14 Σεπτεμβρίου, 2013 | Posted by admin in Χωρίς κατηγορία - (Δεν επιτρέπεται σχολιασμός στο Interim solusion for the discharge of cargo-hold wash water in holds)
The revised MARPOL Annex V, which entered into force on 1 January 2013, creates a new definition of cargo residues and includes provisions regulating the discharge of cargo residues into the sea, including a prohibition against discharging cargo residues classified as harmful to the marine environment (HME).
In the past, it has been noted that shipowners and operators have experienced problems in obtaining HME declarations and, when the cargo was classified as HME, in finding adequate port reception facilities at the receiving terminals.
MEPC agreed that, as an interim solution until 31 December 2015, cargo hold washwater from holds previously containing solid bulk cargoes classified as HME may be discharged outside special areas providing:
Based upon the information received from the relevant port authorities, the master determines that there are no adequate reception facilities either at the receiving terminal or at the next port of call;
The ship is en route and as far as practicable from the nearest land, but not less than 12 nautical miles;
Before washing, solid bulk cargo residue is removed (and bagged for discharge ashore) as far as practicable and holds are swept;
Filters are used in the bilge wells to collect any remaining solid particles and minimise solid residue discharge;
and
The discharge is recorded in the Garbage Record Book and the flag state is notified utilising the Revised Consolidated Format for Reporting Alleged Inadequacies of Port Reception Facilities (MEPC.1/Circ.469/Rev.2).
The issue of disposal of solid bulk cargo residues and washwater will be kept under review, so further developments are expected at future MEPC meetings.
8 Δεκεμβρίου, 2012 | Posted by admin in Χωρίς κατηγορία - (Δεν επιτρέπεται σχολιασμός στο Revised Marpol Annex V to be effected on 1/1/2013)
Following previous related post,the main changes in the revised MARPOL Annex V are as follows:
Practically all discharges of waste into the sea are prohibited, including cooking oil and all plastics, even in the form of incinerator ash.
The only discharges allowed are:
Outside special areas:
>3nm from the nearest land for comminuted/ground food waste (able to pass through a screen with openings no greater than 25mm)
>12nm from the nearest land for food waste and cargo residues that are not harmful to the marine environment
Cleaning agents which are not harmful to the marine environment (contained in cargo hold, deck and external surfaces wash water)
Animal carcasses (as far as possible from the nearest land and in accordance with IMO guidelines).
Inside special areas:
>12nm from the nearest land for comminuted/ground food waste (able to pass through a screen with openings no greater than 25mm)
>12nm for cargo residues that are not harmful to the marine environment (only if the ship is not transiting outside the special area between ports and no adequate reception facilities are available at those ports)
Cleaning agents which are not harmful to the marine environment (contained in deck and external surfaces wash water).
An “en route” clause has been introduced, meaning that most allowable discharges are only permitted while the ship is en route.
A Revised Garbage Record Book (new categories and different recording requirements).
Every vessel of 100 GT and above or carrying 15 persons or more shall carry a Garbage Management Plan.
Ships 12 metres in length or more and fixed or floating platforms are to display placards notifying crew and passengers of the MARPOL Annex V requirements.
Discharges of any garbage from fixed or floating platforms and from any ship alongside or within 500m of a fixed or floating platform are prohibited.
5 Ιουλίου, 2012 | Posted by admin in ECA | Marpol | SOLAS - (Δεν επιτρέπεται σχολιασμός στο List of amendments came into force on 1st of July 2012 and expected in the coming years)
1 July 2012 : Entry into force of 2010 amendments to SOLAS Amendments to SOLAS to make mandatory the International Code for the Application of Fire Test Procedures (2010 FTP Code).The 2010 FTP Code provides the international requirements for laboratory testing, type-approval and fire test procedures for products referenced under SOLAS chapter II-2. It comprehensively revises and updates the current Code, adopted by the MSC in 1996.
Other amendments entering into force:
• Amendments to SOLAS regulation V/18 to require annual testing of automatic identification systems (AIS)
• Amendments to SOLAS regulation V/23 on pilot transfer arrangements, to update and to improve safety aspects for pilot transfer.(refer also to our previous post http://www.ombros-consulting.com/?p=861 )
• Amendments to safety certificates in the SOLAS appendix and SOLAS Protocol of 1988, relating to references to alternative design and arrangements.
1 August 2012: Effective date for North American ECA North American Emission Control Area (SOx, and NOx and PM) becomes effective, under MARPOL Annex VI. (refer also to our previous post http://www.ombros-consulting.com/?p=957 )
29 September 2012: Entry into force of STCW-F ConventionEntry into force of International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Fishing Vessel Personnel (STCW-F).The Convention will apply to crews of seagoing fishing vessels generally of 24 metres in length and above.The Convention is the first attempt to make standards of safety for crews of fishing vessels mandatory internationally.The STCW-F Convention consists of 15 Articles and an annex containing technical regulations. Chapter I contains General Provisions and Chapter II deals with Certification of Skippers, Officers, Engineer Officers and Radio Operators.
1 January 2013: Entry into force of May 2011 SOLAS amendments
A new paragraph 5 of SOLAS regulation III/1 is added to require lifeboat on-load release mechanisms not complying with new International Life-Saving Appliances (LSA) Code requirements to be replaced no later than the first scheduled dry-docking of the ship after 1 July 2014 but, in any case, not later than 1 July 2019.
The SOLAS amendment is intended to establish new, stricter, safety standards for lifeboat release and retrieval systems, aimed at preventing accidents during lifeboat launching, and will require the assessment and possible replacement of a large number of lifeboat release hooks.
1 January 2013: entry into force of July 2011 amendments to MARPOL Annex VI energy efficiency (refer also to our previous post http://www.ombros-consulting.com/?p=883 )
Annex VI emissions
Amendments to MARPOL Annex VI Regulations for the prevention of air pollution from ships to designate certain waters adjacent to the coasts of Puerto Rico (United States) and the Virgin Islands (United States) as an ECA for the control of emissions of nitrogen oxides (NOX), sulphur oxides (SOX), and particulate matter under. Another amendment makes old steamships exempt from the requirements on sulphur relating to both the North American and United States Caribbean Sea ECAs. The new ECA takes effect 12 months after entry into force.
Annex IV sewage
Amendments to MARPOL Annex IV Prevention of pollution by sewage from ships to include the possibility of establishing “Special Areas” for the prevention of such pollution from passenger ships and to designate the Baltic Sea as a Special Area under this Annex.
Annex V garbage (refer also to our previous post http://www.ombros-consulting.com/?p=1124 )
Revised MARPOL Annex V Regulations for the prevention of pollution by garbage from ships, developed following a comprehensive review to bring the Annex up to date.
1 August 2013: Entry into force of 2012 amendments to MARPOL
Amendments to MARPOL Annexes I, II, IV, V and VI which are aimed at enabling small island developing Statesto comply with requirements for port States to provide reception facilities for ship waste through regional arrangements. Parties participating in a regional arrangement must develop a Regional Reception Facilities Plan and provide particulars of the identified Regional Ships Waste Reception Centres; and particulars of those ports with only limited facilities.
1 January 2014: Entry into force of 2010 October MARPOL amendments
Revised MARPOL Annex III Regulations for the prevention of pollution by harmful substances carried by sea in packaged form adopted in order for changes to the Annex to coincide with the next update of the mandatory International Maritime Dangerous Goods (IMDG) Code, specifying that goods should be shipped in accordance with relevant provisions.
1 January 2014: United States Caribbean ECA becomes effective
United States Caribbean Sea Emission Control Area (SOx, NOx and PM) becomes effective, under MARPOL Annex VI.
1 January 2014: Entry into force of 2012 May SOLAS amendments
Amendments to the following:
• SOLAS regulation II-1/8-1, to introduce a mandatory requirement for new passenger ships for either onboard stability computers or shore-based support, for the purpose of providing operational information to the Master for safe return to port after a flooding casualty;
• SOLAS regulation III/20.11.2 regarding the testing of free-fall lifeboats, to require that the operational testing of free-fall lifeboat release systems shall be performed either by free-fall launch with only the operating crew on board or by a simulated launching;
• SOLAS regulation V/14 on ships’ manning, to require Administrations, for every ship, to establish appropriate minimum safe manning levels following a transparent procedure, taking into account the guidance adopted by IMO (Assembly resolution A.1047(27) on Principles of minimum safe manning); and issue an appropriate minimum safe manning document or equivalent as evidence of the minimum safe manning considered necessary;
• SOLAS chapter VI to add a new SOLAS regulation VI/5-2, to prohibit the blending of bulk liquid cargoes during the sea voyage and to prohibit production processes on board ships;
• SOLAS chapter VII to replace regulation 4 on documents, covering transport information relating to the carriage of dangerous goods in packaged form and the container/vehicle packing certificate; and
• SOLAS chapter XI-1 regulation XI-1/2 on enhanced surveys, to make mandatory the International Code on the Enhanced Programme of Inspections during Surveys of Bulk Carriers and Oil Tankers, 2011 (2011 ESP Code, resolution A.1049(27)).
1 January 2014: Amendments to LL Protocol
Amendments to regulation 47 of the 1988 LL Protocol to the International Convention on Load Lines (LL), 1966 to shift the Winter Seasonal Zone off the southern tip of Africa further southward by 50 miles.
8 June 2015: Amendments to 1996 LLMC Protocol
Amendments to increase the limits of liability in the 1996 Protocol to the Convention on Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims were adopted in April 2012.
New limits: Under the amendments to the 1996 Protocol, the limits are raised as follows:
The limit of liability for claims for loss of life or personal injury on ships not exceeding 2,000 gross tonnage is 3.02 million SDR (up from 2 million SDR).
For larger ships, the following additional amounts are used in calculating the limitation amount:
• For each ton from 2,001 to 30,000 tons, 1,208 SDR (up from 800 SDR)
• For each ton from 30,001 to 70,000 tons, 906 SDR (up from 600 SDR)
• For each ton in excess of 70,000, 604 SDR (up from 400 SDR).
The limit of liability for property claims for ships not exceeding 2,000 gross tonnage is 1.51 million SDR (up from 1 million SDR).
For larger ships, the following additional amounts are used in calculating the limitation amount:
• For each ton from 2,001 to 30,000 tons, 604 SDR (up from 400 SDR)
• For each ton from 30,001 to 70,000 tons, 453 SDR (up from 300 SDR)
• For each ton in excess of 70,000 tons, 302 SDR (up from 200 SDR).
3 Ιουλίου, 2012 | Posted by admin in Marpol - (Δεν επιτρέπεται σχολιασμός στο Simplified overview of the discharge provisions of the revised MARPOL Annex V (MEPC.201(62)))
Click here to read a simplified overview of the discharge provisions of the revised MARPOL Annex V (resolution MEPC.201(62)) which will enter into force on 1 January 2013 .
