MARPOL & Ballast Convention Flashcards
What are the 6 annexes of MARPOL?
1) Oil
2) NLS
3) Harmful sub in packaged form
4) Sewage
5) Garbage
6) Air
What is the certificate for MARPOL 1?
IOPP
Who needs an IOPP? And what is the survey requirements?
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.
What is surveyed in an IOPP survey?
- ODME Equipment
- Slop tank set-up
- OWS
- Oil filterning equipment
- Structure, equipment, system, fitting and arrangements
Can you discharge oil water in a special area?
Yes provided it’s not from Cargo pump room or cargo residue (tankers)
What are the special areas for Annex 1?
- Black
- Baltic
- Antatric
- Med
- Red
- Gulf area
- Guld of Aden
- South of South Africa
- NW EU Waters
What are the requirements to be able to discharge of oil from a ship?
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
What are the requirements for an oil tanker to discharge (from slops) (cargo spaces)
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.
Talk about the requirements of ODME. WHo needs to approve the system? etc
- 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
Oil record book (all ships of 400gt + and tankers 150gt +) what do you record?
- 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
Additional OLB part 2 for tankers, what is recorded?
- cargo loading and unloading
- transfer of cargo / ballast
- cleaning of cargo tanks
- discharge from slops
- equipment failure
- inspections and repairs
SOPEP, who needs it?
Tankers of 150gt and more plus all other vessels of 400gt or more.
Describe SOPEP and how it affects you?
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.
What do you need to complete a STS if you are on a tanker?
An apprived STS operations plan, describing how STS operations are to be conducted.
On the IOPP certificate, what is on the back of it?
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.
What are the catagories of NLS?
X - Major haz
Y - present haz
Z - Minor haz
Criteria to discharge NLS Cat X?
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
Special Area for NLS?
Antarctic
Discharge criteria for NLS Cat Y
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
Discharge criteria for NLS Cat Z
Prohibited unless:
- >7kts
- below WL
- concentration not more than 10ppm
- max cargo not more than 1/1,000th of capacity
- >12NM & >25m depth.
Content of Cargo Record Book for NLS?
- Usual loading / discharging records
- pipes and arrangements
- tank cleaning
- accidents
retain for 3 years
What additional document is required for a vessel (chemical or product tanker) carrying NLS?
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
Oil vessels require SOPEP, what do NLS vessels require?
SMPEP (Shipboard Marine Pollition Emergency Plan)
What are Harmful substances?
Those identified as marine pollutants by the IMDG code (check vol II).
Certification for IPP NLS
IPP NLS (IOPP same same)
P & A manual
SMPEP / SOPEP (can be put together).
Certificate of Fitness (gas or chemical)
Annex 3 documentation DG cargo
DOG DOC
IMDG code
DG manifest
Shippers decleration
Stowage plan
Annex IV - Sewage cert requirement?
Internation Sewage Pollution prevention Cert (initial and renewal only)
Discharge requirement?
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.
Who needs to comply with Annex 4?
over 400gt or 15 persons.
Annex 5 special areas
Baltic, Med, black and red, Gulf, North sea, wider caribbean inc gulf of mexico, arctic & antarctica
Who needs a garbage management plan?
Vessels over 100gt or 15 persons.
What is in a garbage management plan?
Designated garbage officer,
Garbage minimisation,
collection & segrigation and storage,
discharging,
equipment on board.
CERS garbage declaration
What vessels require a garbage record book?
400 or over gt
What is in garbage record book and how long to keep on board.
2 years.
Date and time of garbage record to shore side, sea, inciniration and seperate catagories, accidental discharge.
Garbage record book part two
Vessels carrying HAZMAT
Placards what requirement?
VLs of 12m or more notifiying of ship discharging critera.
Can you discharge an animal carcass?
Yes provided it will sink immediately and en route, more than 100nm and maximum depth of water. OUTSIDE SPECIAL AREA.
Food waste requirements in and out of special area?
OUTSIDE GROUNDED
>3NM and en route.
INSIDE GROUNDED
>12NM
OUTSIDE UNGROUNDED
>12NM
INSIDE UNGROUNDED
NO DISCHARGE!!!
Cert for Annex 6?
IAPP (Initial, annual, I/A, I/A, annual and renewal) & International energy efficency certificate (initial and lifetime) - class to do these? 400gt and above.
Special Areas
Baltic, North sea, North America, US and Caribbean Waters.
Sulphur requirements in and out of special areas?
- SECA <0.1% (world wide <0.5%) EU ports 0.1% and China 12nm 0.1%.
Explan Marine Fuel Sulpher Record Book
How many parts to the International Energy Efficeny Certificate
2 parts.
Part 1 - Shipboard energy efficency plan
Part 2 -Energey efficiency design index
What cannot be incenerated?
Cargo residue form annex 1,2,3
PCBs
Garbage with traces of heavy metal
Pertorleum contaning halogens
Extra documents for Annex 6?
Bunker delivery note and sample
O-Zone depletion substance record book
Tech file for ER and incenerator
Marine Fuel Sulpher record book
As Master how will you change over to 0.1% sulpher?
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.
Can scrubbers be operating in special area ANNEX 6?
Only closed loop (water is filtered), open loop requires discharge of water so not aloud).
What ships does the ballast water convention apply to?
UK vessels regardless of tonnage, wherever you may be.
When will you need an International Ballast Water Management Cert
If making an international voyage?
IBWMC
5yrs, Initial, Anual, Intermediate, anual, Rewnal.
Ballast Water Record Book.
Includes, times and positons, method used, ER, dilution or flow thru, Vol etc. Either D1 or D 2. Keep 3 years.
3 methods for D1 discharge ballast
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.
