ANNEX V GARBAGE

A. Difinisi – difinisi
1. Sampah adalah semua jenis sisa makanan dari atas kapal dan sisa operasional tidak termasuk
ikan segar dan bagian – bagian lainnya, yang dihasilkan selama pengoperasian kapal secara
normal yang diharuskan dibuang secara terus menerus atau secara berkala kecuali zat – zat
yang mana telah dicantumkan dalam aturan – aturan lainnya pada konfensi terakhir.
2. Daerah Pantai / Nearest land. Istilah daerah pantai diukur dari garis pantai sampai garis
teritorial laut yang mana telah ditentukan oleh peraturan International dan perkecualian untuk
konvensi yang ditetapkan seperti pantai timur Australia.
3. Daerah khusus adalah wilayah laut karena alasan – alasan teknis yang diakui sehubungan
dengan oseanografi dan ekologi serta sifat – sifat khusus lalu lintasnya, penerapan cara – cara
khusus yang mengikat dalam hal pencegahan pencemaran laut oleh sampah.
B. Pemberlakuan / penerapan ( Reg. 2 )
Diberlakukan untuk semua kapal – kapal tidak terkecuali yang tercantum dalam Annex ini
C. Pembuangan sampah dilaut daerah khusus ( special area )
1. Tujuan dari peraturan 4, 5, 6 dari aturan ini adalah
a. Dilarang membuang sampah kelaut semua jenis plastic termasuk tali manila, jaring – jaring
ikan sintetik, kantong sampah plastic dan abu produk plastic yang mana mengandung racun
atau sisa / residu logam.
b. Dilarang membuang sampah didekat pantai sejauh dapat dilakukan dengan jarak tidak
kurang dari :
1) 25 Nautical mil untuk dunnage, lining, dan material yang dapat mengapung
2) 12 Nautical mil untuk sisa makanan dan semua sampah termasuk kertas produk, kain, kaca,
logam botol – botol dan barang perak.
c. Pembuangan sampah ke laut seperti sampah makanan dan sampah lainnya termasuk kertas,
majun, kaca, logam, botol, dan barang – barang tembikar dapat dilakukan dengan sarat sudah
dicampur dan dihancurkan dengan lebar tidak boleh lebih 25 mm dan sejauh mungkin dari
daratan tetapi tidak boleh kurang dari 3 mil.
D. Pembuangan sampah dengan persyaratan khusus ( Reg. 4 )
1. Dilarang membuang setiap bahan / materi dari Platform tetap atau yang mengapung yang
melakukan eksplorasi, dan kegiatan eksplorasi sumber mineral did an didasar laut dan dari
semua kapal – kapal pada waktu sandar atau berada disekitar 500 m dari platform ( Rig )
2. Pembuangan sampah – sampah makanan setelah dicampurkan dan dihancurkan dari rig /
platforms tetap atau yang mengapung dengan lokasi tidak boleh kurang dari 12 mil dan semua
kapal – kapal yang sandar atau berada disekitar 500 m dari platform / rig dengan lebar tidak
boleh lebih dari 25 mm.
E. Pembuangan sampah di daerah khusus
Daerah khusus yang dimaksud dengan aturan ini adalah Laut Mediteranean, Altik, Laut Hitam,
Laut Merah, Teluk Mexico dan Laut Carebean.

Dilarang membuang sampah :

1. Semua jenis plastik termasuk tali syntetik, jala ikan syntetik, kantong plastik dan abu plastik
yang dihasilkan dari incenerator, yang mengandung racun atau sisa / residu logam. Semua
sampah termasuk kertas, majun, kaca, logam, ganjal, pakain dan jenis – jenis pembungkusan.
Untuk sampah makanan sejauh mungkin dari daratan tidak boleh kurang dari 12 mil.
2. Membuang sampah makanan di laut cerebean harus dicampur dan dihancurkan dulu dengan
lebar tidak boleh dari 25 mm jarak dari pantai tidak boleh kurang dari 3 mil.

F. Pengecualian ( Reg. 6 )
Peraturan tidak diberlakukan untuk :
1. Pembuangan sampah yang mendesak / penting dari kapal dengan alasan untuk keselamatan
kapal dan keselamatan di laut.
2. Sampah yang dihasilkan karena adanya kerusakan kapal atau pemasangan semua peralatan
dengan alasan sebagai tindakan pencegahan yang dilakukan sebelum dan sesudah kejadian
kerusakan untuk mencegah atau memperkecil kerusakan yang terjadi.
3. Kehilangan net / jala – jala ikan yang di pasang dengan alasan untuk tindakan pencegahan
yang dilakukan untuk mencegah terjadinya kehilangan yang lebih banyak.
G. Fasilitas penampungan ( Reg. 7 )
Pemerintah Negara yang tergabung dalam konvensi ini untuk menyakinkan penyediaan fisilitas
penampungan di pelabuhan dan terminal untuk penampungan sampah – sampah tanpa
menyebabkan keterlambatan kapal, dan sesuai dengan kepentingan dan yang digunakan oleh
kapal.
H. Port State control ( Reg. 8 )
Pada waktu kapal berada di pelabuhan, pejabat dapat melakukan pemeriksaan diatas kapal
terhadap nahkoda dan anak buah kapal jika tidak mengetahui pencegahan polusi dari sampah
dengan baik kapal tidak diijinkan untuk berlayar.
I. Placard, Garbage management palns, Pencatatan ( Reg. 9 )
1. Setiap kapal dengan panjang seluruh 12 meter atau lebih harus memasang placard supaya
anak buah kapal dan penumpang mengetahui persyaratan pada peraturan 3 dan 5 aturan ini.
Dengan bahasa kerja yang digunakan oleh personnel kapal untuk kapal – kapal dengan
pelayaran dari pelabuhan atau terminal offshore dibawah ketentuan hukum yang berlaku dan
bahasa inggris dan prancis.
2. Setiap kapal dengan GRT 400 ton keatas dengan jumlah crew 15 orang lebih harus membawa
/ dilengkapi Garbage Management Plans.
3. Setiap kapal dengan GRT 400 Ton lebih yang melakukan pelayaran dari pelabuahan ke
terminal offshore di bawah hukum yang berlaku dan platform / rig tetap dan mengapung yang
melakukan eksplorasi di laut dan dasar laut harus membawa Garbage Record Book.
Setiap pembuangan, atau pembakaran harus dicatat di dalam Garbage record book oleh
perwira yang bertugas, tanggal pembakaran atau pembuangan ditulis, dan dengan bahasa
Inggris, Spanyol dan Prancis dan ditanda tangani oleh nahkoda.
Pencatatan pada waktu pembakaran atau pembuangan antara lain tanggal, waktu, posisi kapal,
jenis sampah, perkiraan jumlah. Garbage record book harus disimpan diatas kapal disuatu
tempat karena sewaktu – waktu dilakukan pemeriksaan Dokument ini harus disediakan untuk
periode 2 tahun
Tips untuk daur ulang sampah di atas kapal
Pendaurulangan limbah dan sampah diatas kapal adalah suatu konsep baru untuk mengurangi
terjadinya pencemaran laut yang diterapkan diatas kapal terutama diatas kapal pesiar dimana
produksi limbahnya empat kali lipat dibandingkan dengan kapal konvensional atau kapal niaga
lainnya. langkah- langkah yang harus dilakukan untuk meminimalisir terjadinya pencemaran laut di
kapal pesiar tetapi juga bisa diterapkan dikapal niaga lainnya adalah:

 Pemilik kapal dan operator kelautan harus mempersiapkan sarana dalam pengelolaan sampah
serta memastikan prosedur pengelolaan sampah ini berjalan dengan baik diatas kapal.
 Memaksimalkan penggunaan kertas bekas yang masih layak untuk pembuatan dokumen sehari
hari
 Mesin pengompres atau Compactor harus digunakan untuk menghancurkan bahan tebal seperti
plastik, kertas, kaleng logam, dll Bahan tersebut harus diletakkan di tempat sampah daur ulang
atau kontainer.
 Barang-barang seperti komputer, televisi, kotak musik, dll yang tidak lagi diperlukan atau
digunakan di kapal harus diberikan atau dikirim kedarat.
 Limbah minyak atau yang berbahan dasar minyak dapat digunakan sebagai pelumas alternatif
atau sebagai pembersih noda yang sulit yang hanya dapat dihilangkan dengan minyak.
 Kantong plastik yang selama ini digunakan diatas kapal harus diganti dengan kantong yang
berbahan dasar kertas yang larut didalam air sehingga dapat digunakan untuk membuang sisa
makanan kelaut. Kantong plastik merupakan salah satu sumber terjadinya pencemaran laut.
 Yang tidak kalah pentingnya adalah memahami tentang efek yang berkaitan dengan emisi udara
yang disebabkan oleh jumlah penggunaan energi. Memaksimalkan penggunaan lampu yang
membutuhkan energi yang lebih rendah.
 Limbah batere yang sudah tidak terpakai harus dibuang kedarat.

Pada akhirnya diperlukan peran aktif dari masing masing pihak baik regulator maupun operator
perusahaan pelayaran untuk dapat menerapkan manajemen pengelolaan sampah dilaksanakan
dengan baik. Manajemen perusahaan harus berinteraksi dengan semua kru yang ada diatas kapal
untuk mengurangi terjadinya pencemaranlaut dengan jalan memberikan motivasi dan pembelajaran
bagi mereka untuk mencintai dan menghargai lingkungan laut dengan cara pemberian training cara
penyimpanan dan pemisahan sampah yang benar. Sehingga ekosistem laut dapat terjaga dengan
baik (Dro)
Prevention of Pollution by Garbage from Ships

Regulations for the Prevention of pollution by garbage from ships are contained in Annex V of MARPOL.

Background of MARPOL Annex V

Garbage from ships can be just as deadly to marine life as oil or chemicals.

The greatest danger comes from plastic, which can float for years. Fish and marine
cases mistake plastics for food and they can also become trapped in plastic ropes, nets, bags and other items - e
as the plastic rings used to hold cans of beer and drinks together.

It is clear that a good deal of the garbage washed up on beaches comes from people on shore - holiday-makers w
the beach, fishermen who simply throw unwanted refuse over the side - or from towns and cities that dump rub
But in some areas most of the rubbish found comes from passing ships which find it convenient to throw rubbis
dispose of it in ports.

For a long while, many people believed that the oceans could absorb anything that was thrown into them, but th
along with greater awareness of the environment. Many items can be degraded by the seas - but this process can

Persuading people not to use the oceans as a rubbish tip is a matter of education - the old idea that the sea can c
prevails to some extent but it also involves much more vigorous enforcement of regulations such as Annex V.

The MARPOL Convention seeks to eliminate and reduce the amount of garbage being discharged into the sea f
expressly provided otherwise, Annex V applies to all ships, which means all vessels of any type whatsoever ope
environment, from merchant ships to fixed or floating platforms to non-commercial ships like pleasure crafts an

Although the Annex is optional1, it did receive a sufficient number of ratifications to enable entry into force on
original version of Annex V prohibited the disposal of plastics anywhere into the sea, and severely restricted dis
from ships in coastal waters and “Special Areas”.

Revised MARPOL Annex V

The Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC), at its 55th session in October 2006, established an int
correspondence group to develop a framework for a comprehensive review of MARPOL Annex V. This review
resolution 60/30 of the UN General Assembly, which had invited IMO to review MARPOL Annex V, in consu
organizations and bodies, and to assess its effectiveness in addressing sea-based sources of marine debris.

In July 2011, MEPC 62 adopted, by resolution MEPC.201(62), the revised MARPOL Annex V which entered i
2013.

In March 2012, MEPC 63 adopted the 2012 Guidelines for the implementation of MARPOL Annex V(resolutio
the 2012 Guidelines for the development of garbage management plans (resolution MEPC.220(63)).

The revised Annex V now generally prohibits the discharge of all garbage into the sea, except as provided other
and 6 of the Annex, which are related to food waste, cargo residues, cleaning agents and additives and animal c
the revised MARPOL Annex V discharge provisions can be accessed here. Exceptions with respect to the safety
board and accidental loss are contained in regulation 7 of Annex V.

Under the revised MARPOL Annex V, garbage includes all kinds of food, domestic and operational waste, all p
incinerator ashes, cooking oil, fishing gear, and animal carcasses generated during the normal operation of the s
disposed of continuously or periodically. Garbage does not include fresh fish and parts thereof generated as a re
undertaken during the voyage, or as a result of aquaculture activities.

Port reception facilities

The effectiveness of ships to comply with the discharge requirements of MARPOL depends largely upon the av
reception facilities, especially within special areas. Hence, the Annex also obliges Governments to ensure the p
adequate reception facilities at ports and terminals for the reception of garbage without causing undue delay to
the needs of the ships using them.

Special areas
The special areas established under Annex V are:

 the Mediterranean Sea area

 the Baltic Sea area
 the Black Sea area
 the Red Sea area
 the Gulfs area
 the North Sea area
 the Wider Caribbean Region and
 the Antarctic area.
These are sea areas where for recognized technical reasons relating to their oceanographic and ecological condi
character of traffic, such as heavy maritime traffic, low water exchange, extreme ice states, endangered marine
of special mandatory methods for the prevention of marine pollution by garbage is required.

Port State control

Provisions to extend port State control to cover operational requirements as regards prevention of marine pollut
and entered into force on 3 March 1996. Like similar amendments to the other MARPOL Annexes, regulation 9
clear that port State control officers can inspect a foreign-flagged vessel at a port or an offshore terminal of its S
clear grounds for believing that the master or crew are not familiar with essential shipboard procedures relating
pollution by garbage".

Placards
Regulation 10.1 also requires every ship of 12 metres in length or over and every fixed or floating platform to d
passengers and crew of the disposal requirements of the Annex; these placards should be written in the working
crew and also in English, French or Spanish for ships travelling to other States' ports or offshore terminals.

Garbage management plans

All ships of 100 gross tonnage and above, every ship certified to carry 15 persons or more, and every fixed or fl
to carry a garbage management plan, which includes written procedures for minimizing, collecting, storing, pro
garbage, including the use of the equipment on board (regulation 10.2). The garbage management plan should d
responsible for the plan and should be in the working language of the crew. Resolution MEPC.220(63) provide
the development of garbage management plans.

Garbage Record Book

Implementation and enforcement is also the focus of regulation 10.3, which requires all ships of 400 gross tonn
ship which is certified to carry 15 persons or more engaged in voyages to ports and offshore terminals under the
Party to the Convention and every fixed or floating platform to provide a Garbage Record Book and to record a
incineration operations.

The date, time, position of the ship, description of the garbage and the estimated amount incinerated or discharg
signed. The Garbage Record Book must be kept for a period of two years after the date of the last entry. This re
impose stricter requirements - but it makes it easier to check that the regulations on garbage are being adhered t
personnel must keep track of the garbage and what happens to it. It may also prove an advantage to a ship when
checking the origin of discharged garbage - if ship personnel can adequately account for all their garbage, they
penalised for discharging garbage when they have not done so. The appendix to MARPOL Annex V provides a
Garbage Record Book.
 Cargo residues
The discharge of cargo residues was one of the issues addressed during the review of MARPOL Annex V. Carg
the remnants of any cargo which are not covered by other Annexes to the present Convention and which remain
following loading or unloading. They include loading and unloading excess or spillage, whether in wet or dry c
wash water, but do not include cargo dust remaining on deck after sweeping or dust on the external surfaces of
the revised Annex V). In addition to this definition, the revised Annex V also stipulates that only those cargo re
recovered using commonly available methods for unloading shall be considered for discharge.

A simplified overview of the regulations regarding the discharge of cargo residues under the revised Annex V c
general rule, cargo residues which contain substances classified as harmful to the marine environment must not
have to be taken to port reception facilities. Regarding the discharge of cargo residues which do not contain any
harmful to the marine environment, the revised Annex V establishes different requirements depending on wheth
wash water or not.

Solid bulk cargoes should be classified and declared by the shipper as to whether or not they are harmful to the
accordance with the criteria set out in paragraph 3.2 of the 2012 Guidelines for the Implementation of MARPO

Recognizing the difficulties experienced by shipowners and operators in finding adequate reception facilities at
MEPC 65 (May 2013) approved MEPC.1/Circ.810 on Adequate port reception facilities for cargoes declared as
environment (HME) under MARPOL Annex V, which provides that, until 31 December 2015, cargo hold wash
previously containing solid bulk cargoes classified as HME may be discharged outside special areas, under cert
described in the circular. The Assembly, at its 29th session in November 2015, having noted the concerns rega
December 2015 of the circular which would leave a guidance gap until this matter could be further considered a
2016, requested the Marine Environment Protection Committee to consider the issue as a matter of urgency at i
encouraged Member Governments to continue applying the provisions of MEPC.1/Circ.810 in the meantime, p
by MEPC 69.

MEPC 69 did not approve the proposal to extend the application of MEPC.1/Circ.810 and invited Member Gov
IMO any alleged inadequacies of reception facilities for HME residues, using the Format for reporting alleged i
reception facilities (MEPC.1/Circ.834, appendix 1), and to consider making corresponding submissions to the C
issue of such inadequacies to the attention of all parties concerned.

Shipboard incinerators
The Standard Specification for Shipboard Incinerators (resolution MEPC.76(40)) covers the design, manufactur
and testing of incinerators designed to incinerate garbage and other shipboard waste.

Prevention of Pollution by Garbage from Ships

Regulations for the Prevention of pollution by garbage from ships are contained in Annex V of MARPOL.
Background of MARPOL Annex V
Garbage from ships can be just as deadly to marine life as oil or chemicals.

BirdThe greatest danger comes from plastic, which can float for years. Fish and marine mammals can in
some cases mistake plastics for food and they can also become trapped in plastic ropes, nets, bags and
other items - even such innocuous items as the plastic rings used to hold cans of beer and drinks
together.

It is clear that a good deal of the garbage washed up on beaches comes from people on shore - holiday-
makers who leave their rubbish on the beach, fishermen who simply throw unwanted refuse over the
side - or from towns and cities that dump rubbish into rivers or the sea. But in some areas most of the
rubbish found comes from passing ships which find it convenient to throw rubbish overboard rather
than dispose of it in ports.

For a long while, many people believed that the oceans could absorb anything that was thrown into
them, but this attitude has changed along with greater awareness of the environment. Many items can
be degraded by the seas - but this process can take months or years.

Persuading people not to use the oceans as a rubbish tip is a matter of education - the old idea that the
sea can cope with anything still prevails to some extent but it also involves much more vigorous
enforcement of regulations such as Annex V.

The MARPOL Convention seeks to eliminate and reduce the amount of garbage being discharged into
the sea from ships. Unless expressly provided otherwise, Annex V applies to all ships, which means all
vessels of any type whatsoever operating in the marine environment, from merchant ships to fixed or
floating platforms to non-commercial ships like pleasure crafts and yachts.

Although the Annex is optional1, it did receive a sufficient number of ratifications to enable entry into
force on 31 December 1988. The original version of Annex V prohibited the disposal of plastics
anywhere into the sea, and severely restricted discharges of other garbage from ships in coastal waters
and “Special Areas”.

Revised MARPOL Annex V

The Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC), at its 55th session in October 2006, established
an intersessional correspondence group to develop a framework for a comprehensive review of
MARPOL Annex V. This review took into account resolution 60/30 of the UN General Assembly, which
had invited IMO to review MARPOL Annex V, in consultation with relevant organizations and bodies, and
to assess its effectiveness in addressing sea-based sources of marine debris.

In July 2011, MEPC 62 adopted, by resolution MEPC.201(62), the revised MARPOL Annex V which
entered into force on 1 January 2013.

In March 2012, MEPC 63 adopted the 2012 Guidelines for the implementation of MARPOL Annex V
(resolution MEPC.219(63)) and the 2012 Guidelines for the development of garbage management plans
(resolution MEPC.220(63)).
The revised Annex V now generally prohibits the discharge of all garbage into the sea, except as
provided otherwise in regulations 4, 5, and 6 of the Annex, which are related to food waste, cargo
residues, cleaning agents and additives and animal carcasses. An overview of the revised MARPOL Annex
V discharge provisions can be accessed here. Exceptions with respect to the safety of a ship and those
on board and accidental loss are contained in regulation 7 of Annex V.

Under the revised MARPOL Annex V, garbage includes all kinds of food, domestic and operational waste,
all plastics, cargo residues, incinerator ashes, cooking oil, fishing gear, and animal carcasses generated
during the normal operation of the ship and liable to be disposed of continuously or periodically.
Garbage does not include fresh fish and parts thereof generated as a result of fishing activities
undertaken during the voyage, or as a result of aquaculture activities.

Port reception facilities

The effectiveness of ships to comply with the discharge requirements of MARPOL depends largely upon
the availability of adequate port reception facilities, especially within special areas. Hence, the Annex
also obliges Governments to ensure the provision of adequate reception facilities at ports and terminals
for the reception of garbage without causing undue delay to ships, and according to the needs of the
ships using them.

Special areas
The special areas established under Annex V are:

the Mediterranean Sea area

the Baltic Sea area
the Black Sea area
the Red Sea area
the Gulfs area
the North Sea area
the Wider Caribbean Region and
the Antarctic area.
These are sea areas where for recognized technical reasons relating to their oceanographic and
ecological condition and the particular character of traffic, such as heavy maritime traffic, low water
exchange, extreme ice states, endangered marine species, etc., the adoption of special mandatory
methods for the prevention of marine pollution by garbage is required.

Port State control

Provisions to extend port State control to cover operational requirements as regards prevention of
marine pollution were adopted in 1994 and entered into force on 3 March 1996. Like similar
amendments to the other MARPOL Annexes, regulation 9 of Annex V makes it clear that port State
control officers can inspect a foreign-flagged vessel at a port or an offshore terminal of its State "where
there are clear grounds for believing that the master or crew are not familiar with essential shipboard
procedures relating to the prevention of pollution by garbage".

Placards
Regulation 10.1 also requires every ship of 12 metres in length or over and every fixed or floating
platform to display placards notifying passengers and crew of the disposal requirements of the Annex;
these placards should be written in the working language of the ship’s crew and also in English, French
or Spanish for ships travelling to other States' ports or offshore terminals.
Garbage management plans
All ships of 100 gross tonnage and above, every ship certified to carry 15 persons or more, and every
fixed or floating platform will have to carry a garbage management plan, which includes written
procedures for minimizing, collecting, storing, processing and disposing of garbage, including the use of
the equipment on board (regulation 10.2). The garbage management plan should designate the person
responsible for the plan and should be in the working language of the crew. Resolution MEPC.220(63)
provides the 2012 Guidelines for the development of garbage management plans.

Garbage Record Book

Implementation and enforcement is also the focus of regulation 10.3, which requires all ships of 400
gross tonnage and above and every ship which is certified to carry 15 persons or more engaged in
voyages to ports and offshore terminals under the jurisdiction of another Party to the Convention and
every fixed or floating platform to provide a Garbage Record Book and to record all disposal and
incineration operations.

The date, time, position of the ship, description of the garbage and the estimated amount incinerated or
discharged must be logged and signed. The Garbage Record Book must be kept for a period of two years
after the date of the last entry. This regulation does not in itself impose stricter requirements - but it
makes it easier to check that the regulations on garbage are being adhered to as it means ship personnel
must keep track of the garbage and what happens to it. It may also prove an advantage to a ship when
local officials are checking the origin of discharged garbage - if ship personnel can adequately account
for all their garbage, they are unlikely to be wrongly penalised for discharging garbage when they have
not done so. The appendix to MARPOL Annex V provides a standard form for a Garbage Record Book.

Cargo residues
The discharge of cargo residues was one of the issues addressed during the review of MARPOL Annex V.
Cargo residues are defined as the remnants of any cargo which are not covered by other Annexes to the
present Convention and which remain on deck or in holds following loading or unloading. They include
loading and unloading excess or spillage, whether in wet or dry condition or entrained in wash water,
but do not include cargo dust remaining on deck after sweeping or dust on the external surfaces of the
ship (regulation 1.2 of the revised Annex V). In addition to this definition, the revised Annex V also
stipulates that only those cargo residues that cannot be recovered using commonly available methods
for unloading shall be considered for discharge.

A simplified overview of the regulations regarding the discharge of cargo residues under the revised
Annex V can be accessed here. As a general rule, cargo residues which contain substances classified as
harmful to the marine environment must not be discharged at sea, but have to be taken to port
reception facilities. Regarding the discharge of cargo residues which do not contain any substances
classified as harmful to the marine environment, the revised Annex V establishes different requirements
depending on whether they are contained in wash water or not.

Solid bulk cargoes should be classified and declared by the shipper as to whether or not they are
harmful to the marine environment, in accordance with the criteria set out in paragraph 3.2 of the 2012
Guidelines for the Implementation of MARPOL Annex V.

Recognizing the difficulties experienced by shipowners and operators in finding adequate reception
facilities at receiving terminals, MEPC 65 (May 2013) approved MEPC.1/Circ.810 on Adequate port
reception facilities for cargoes declared as harmful to the marine environment (HME) under MARPOL
Annex V, which provides that, until 31 December 2015, cargo hold washwater from holds previously
containing solid bulk cargoes classified as HME may be discharged outside special areas, under certain
conditions as described in the circular. The Assembly, at its 29th session in November 2015, having
noted the concerns regarding the expiry date of 31 December 2015 of the circular which would leave a
guidance gap until this matter could be further considered at MEPC 69 in April 2016, requested the
Marine Environment Protection Committee to consider the issue as a matter of urgency at its next
session and encouraged Member Governments to continue applying the provisions of MEPC.1/Circ.810
in the meantime, pending any action taken by MEPC 69.

MEPC 69 did not approve the proposal to extend the application of MEPC.1/Circ.810 and invited
Member Governments to report to IMO any alleged inadequacies of reception facilities for HME
residues, using the Format for reporting alleged inadequacies of port reception facilities
(MEPC.1/Circ.834, appendix 1), and to consider making corresponding submissions to the Committee to
bring the issue of such inadequacies to the attention of all parties concerned.

Shipboard incinerators
The Standard Specification for Shipboard Incinerators (resolution MEPC.76(40)) covers the design,
manufacture, performance, operation and testing of incinerators designed to incinerate garbage and
other shipboard waste.