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GENERAL WASTE COLLECTION TO SHIPS

DEFINITION, MARPOL ANNEX I, MARPOL ANNEX IV, MARPOL ANNEX V, LEGAL BASIS.

DEFINITION:

IT IS UNDERSTOOD AS SUCH THE SERVICE OF RECEPTION OF ALL THE WASTE GENERATED IN THE SHIPS THAT IS CARRIED OUT BY ALL THE SHIPS AND PORT FACILITIES, PROCEEDING, AFTER ITS CLASSIFICATION, TREATMENT AND ITS FINAL TRANSFER TO THE FACILITIES AUTHORIZED BY THE COMPETENT AUTHORITIES. BY WASTE GENERATED BY SHIPS SHOULD BE UNDERSTOOD ALL WASTE, INCLUDING WASTE WATER AND WASTE OTHER THAN CARGO WASTE PRODUCED DURING SHIP SERVICE AND WHICH IS REGULATED BY ANNEXES I, IV, V OF THE MARPOL 73/78 AGREEMENT (CONVENTION INTERNATIONAL TO PREVENT POLLUTION CAUSED BY SHIPS OF 1973, MODIFIED BY ITS 1978 PROTOCOL IN ITS CURRENT VERSION) AS WELL AS WASTE RELATED TO CARGO AS DEFINED IN THE GUIDELINES FOR THE APPLICATION OF ANNEX V OF THE CITED AGREEMENT. THE ANNEXES
I, IV AND V OF THE MARPOL CONVENTION APPLY TO THE FOLLOWING TYPES OF WASTE.

MARPOL ANNEX I:

HYDROCARBONS, USED OILS, CRUDE OIL, FUEL-OIL, SLUDGE, CARGO OIL WASTE, CLEANING OF TANKS AND REFINED PRODUCTS.

MARPOL ANNEX IV:

DIRTY WATER FROM SHIPS FROM BATHROOMS, KITCHENS, LAVAVES, LAUNDRY ROOMS, SANITARY FACILITIES ETC.

MARPOL ANNEX V:

SOLID WASTE THAT INCLUDES FOOD REMAINS, DOMESTIC WORK WASTE, PLASTICS, PAPER, RAGS AND WASTE RELATED TO LOADING, SUCH AS REMAINS OF STOWAGE AND PACKING WOOD, LATCHING CABLES, WEDGES, STRAPS, LINES, ETC.

LEGAL BASIS:

IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE 73 SUPPLIES THAT INCLUDES THE DELIVERY OF SUPPLIES TO THE SHIPS; POTABLE WATER, FUEL AND LUBRICANTS, TELEPHONE, FAXIMILAR OR TELEX COMMUNICATION, ELECTRICAL ENERGY AND TO THE AREAS OF MANEUVERS OF THE MERCHANDISE THAT LOADS OR UNLOADS THE COLLECTION OF GARBAGE AND WASTE, THE ELIMINATION OF RESIDUAL WATER, LAUNDRY, REPAIRS AFLOAT AND OTHERS THAT THE SECRETARY DETERMINES IN THE CORRESPONDING AGREEMENT TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL GAZETTE OF THE FEDERATION.