two

A

Vessels carrying HAZMAT

36
Q

Placards what requirement?

A

VLs of 12m or more notifiying of ship discharging critera.

37
Q

Can you discharge an animal carcass?

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Yes provided it will sink immediately and en route, more than 100nm and maximum depth of water. OUTSIDE SPECIAL AREA.

38
Q

Food waste requirements in and out of special area?

A

OUTSIDE GROUNDED
>3NM and en route.

INSIDE GROUNDED
>12NM

OUTSIDE UNGROUNDED
>12NM

INSIDE UNGROUNDED
NO DISCHARGE!!!

39
Q

Cert for Annex 6?

A

IAPP (Initial, annual, I/A, I/A, annual and renewal) & International energy efficency certificate (initial and lifetime) - class to do these? 400gt and above.

40
Q

Special Areas

A

Baltic, North sea, North America, US and Caribbean Waters.

41
Q

Sulphur requirements in and out of special areas?

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  1. SECA <0.1% (world wide <0.5%) EU ports 0.1% and China 12nm 0.1%.
42
Q

Explan Marine Fuel Sulpher Record Book

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43
Q

How many parts to the International Energy Efficeny Certificate

A

2 parts.

Part 1 - Shipboard energy efficency plan

Part 2 -Energey efficiency design index

44
Q

What cannot be incenerated?

A

Cargo residue form annex 1,2,3
PCBs
Garbage with traces of heavy metal
Pertorleum contaning halogens

45
Q

Extra documents for Annex 6?

A

Bunker delivery note and sample
O-Zone depletion substance record book
Tech file for ER and incenerator
Marine Fuel Sulpher record book

46
Q

As Master how will you change over to 0.1% sulpher?

A

Shipbaord risk assessment, call for a meeting, general procedures as given in change over procedure book (class provide / engine manufacturer).

How hours notice required - give notice and give log entries.

On entry:
- SECA being entered
- Date of changeover
- Time of changover
- Position of entry
- Volume of low sulpher fuel at the moment of entry.

47
Q

Can scrubbers be operating in special area ANNEX 6?

A

Only closed loop (water is filtered), open loop requires discharge of water so not aloud).

48
Q

What ships does the ballast water convention apply to?

A

UK vessels regardless of tonnage, wherever you may be.

49
Q

When will you need an International Ballast Water Management Cert

A

If making an international voyage?

50
Q

IBWMC

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5yrs, Initial, Anual, Intermediate, anual, Rewnal.

51
Q

Ballast Water Record Book.

A

Includes, times and positons, method used, ER, dilution or flow thru, Vol etc. Either D1 or D 2. Keep 3 years.

52
Q

3 methods for D1 discharge ballast

A

Empty refill.
Dilution
Flow through.

> 200nm from land and 200m depth. But if unable to do 200nm then can be reduced to 50NM and 200m depth.