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82 RECOMMENDATIONS
RECOMMENDATION
Technical and Management
Ship-generated waste including bilge water and domestic, operational and cargo-associated waste
should be collected onboard. This requires specific technical standards regarding construction including
the need to have, for example, appropriate slop tanks and bilge pumps.
Waste must be delivered ashore at regular intervals.
A waste management plan should be made by the ship’s operator for inland waterway barges to deal
with all waste generated onboard. This plan can be used only in combination with an effective Port
Waste Management Plan in use, and controlled by port authorities.
Institutional and Capacity Building
Port authorities should have an effective Port Waste-Management Plan. Such plans should refer
to legal and organisational aspects, effective ship waste-handling procedures, responsibilities,
cost-recovery systems, waste-registration procedures, communications, control and enforcement,
ownership of reception facilities, technical installations and a maintenance plan.
Crewmembers should be made aware of the consequences of waste disposal in the river and the
dangers of pollution for the environment. Crews should be trained in dealing with different kinds of
waste generated onboard and the use of the ship’s waste management plan.
3.3.3.2 Safety Management
Target group: All barges
RECOMMENDATION
Member Countries should develop inspection procedures to verify the implementation of safety
and environmental protection measures onboard vessels.
Challenge
Management of safety includes a lot of activities and operations that have either a high or very
high priority area. All participants in the carriage of dangerous goods should take appropriate
measures according to the nature and the extent of foreseeable dangers to avoid damage or injury
and, if necessary, to minimise their effects. To control health and safety aspects associated with the
handling of dangerous goods, it is recommended that a safety management system is in place aimed
at minimising related risks.
For safety management in transporting dangerous goods by inland waterways, the International
Safety Management (ISM) Code for seagoing vessels may be used as an example should there be
no equivalent Code addressing inland waterborne transport. All seagoing tankers, as defined in the
SOLAS and MARPOL Conventions, are required to comply with the ISM Code if they are 500 gross tonnes
and over. The ISM Code provides an international standard for the safe management and operation of
tankers and for pollution prevention. The Code requires that tanker operators should:
• provide for safe practices in tanker operation and a safe working environment.
• establish safeguards against all identified risks.
• continually improve the safety management skills of personnel ashore and aboard tankers,
including preparing for emergencies related to safety and environmental protection.