MARPOL Flashcards
What is 73 and 78 in MARPOL
in 1973 MARPOL convention required ratification by 15 states
but by 1976 only 3 states gave ratification
in 1978 in spate of tanker incidents in 1976-1977 IMO held conference on tanker safety.
Then conference adopted measures effecting tanker design and operation.
as 1973 was not yet in force 1978 convention absorbed 1973 parent convention
What did the conference adopt in 1978
Did it adopt both 73 and 78 convention
Then conference adopted measures effecting tanker design and operation.
as 1973 was not yet in force 1978 convention absorbed 1973 parent convention
Name Annex 1- Regulation for the prevention__________
and date it came into
force 1983
Regulation for the prevention of pollution by oil
2 October 1983
Name Annex 2 - Regulation for the control of_____________
and date it came into
force 1983 1987
Regulations for the Control of Pollution by Noxious
Liquid Substances in Bulk
▪ Entry into Force 2 October 1983, Provisions took effect from: 6
April 1987
Name Annex 3- Regulation for the prevention__________
and date it came into
force 1992
Regulations for the Prevention of Pollution by Harmful
Substances Carried by Sea in Packaged Form
▪ Entry into Force 1 July 1992
Name Annex 4 - Regulation for the prevention__________
and date it came into
force 2003
Regulations for the Prevention of Pollution by Sewage
from Ships
Entry into Force 27 September 2003
Name Annex 5 - Regulation for the prevention__________
and date it came into
force 1988
Regulations for the Prevention of Pollution by Garbage
from Ships
▪ Entry into Force 31 December 1988
Name Annex 6 - Regulation for the prevention__________
and date it came into
force 2005
Regulations for the Prevention of Air Pollution from
Ships
▪ Entry into Force 19 May 2005
State all Annex 1 latest amendments
1- HFO arctic waters
2- In relation to watertight doors
- Prohibits use and carriage for use as fuel of HFO by ships in Arctic waters.
Applied after 1 July 2024 - In relation to watertight doors
Ships should be so designed
Final position of the waterline remains below any opening that can enter the ship and cause it to flood
All Amendments for Annex 5
Garbage record book
1 May 2024
Mandatory Garbage record book for smaller ships: 100-400 grt
Mandatory from 1 may 2024
Amendments regarding Annex 6:
Fuel flash point in BDN
Medi in ECA 1 May 2024
Fuel flash point in BDN or statement that flashpoint has been measured at or above 70C
Mediterranean sea now ECA for SOX and particulate matter
Annex 1 Machinery space discharge criteria
Outside special area
1. Enroute
2. oil fil eq reg 14
3. oil content not exceeding 15ppm
4. oily mix not origin cargo pp rm blgs
5. oily mix in case of oil tankers
1) the ship is proceeding en route.
2) the oily mixture is processed through an oil filtering equipment
meeting the requirements of regulation 14 (Oil Filtering Equipment)
of this Annex.
3) the oil content of the effluent without dilution does not exceed 15
parts per million. (One ppm is equivalent to 1 milligram of something per liter of water (mg/l))
4) the oily mixture does not originate from cargo pump-room bilges on
oil tankers.
5) the oily mixture, in case of oil tankers, is not mixed with oil cargo
residues.
Discharge criteria of “OIL Cargo in special Area”
Same as machinery spaces
just add some points on the oil filtering equipment
Reg 14.7 especially
as it requires an alarm arrangement to indicate 15ppm
and when this level cannot be maintained
the system is provided with a automatic stopping device
1) the ship is proceeding en route.
2) the oily mixture is processed through an oil filtering equipment
meeting the requirements of regulation 14.7 (provided with an
alarm arrangements to indicate when this level 15 PPM cannot be
maintained & provided with automatic stopping device) of this
Annex.
3) the oil content of the effluent without dilution does not exceed 15
parts per million.
4) the oily mixture does not originate from cargo pump-room bilges on
oil tankers.
5) the oily mixture, in case of oil tankers, is not mixed with oil cargo
residues.
Discharge criteria of “Oil cargo outside special area”
1. not within sp are
2. > 50NM from land
3. Enroute
4. 30lt/ nm
5. 1/30000
6. ODMS and slop tank arrangement as per reg 29 31
1) the tanker is not within a special area.
2) the tanker is more than 50 nautical miles from the nearest land.
3) the tanker is proceeding en route.
4) the instantaneous rate of discharge of oil content does not exceed 30
litres per nautical mile.
5) the total quantity of oil discharged into the sea does not 1/30,000, of
the total quantity of the particular cargo of which the residue formed
a part (If a tanker carried 30,000 Litres of oil, it could only release 1
litre of residue from that particular cargo into the sea).
6) the tanker has in operation an oil discharge monitoring and control
system and a slop tank arrangement as required by
regulations 29 and 31 of Annex 1 respectively.
As per what Regulation is SOPEP present
Regulation 37 of Marpol Annex 1
