Maritime Compliance 12 items
MARPOL Annex V Garbage Management & Record Book
Verifies the Garbage Management Plan, Garbage Record Book, placards, and segregation/disposal practices under MARPOL Annex V.
MARPOL Annex V
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Plans, Placards and Records
- Is an approved Garbage Management Plan on board covering collection, storage, processing, and disposal? *
- Is the Garbage Record Book (or ship's official log for small ships) maintained with dated, categorized entries and Master's signatures? *
- Are garbage placards posted notifying crew and passengers of the disposal requirements? *
Segregation and Storage
- Is garbage segregated by the required categories (plastics, food waste, operational waste, e-waste, cooking oil, etc.)? *
- Are storage receptacles adequate, marked, and secured to prevent accidental loss overboard? *
- Is all plastic (including synthetic ropes, fishing gear, and plastic bags) retained on board for shore disposal? *
Discharge Compliance
- Are discharges of food waste, comminuted or not, made only at the permitted distances from the nearest land? *
- Are special-area and Polar-region restrictions understood and applied when operating in those areas? *
- Are cargo residues and cleaning agents/additives assessed as harmful (HME) or not, and discharged accordingly? *
Reception Facility Disposal
- Are garbage landings to port reception facilities supported by receipts retained with the Garbage Record Book? *
- Enter the date of the most recent garbage landing ashore.
- Where garbage is incinerated or processed on board, are the quantities and methods recorded in the Garbage Record Book? *
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