Marine Pollution

Annex VI Regulations for the Prevention

of Air Pollution by Ships

Trika Pitana

Outline
Document
General Exception
Requirement for control of emissions
from ships
Ozone depleting substances
Nox
SOx
Shipboard incinerator

Document
International Air Pollution Prevention
Certificate
Validity = shall bot exceed 5 years

Certificate shall be not valid due to

(Reg. 9.4)
If the inspection and survey not carried
out within the periods specified under
regulation 5 of this annex
If signifiant alteration has taken place to
the equipment
Up on transfer of the ship to the flag of
another state

Ozone Depleting substance

1. Subject to the provision of reg.3, any
deliberate emission of ozone depleting
substance shall be prohibitted
2. New instalation contain ozone
depleting substance shall be
prohibitted to all ship, except that new
instalation containing HCFCs
(hydrochlorofluorocarbons)

NOx
This regulation shall apply to:
(i) Each diesel engine with power output more
than 130 kw which is installed on a ship
constructed on or after 1 january 2000
(ii) Each diesel engine with power output more
than 130 kw which undergoes major
conversion on or after 1 january 2000

NOx
This regulation shall not apply to:
(i) Emergency diesel engine,
engine engine installed
in lifeboats and any device or equipment
itended to be used solely in case of
emergency
(ii) Engine installed on ship solely engage in
voyages within water subject to sovereignty
or jurisdiction of the state the flag of which
the ship entitled to fly, provided that such
engines are subject to an aternative NOx
control measure established by the admin

Limitation
(i) 17 g/kW h, n < 130 rpm
(ii) 45 x n-0.2 g/kW, 130 = n < 2000 rpm
(iii) 9.8 g/kW, n >= 2000 rpm
N = crankshaf revolution (rated engine
speed)

SOx
General Requirement:
The sulphur content of any fuel oil used
on board ship shall not exceed 4,5 %
m/m

SOx
Requirement within SOx emission control
areas:
. SOx emision control area shall
include:
(a) The baltic sea area as defined in reg.
10(1)(b) of annex I
(b) Any other sea area, including port area
designated by IMO

SOx within emision control area

The sulphur content of fuel oil used on board
control area does not exceed 1,5% m/m
An exhaust gas cleaning, ,applied to
reduce the total emission of Sulphur oxides
from ship, including both auxiliary and main
propulsion engine, to 6 g SOx/kW or less
calculated as the total weight of SOx emision

Shipboard incineration
1.

2.

Each ship incinerator installed on or after 1 January

2000 shall be tested accordance appendix IV to this
annex
Shipboard incineration of the following substances
shall be prohibitted:
1.
2.
3.
4.

Annex I, II and III cargo residues of the present convetion

and related contaminated packing material
Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB)
Garbage as defined in Annex V containing more than
traces of heavy metal
Refine petroleum products containng halogen compounds.

Conclusion
You already know any subtance which is limitted
in Annex VI (NOx, SOx)
Reequirement to control air pollution

References:
MARPOL 73/78 consolidated edition
2002
WMU lecture note of enviromental
standart, Prof. Johnsson,2005