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MARPOL 73/78
International Convention for the Prevention of
Pollution from Ships (administered by IMO)
First ever comprehensive anti-pollution convention
dealing with ship-borne oil as well as other chemicals,
harmful substances, garbage, sewage, and air pollutants.
Concerned with jurisdiction, inspection, and
enforcement.
Objectives:
To completely eliminate the intentional pollution of the
marine environment by oil and other harmful substances;
and
To minimize the accidental discharge of such
substances.
MARPOL 73/78: CONTENTS
contains 20 Articles and 6 Annexes with Regulations
Annex I : Prevention of Pollution by Oil
Annex II : Noxious Liquid Substances in Bulk
Annex III : Harmful Substances in Packaged Form
Annex IV : Sewage
Annex V : Garbage
Annex VI : Air pollution
Annexes III, IV, V and VI are optional, but Saudi Arabia
officially acceded to Annexes IV on 23 May 2005.
Therefore, Saudi Arabia is obliged to fully implement
MARPOL 73/78, including Annexes I-V.
CANADA RUSSIA
TERRITORIAL CONTIGUOUS
SEA ZONE
INTERNAL
WATERS EEZ HIGH SEAS
12
BASELINE NM
24
NM
200
NM
MARPOL DEFINITIONS: SPECIAL AREA
Special Area means a sea area where, for recognized
technical reasons in relation to its oceanographic and
ecological condition and to the particular character of its
traffic, the adoption of special mandatory methods for the
prevention of sea pollution by oil is required, Under the
Convention, these special areas are provided with a higher
level of protection than other areas of the sea.
I Oil YES Covers all types of wastes from the carriage of oil:
as fuel, engine room slops, cargo (tank washings) or
dirty ballast water.
V Garbage from ships YES Garbage includes domestic (food and packaging)
and operational (maintenance, cargo and
miscellaneous) wastes.
Small Vessels
There is no statutory requirement for ships
below 5,000 tonnes dead-weight to have
double hulls.
PHASE OUT SCHEDULES
Implement MARPOL
COASTAL STATE regulations in territorial
waters
Implement MARPOL
PORT STATE regulations on ships
docking at ports
Outside SA and 50
miles away from Minimal Minimal Minimal Minimal
nearest land
ANNEX I: OIL
Minimum Discharge
For Oil Tankers:
The instantaneous rate of discharge of oil content does
not exceed 30 liters per nautical mile.
The total quantity of oil discharged into the sea does not
exceed 1/15,000 (for old tankers) or 1/30,000 (for new
tankers) of total quantity of cargo.
For Ships:
The oil content of effluent without dilution does not
exceed 15 ppm.
The instantaneous rate of discharge of oil content is the
rate of discharge of oil in liters per hour at any instant divided
by the speed of the ship in knots at the same instant.
OIL TANKERS: Discharge Limits
it
750
Oil Content of Discharge NOT ALLOWABLE i m
ZONE L
um
im
300 450 600
Not allowed, ax
(liter/hr)
too slow!
M Faster, OK!
content, OK!
Lower oil
ALLOWABLE
150
ZONE
1 knot = 1 nm/hr
5 0
10 15 20 25
RULES: IfShip
If running slowly, Speed
oil content
then reduce(knots)
is higher,
oil content
then speed
of discharge!
up!
OIL TANKERS: Discharge Limits
DATA POINTS
800
103 104 105 106 107 OLD
Total Oil Discharged
0.07 0.67 6.67 66.7 666.7 Tankers
0.03 0.33 3.33 33.3 333.3
600
(MT)
NEW
Tankers
100
B Hazard Harm
C Minor hazard Minor harm
D Recognizable hazard Minimal harm
C
per tank max. 3 m3 or 1/1,000 per tank max. 1 m3 or 1/3,000 of
of the tank capacity in m3 the tank capacity in m3
concentration of the substance concentration of the substance
in the wake astern of the ship in the wake astern of the ship
max. 10 ppm max. 1 ppm
ANNEX II: NOXIOUS SUBSTANCES
Discharge regulations with respect to Special Areas (cont.)
In All Areas (inside or outside Special Areas)
ship is proceeding en route
D minimum speed 7 or 4 knots
at least 12 nautical miles from the nearest land
max. one part of the substance in ten parts of water
Phase 1 4
1 Draft a National Implementation Plan (NIP) and specific Action Plans (APs
2 Min. of Transport submits NIP and APs for review to the stakeholders
3 Stakeholders approve or recommend a revision of the NIP and APs
4 NIP and APs are endorsed to the National Government for legislation
MARPOL IMPLEMENTATION
REQUIRED ACTIVITIES
Ministry of Transport
(Focal Point)
Other Stakeholders
(e.g. General Public, etc.)
Coast Guard
enforcement and monitoring within territorial waters
and the EEZ
make apprehensions for ships in violation of MARPOL
Ship Owners
ensure compliance of ships with MARPOL requirements,
in coordination with the Ministry of Transport (survey)
monitor performance of own ships within and outside
territorial waters
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