Guidelines For Ensuring The Adequacy Of Port Waste Reception Facilities

Guidelines for Ensuring the Adequacy of Port Waste Reception Facilities

The intentionof these Guidelines is to provide guidance on the detrmination of adequacy of reception facilities for ship-generated waste as part of the implementation of the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships 1973 as modified by the Protocol of 1978 relating thereto (MARPOL 73/78. Widespread use of the Guidelines will assist States to overcome the problem of determining the need for reception facilities.[From Foreword].

Guidelines for Ensuring the Adequacy of Port Waste Reception Facilities

Port Reception Facilities

This Manual provides practical information to Governments and competent (port) authorities, in particular those in developing countries, as well as the shipping industry, agencies and waste contractors seeking guidance when implementing MARPOL. It also provides guidance on how to deal with possible inadequacies, as, in order to comply fully with MARPOL, a party State has to ensure the provision of adequate port reception facilities meeting the needs of ships using their ports, without causing undue delay to the ships.