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Good maintenance on board ships – Edition January 2015 by Class NK

Click here for the new version of the well know “good maintenance on board ships” recently published by Class NKK in January 2015 including ISM/ISPS/MLC related check points.

ClassNK, ISM, ISPS, MARPOL, MLC 2006, PSC, SOLAS

SOLAS, MARPOL amendments entered into force on 1 January 2014

24 Φεβρουαρίου, 2014 | Posted by admin in Χωρίς κατηγορία - (Δεν επιτρέπεται σχολιασμός)

A number of amendments to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS), the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL) and the 1988 Load Lines Protocol entered into force or took effect from 1 January 2014.

The amendments cover passenger ship safety (in relation to safe return to port after a flooding casualty); the testing of free-fall lifeboats; minimum safe manning levels; prohibition of blending onboard; the revised MARPOL Annex III; the United States Caribbean Sea Emission Control Area; and the Winter Seasonal Zone off the southern tip of Africa.

2012 May SOLAS amendments
The SOLAS amendments which entered into force on 1 January 2014 include the following:

– amendment to 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;

– amendment to 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;

– amendment to SOLAS chapter V to add a new 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;

– amendment to SOLAS chapter VI to add a new regulation VI/5-2, to prohibit the blending of bulk liquid cargoes during the sea voyage and to prohibit production processes on board ships;

– amendment to 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

– amendment to SOLAS 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)).

2010 October MARPOL amendments
The amendments which entered into force on 1 January 2014 include a revised MARPOL Annex III Regulations for the prevention of pollution by harmful substances carried by sea in packaged form, to include 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.

United States Caribbean ECA now effective
The United States Caribbean Sea Emission Control Area (SOx, NOx and PM) came into effect, under MARPOL Annex VI, on 1 January 2014, bringing in stricter controls on emissions of sulphur oxide (SOx), nitrogen oxide (NOx) and particulate matter for ships trading in certain waters adjacent to the coasts of Puerto Rico and the United States Virgin Islands.

The ECA was designated under MARPOL amendments adopted in July 2011. There are now four three designated ECAs in effect globally: the United States Caribbean Sea ECA and the North American ECA; and the sulphur oxide ECAs in the Baltic Sea area and the North Sea area.
(See: MARPOL Annex VI regulation 14)

Coordinates for the Caribbean Sea ECA can be found in Resolution MEPC.202(62).

Winter Seasonal Zone moved south under amendments to LL Protocol
Amendments to regulation 47 of the 1988 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, came into effect on 1 January 2014.

IMO, MARPOL, SOLAS

Errors in Oil Record Book Part I Entries

21 Οκτωβρίου, 2013 | Posted by admin in Χωρίς κατηγορία - (Δεν επιτρέπεται σχολιασμός)

OIL RECORD BOOK PART I

Refer to MEPC 1-Circ 736_rev.2 always.
Ship Inspectors (FSC / PSC / Vetting) frequently mention in their Reports improper maintenance of the Oil Record Book (ORB) to Masters and Chief Engineers and about the importance of correctly maintaining the ORB during their visits on board entered vessels.

Sludge can be easily calculated. As a rough guide, approximately 1% (one percent) of fuel shipped, ends up as sludge. This would include all HFO (Heavy Fuel Oil), MDO (Marine Diesel Oil) and LO (Lubricating Oil).

The inspecting authorities SIMPLY wish to be able to see clearly that the total oil shipped plus the oil already on board, less the main engine consumption for that voyage equals the total oil remaining on board (ROB) plus the sludge ROB.

( ROB + bunkered fuel ) – M.E. cons. = ROB + sludge

It is simple arithmetic to add up the amount that should be on board compared with the amount ‘said to be’ disposed. If the figures are not as required and the Inspecting Authority have to hunt for the figures and try to figure out the totals – this gets them suspicious.
In this case you are guilty until you can prove your innocence.

Also sometimes Class may not properly annotate the IOPP certificate and Supplement ‘B’ to include the incinerator and/ or the capacity of the OWS. Thus the ship may be incinerating the oil but according to the IOPP certificate there is no incinerator on board and although you may protest your innocence the Inspecting Authority assumes you have pumped it overboard.

And there is a fine to help concentrate the mind and get the paperwork right next time. !!

ORB entries
Correct entries must be made as per the MEPC 1-Circ 736_rev.2

Sludge retention
Entries under C 11.1 sludge retention and the entries required at the end of a voyage (or weekly if the vessel is on short sea trade) are frequently overlooked and do not include the total ROB sludge. Simply on arrival at any port, if the vessel has been on a passage for more than seven (7) days, then a detailed entry of ALL sludge ROB on a tank by tank basis is required. Vessels on short sea trade or coasting vessel make a weekly entry.

C11.4 entry, in effect from 01st January 2011:

Please refer to the notes in the example #2 in MEPC 1-Circ 736_rev.2 as here below:

Note: Operator initiated manual collection where oil residue (sludge) is transferred (transfer with a pump) into the oil residue (sludge) tank(s). Examples of such operations could be:

1. Collection of oil residue (sludge) from fuel oil separator drain tanks.

2. Collection of oil residue (sludge) by draining engine sump tanks.

3. Adding fuel oil to an oil residue (sludge) tank (all content of a sludge tank is considered sludge).

4. Collection of sludge from bilge water holding tanks – in this case a disposal entry for bilge water is also needed.

So long as CE or his representative has not initiated a manual draining, it need not be written.

Code C 11.4 is required to be used for recording of oil residue (sludge) collected by manual operation in oil residue (sludge) tank. Sludge should be collected and stored only in tanks listed under item 3.1 in the Supplement to the IOPPC.

Code C 11.4 is not required for recording Weekly inventory of sludge.

However, in case of automatic draining of sludge from seperator / purifiers, it is prudent to make such an entry in a MARPOL record book seperately or put an entry for C11.4 stating – Automatic draining from seperator, as a good faith entry, whenever there is an increase.

This is for two reasons:-
1. It is required by MARPOL and the Oil Record book – Section C11
2. If any pollution was to occur during the vessels stay in that particular port you have written proof of what the ship had on board in terms of sludge – tank by tank. A quick sounding of these tanks by the Authorities will prove that you are not the culprit. If the entries are not made then again you are guilty until you can prove your innocence. This will mean getting the P&I correspondent involved, Surveyors to attend, litigation / verifications and of course in the end totally unnecessary costs incurred by the Shipowner.

Incineration of oily rags should be noted in garbage record book and not in oil record book.

C12.3 is only for incineration of Sludge.

Disposal of Water

Entries under D 15.2 disposal overboard of water in sludge frequently do not contain the time of stopping or the TWO geographical positions required (i.e. at Start and Stopping of the Oily Water separator (OWS)) or an inaccurate estimate of the amount disposed of overboard – e.g. the OWS has been on line for about two hours, has a capacity of 2 cu. m and during this period 10 cu. m have been pumped overboard according to the Chief engineer’s entry in the book. Simple arithmetic again !!

Careful attention to entries and knowledge of the pumps and capacities will easily avoid this.

Bunkering
Entries under H 26 (All Fuels including DO and Lub Oils) frequently do not give the required information requested by the Oil Record Book. Read the instructions !!

Refer to Example 18 of MEPC.1 Circ 736. Specification of fuel and sulphur must be included properly.

Simple – study the front cover or the instructions that come with the ORB or alternatively read the MARPOL Regulations – a copy must should be carried on board. (STCW 1995)
Keep the receipts.
Certificate records of sludge pumped to shore facilities or barges are sometimes not retained with the ORB, are lost or not available

– they should be filed within the ORB – stapled or at the back or a clearly noted record made in the book as to where they are maintained.

Keep it neat – keep it clean
Provided the ORB’s are neat and properly record the information there is generally no problem, but if the records have NOT been entered as required, or it looks like a spider has crawled across the page the result could easily be a fine. Use plenty of space for the entries do not try to cram every entry into one line and always leave space between entries.

Look for the Entries (Code I) related to corrections of earlier entries / additional entries / voluntary informations in the circular MEPC 1-Circ 736.

Read before you sign !!
Masters must be aware that as they sign the bottom of each page they are attesting to the accuracy and correctness of the entries.
The rule is always read carefully before you sign ANYTHING !!

Secure the Book and relevant attached documents!!
Most of the Chief Engineers, Masters and Chief Officers do not realize the importance, but it is better to have the Oil / Cargo / Garbage record books, receipts etc in safe custody of the in-charge. You do not want to face a situation of lost book.

AVOID PUTTING YOURSELF IN PROBLEMS, AVOID FACING CRIMINALIZATION.

Source: http://nautraj.blogspot.gr/2011/06/errors-in-oil-record-book-part-i.html

MARPOL, Oil Record Book

Amendments to Annex III-MARPOL 73/78 effected from 1/1/2014

26 Σεπτεμβρίου, 2013 | Posted by admin in Χωρίς κατηγορία - (Δεν επιτρέπεται σχολιασμός)

The Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) of the International Maritime Organization at its 61st session adopted the Res.MEPC.193(61)

to revise the Annex III of MARPOL 73/78 – “Regulations for the Prevention of Pollution by Harmful Substances carried by sea in Packaged Form”

which will be entered into force on 1 January 2014.

You can download Res.MEPC.193(61).

ANNEX III, MARPOL

Interim solusion for the discharge of cargo-hold wash water in holds

14 Σεπτεμβρίου, 2013 | Posted by admin in Χωρίς κατηγορία - (Δεν επιτρέπεται σχολιασμός)

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.

Reference is made to MEPC.1/Circ.810.

Garbage, MARPOL

Revised Marpol Annex V to be effected on 1/1/2013

8 Δεκεμβρίου, 2012 | Posted by admin in Χωρίς κατηγορία - (Δεν επιτρέπεται σχολιασμός)

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.

Further extensive guidance on the revised MARPOL Annex V can be found in the 2012 Guidelines for the Implementation of Annex V (MEPC.219(63) adopted on 2 March 2012).

Shipowners are reminded that the revised Annex V entails that:

Crews should be instructed on the forthcoming requirements.
A revised Garbage Management Plan must be produced and implemented on board.
Placards on board must be renewed so as to display the revised garbage disposal requirements.
The Garbage Record Book must be updated in accordance with the new recording requirements.

Annex V, Garbage, MARPOL

List of Special Areas and PSSA under MARPOL-Circular MEPC.1/Circ 778

16 Αυγούστου, 2012 | Posted by admin in Χωρίς κατηγορία - (Δεν επιτρέπεται σχολιασμός)

In Annex I Prevention of pollution by oil, Annex II Control of pollution by noxious liquid substances, Annex IV Prevention of pollution by sewage from ships and Annex V Prevention of pollution by garbage from ships, MARPOL defines certain sea areas as “special areas” in which, for technical reasons relating to their oceanographical and ecological condition and to their sea traffic, the adoption of special mandatory methods for the prevention of sea pollution is required. Under the Convention, these special areas are provided with a higher level of protection than other areas of the sea.

Annex VI Regulations for the Prevention of Air Pollution from Ships establishes certain sulphur oxide (SOx) Emission Control Areas with more stringent controls on sulphur emissions.

Special areas under MARPOL are as follows:

Adoption, entry into force & date of taking effect of Special Areas
Special Areas	Adopted #	Date of Entry into Force	In Effect From
Annex I: Oil
Mediterranean Sea	2 Nov 1973	2 Oct 1983	2 Oct 1983
Baltic Sea	2 Nov 1973	2 Oct 1983	2 Oct 1983
Black Sea	2 Nov 1973	2 Oct 1983	2 Oct 1983
Red Sea	2 Nov 1973	2 Oct 1983	*
“Gulfs” area	2 Nov 1973	2 Oct 1983	1 Aug 2008
Gulf of Aden	1 Dec 1987	1 Apr 1989	*
Antarctic area	16 Nov 1990	17 Mar 1992	17 Mar 1992
North West European Waters	25 Sept 1997	1 Feb 1999	1 Aug 1999
Oman area of the Arabian Sea	15 Oct 2004	1 Jan 2007	*
Southern South African waters	13 Oct 2006	1 Mar 2008	1 Aug 2008
Annex II: Noxious Liquid Substances
Antarctic area	30 Oct 1992	1 Jul 1994	1 Jul 1994
Annex IV: Sewage
Baltic Sea	15 Jul 2011	1 Jan 2013	**
Annex V: Garbage
Mediterranean Sea	2 Nov 1973	31 Dec 1988	1 May 2009
Baltic Sea	2 Nov 1973	31 Dec 1988	1 Oct 1989
Black Sea	2 Nov 1973	31 Dec 1988	*
Red Sea	2 Nov 1973	31 Dec 1988	*
“Gulfs” area	2 Nov 1973	31 Dec 1988	1 Aug 2008
North Sea	17 Oct 1989	18 Feb 1991	18 Feb 1991
Antarctic area (south of latitude 60 degrees south)	16 Nov 1990	17 Mar 1992	17 Mar 1992
Wider Caribbean region including the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea	4 Jul 1991	4 Apr 1993	1 May 2011
Annex VI: Prevention of air pollution by ships (Emission Control Areas)
Baltic Sea (SOx)	26 Sept 1997	19 May 2005	19 May 2006
North Sea (SOx)	22 Jul 2005	22 Nov 2006	22 Nov 2007
North American (SOx, and NOx and PM)	26 Mar 2010	1 Aug 2011	1 Aug 2012
United States Caribbean Sea ECA (SOx, NOx and PM)	26 Jul 2011	1 Jan 2013	1 Jan 2014

# Status of multilateral conventions and instruments in respect of which the International Maritime Organization or its Secretary-General perform depositary or other functions as at 31 December 2002.

* The Special Area requirements for these areas have not yet taken effect because of lack of notifications from MARPOL Parties whose coastlines border the relevant special areas on the existence of adequate reception facilities (regulations 38.6 of MARPOL Annex I and 5(4) of MARPOL Annex V).

** The new special area requirements, which will enter into force on 1 January 2013, will only take effect upon receipt of sufficient notifications on the existence of adequate reception facilities from Parties to MARPOL Annex IV whose coastlines border the relevant special area (regulation 13.2 of the revised MARPOL Annex IV, which was adopted by resolution MEPC.200(62) and which will enter into force on 1 January 2013).

By MEPC.1/Circ.778 you can read in Annex 2 the list of PSSA (Particularly Sensitive Sea Areas )designated by MEPC.

ECA, MARPOL

USCG release guidelines relating to enforcement of North American ECA

5 Αυγούστου, 2012 | Posted by admin in Χωρίς κατηγορία - (Δεν επιτρέπεται σχολιασμός)

The US Coast Guard (USCG) has issued a policy letter providing guidelines for compliance and enforcement of the North American Emissions Control Area (ECA) that came into effect on 1 August.

The letter outlines USCG’s methods and procedures for verifying compliance with MARPOL Annex VI Regulations 14 and 18 and how violations are documented and referred to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for enforcement.

To view the guidelines in full, please click here.

ECA, MARPOL

List of amendments came into force on 1st of July 2012 and expected in the coming years

5 Ιουλίου, 2012 | Posted by admin in ECA | Marpol | SOLAS - (Δεν επιτρέπεται σχολιασμός)

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).

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 .

For more detailed guidance regarding the respective discharge requirements please refer to the text of MARPOL Annex V or to the 2012 Guidelines for the Implementation of MARPOL Annex V).

Below are related videos produced by the Port of Rotterdam:

Source:Prevention of Pollution by Garbage from Ships

Garbage, MARPOL, video

North American Emission Control Area (ECA) under MARPOL Annex VI

7 Μαΐου, 2012 | Posted by admin in ECA | Marpol | PARIS MOU - (Δεν επιτρέπεται σχολιασμός)

As from 1st August 2012 the North American Emission Control Area (ECA) will come into effect. Under this new regulation, all ships sailing within 200 nautical miles of the North American coastline, including Canada, will be required to use fuel oil with a maximum sulphur content of 1% and 0.10% m/m on and after 1 January 2015. Ships constructed on or after 1 January 2016 shall comply with the NOx emission limits specified in regulation 13.5.1.1 of MARPOL Annex VI, when operating within the North American ECA.

The North American ECA covers three distinct areas:

1. Off the North American Atlantic/Gulf Coasts;

2. Off the North American Pacific coast; and

3. Around certain parts of Hawaii.

It also includes the St. Lawrence Seaway, the Great Lakes and rivers (such as Mississippi) which are accessed by international shipping. The new appendix VII to MARPOL Annex VI contains the definition and boundaries with full coordinates of the North American ECA. Diagrams showing geographical distribution of the North American ECA are set out in IMO MPEC 723 and the full list of coordinates may be found in the new Appendix VII to MARPOL Annex VI ( reference MARPOL Annex VI, Appendix VII).

The lower emission standards are already in effect from 1 July 2010, for existing Baltic Sea and North Sea ECAs, including the requirements for recording data on entry and exit.

From 1st August 2012, Transport Canada’s Port State Control Officers will check ships’ compliance with ECA requirements including:

— The ship’s bunker delivery receipt to verify the sulphur content of fuel oil supplied

— The Material Safety Data Sheet of the fuel oil on board

— The ship’s record of fuel oil changeover procedures prior to entering into ECA areas

— The record of shipboard incinerator usage.

In cases where a vessel cannot comply with ECA requirements due to non-availability of low sulphur fuel oil during voyage, owners must show proof that an attempt had been made to obtain low-sulphur fuel oil.

Port State Control will consider on a case-by-case basis if a penalty will be imposed for non-compliance.

Ships are required to have the following certificates/documents on board:

1. International Air Pollution Prevention (IAPP) certificate

2. Engine International Air Pollution Prevention (EIAPP) certificate

3. Technical file of each applicable marine diesel engine

4. Record book of engine parameters for each marine diesel engine

5. Written procedures covering fuel oil change oil operations.

ECA, MARPOL

Mandatory Ship Energy Efficiency Management plan

2 Μαΐου, 2012 | Posted by admin in Marpol - (Δεν επιτρέπεται σχολιασμός)

The Marine Environment Protection Committee, at its fifty-ninth session (13 to 17 July 2009), recognizing the need to develop management tools to assist a shipping company in managing the environmental performance of its ships, agreed to circulate the Guidance for the development of a ship energy efficiency management plan, as set out in the MEPC.1_Circ.683

Amendments to MARPOL Annex VI making the “Energy Efficiency Design Index” (EEDI)1) and the “Ship Efficiency Management Plan” (SEEMP)2) mandatory were adopted at the 62nd session of the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC 62) held in July 2011, and will become effective from 1 January 2013.

The amendments to MARPOL Annex VI Regulations for the prevention of air pollution from ships, add a new chapter 4 to Annex VI on Regulations on energy efficiency for ships to make mandatory the Energy Efficiency Design Index (EEDI), for new ships, and the Ship Energy Efficiency Management Plan (SEEMP) for all ships. Other amendments to Annex VI add new definitions and the requirements for survey and certification, including the format for the International Energy Efficiency Certificate.

The regulations apply to all ships of 400 gross tonnage and above and are expected to enter into force on 1 January 2013.

However, under regulation 19, the Administration may waive the requirement for new ships of 400 gross tonnage and above from complying with the EEDI requirements. This waiver may not be applied to ships above 400 gross tonnage for which the building contract is placed four years after the entry into force date of chapter 4; the keel of which is laid or which is at a similar stage of construction four years and six months after the entry into force; the delivery of which is after six years and six months after the entry into force; or in cases of the major conversion of a new or existing ship, four years after the entry into force date.

The EEDI is a non-prescriptive, performance-based mechanism that leaves the choice of technologies to use in a specific ship design to the industry. As long as the required energy-efficiency level is attained, ship designers and builders would be free to use the most cost-efficient solutions for the ship to comply with the regulations.

The SEEMP establishes a mechanism for operators to improve the energy efficiency of ships.

Summary of MEPC 62 outcomes

Amendments to MARPOL Annex VI were adopted that make the EEDI and SEEMP mandatory. A brief outline of the amendments is given below.

(a) The Attained EEDI of each new ship for which the building contract order is placed on or after 1 January 2013 (in the absence of a building contract, the keel of which is laid or which is at a similar stage of construction on or after 1 July 2013) or the delivery of which is on or after 1 July 2015, is to comply with the EEDI limit value specified based on the EEDI reference line† for each type of ship in cases where the deadweight exceeds a certain value. However, the Administration may waive this requirement up to four years. The EEDI limit values will become more stringent in a step by step manner from 1 January 2015 by introducing a specified reduction rate from the EEDI reference line. † The EEDI reference line is the average line of the EEDI determined for existing ships of the same type expressed by an exponential function of the deadweight calculated by the IMO by using data on ships built during the ten year period from 1999 to 2008.

(b) All ships (both new and existing ships) with a gross tonnage of 400 tons or above will be required to retain a SEEMP onboard on or after 1 January 2013.

EEDI, MARPOL, SEEMP

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Click here for the new version of the well know “good maintenance on board ships” recently published by Class NKK in January 2015 including ISM/ISPS/MLC related check points.

A number of amendments to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS), the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL) and the 1988 Load Lines Protocol entered into force or took effect from 1 January 2014.

2012 May SOLAS amendments The SOLAS amendments which entered into force on 1 January 2014 include the following:

– amendment to 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;

– amendment to 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;

– amendment to SOLAS chapter VI to add a new regulation VI/5-2, to prohibit the blending of bulk liquid cargoes during the sea voyage and to prohibit production processes on board ships;

– amendment to 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

– amendment to SOLAS 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)).

Coordinates for the Caribbean Sea ECA can be found in Resolution MEPC.202(62).

OIL RECORD BOOK PART I

And there is a fine to help concentrate the mind and get the paperwork right next time. !! ORB entries Correct entries must be made as per the MEPC 1-Circ 736_rev.2

C11.4 entry, in effect from 01st January 2011:

Incineration of oily rags should be noted in garbage record book and not in oil record book.

C12.3 is only for incineration of Sludge.

Disposal of Water

Look for the Entries (Code I) related to corrections of earlier entries / additional entries / voluntary informations in the circular MEPC 1-Circ 736.

Read before you sign !! Masters must be aware that as they sign the bottom of each page they are attesting to the accuracy and correctness of the entries. The rule is always read carefully before you sign ANYTHING !!

Secure the Book and relevant attached documents!! Most of the Chief Engineers, Masters and Chief Officers do not realize the importance, but it is better to have the Oil / Cargo / Garbage record books, receipts etc in safe custody of the in-charge. You do not want to face a situation of lost book.

AVOID PUTTING YOURSELF IN PROBLEMS, AVOID FACING CRIMINALIZATION.

Source: http://nautraj.blogspot.gr/2011/06/errors-in-oil-record-book-part-i.html

The Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) of the International Maritime Organization at its 61st session adopted the Res.MEPC.193(61)

to revise the Annex III of MARPOL 73/78 – “Regulations for the Prevention of Pollution by Harmful Substances carried by sea in Packaged Form”

which will be entered into force on 1 January 2014.

You can download Res.MEPC.193(61).

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.

Reference is made to MEPC.1/Circ.810.

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.

Further extensive guidance on the revised MARPOL Annex V can be found in the 2012 Guidelines for the Implementation of Annex V (MEPC.219(63) adopted on 2 March 2012).

Shipowners are reminded that the revised Annex V entails that:

Crews should be instructed on the forthcoming requirements.

A revised Garbage Management Plan must be produced and implemented on board.

Placards on board must be renewed so as to display the revised garbage disposal requirements.

The Garbage Record Book must be updated in accordance with the new recording requirements.

Adoption, entry into force & date of taking effect of Special Areas

Special Areas

Adopted #

Date of Entry into Force

In Effect From

Annex I: Oil

Mediterranean Sea

2 Nov 1973

2 Oct 1983

2 Oct 1983

Baltic Sea

2 Nov 1973

2 Oct 1983

2 Oct 1983

Black Sea

2 Nov 1973

2 Oct 1983

2 Oct 1983

Red Sea

2 Nov 1973

2 Oct 1983

“Gulfs” area

2 Nov 1973

2 Oct 1983

2012 May SOLAS amendments
The SOLAS amendments which entered into force on 1 January 2014 include the following:

And there is a fine to help concentrate the mind and get the paperwork right next time. !!

ORB entries
Correct entries must be made as per the MEPC 1-Circ 736_rev.2

Read before you sign !!
Masters must be aware that as they sign the bottom of each page they are attesting to the accuracy and correctness of the entries.
The rule is always read carefully before you sign ANYTHING !!

Secure the Book and relevant attached documents!!
Most of the Chief Engineers, Masters and Chief Officers do not realize the importance, but it is better to have the Oil / Cargo / Garbage record books, receipts etc in safe custody of the in-charge. You do not want to face a situation of lost book.

Filters are used in the bilge wells to collect any remaining solid particles and minimise solid residue discharge;
and

Annex IV: Sewage

Baltic Sea

15 Jul 2011

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