BALTIC SEAENVIRONMENT PROCEEDINGS No. 59 - Helcom

1. Introduction
On the 32th session of the Marine Environment Protection
Committee the Netherlands have taken the initiative to produce
a Comprehensive Manual on the Provision of Port Reception
Facilities. For this we had the following reasons:
1 Worldwide there is a lack of adequate reception
facilities for ship generated waste. At the same
time the shipping industry is faced with ever stricter
discharge regulations. This means that for the
shipping industry the situation gets worse every
day.
2 The existing IMO-guidelines on reception facilities
have become outdated. Since the introduction of
MARPOL much experience in the field of reception and
processing waste from ships has been gained.
3 In the Netherlands we have learned a lot of the
mistakes that were made during the implementation of
reception facilities. Other Member States can gain
profit from our experience.
Fortunately the MEPC took over our initiative, and a working
group was established to write the Manual. Since I am the
chairman of the working group, I have the honour to provide
you with some more information on what this manual is all
about. The manual will be published in 1994 by the International
Maritime Organization. Being a Dutchman, I see here some
opportunities for commercial acitivities, so I strongly advise
you to buy the Manual. It is regrettable however, that the
profit will go to the IMO and not to us.
2. The structure of the Manual
The Manual is concentrated on the process of receiving, storing,
treating and final disposal of waste from ships. It is
dealing with oily waste (MARPOL Annex I), residues of noxious
liquid substances transported in bulk (MARPOL Annex II) and
garbage (MARPOL Annex V). Annex IV of MARPOL is not dealt with
because this Annex is not yet in force.
Within the framework of the process described above, four main
aspects are dealt with. These aspects are:
1 The development of a waste management strategy
2 Legal aspects
3 Planning aspects
4 Operation of reception facilities
In this lecture I also will pay attention to the financing and
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