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Do Not Throw Garbage Sticker Rev. 05

Garbage discharge from ships is regulated by MARPOL Annex V and the Polar Code. Food waste and cargo residues can only be discharged outside of special areas if comminuted and at least 3 or 12 nautical miles from land, depending on the garbage type. Most garbage types, including plastics and operational waste, cannot be discharged anywhere. Violating these rules carries large fines and potential imprisonment. Company records must document proper garbage handling and disposal.

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Do Not Throw Garbage Sticker Rev. 05

Garbage discharge from ships is regulated by MARPOL Annex V and the Polar Code. Food waste and cargo residues can only be discharged outside of special areas if comminuted and at least 3 or 12 nautical miles from land, depending on the garbage type. Most garbage types, including plastics and operational waste, cannot be discharged anywhere. Violating these rules carries large fines and potential imprisonment. Company records must document proper garbage handling and disposal.

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DON’T THROW GARBAGE OVERBOARD !

It could be against the Law


All Garbage Discharges into the sea must be undertaken in accordance with regulation 4, 5 or 6 of MARPOL
Annex V or chapter 5 of part II-A of the Polar Code.
The MARPOL Convention prohibit the discharge of garbage from ships except as mentioned in below table
under the specified conditions. Company’s Garbage Manual & Record Book Shall be maintained to record
garbage disposal.

Type of garbage Ships outside special areas Ships within special areas
Discharge permitted Discharge permitted
Food waste comminuted or ground ≥3 nm from the nearest land ≥12 nm from the nearest land and en
and en route route
Discharge permitted
Food waste not comminuted or ground ≥12 nm from the nearest land Discharge prohibited
and en route
1
Cargo residues not contained in wash
water
Discharge prohibited
Discharge permitted
≥12 nm from the nearest land Discharge only permitted in specific
2
and en route circumstances
1
Cargo residues contained in wash water and ≥12 nm from the nearest land and en
route
Discharge only permitted in specific
1 2
Cleaning agents and additives contained circumstances
in cargo hold wash water and ≥12 nm from the nearest land and en
Discharge permitted route
1
Cleaning agents and additives contained
in deck and external surfaces wash water
Discharge permitted
Discharge permitted
Carcasses of animals carried on board as
cargo and which died during the voyage
as far from the nearest land as Discharge prohibited
possible and en route

All other garbage including plastics,


domestic wastes, cooking oil, incinerator Discharge prohibited Discharge prohibited
ashes, operational wastes and fishing gear

When garbage is mixed with or contaminated by other substances


Mixed garbage prohibited from discharge or having different discharge requirements, the
more stringent requirements shall apply
Source : IMO
1 These substances must not be harmful to the marine environment.
2 According to regulation 6.1.2 of MARPOL Annex V, the discharge shall only be allowed if: (a) both the port of departure
and the next port of destination are within the special area and the ship will not transit outside the special area
between these ports (regulation 6.1.2.2); and (b) if no adequate reception facilities are available at those ports
(regulation 6.1.2.3).

Special Areas
The Mediterranean Sea, the Baltic Sea, the Black Sea, the Red Sea, the “Gulfs Area”, the North Sea, the Antarctic and the Wider
Caribbean Region including the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea.

Particularly Sensitive Sea Areas (PSSAs)


The Great Barrier Reef, Australia, The Sabana-Camaguey Archipelago (Cuba), Malpelo Island (Colombia), Around the Florida
Keys (USA), Wadden Sea (Denmark, Germany & Netherlands), Paracas National Reserve (Peru), Western European Waters,
Extension of the Great Barrier Reef PSSA to include the Torres Strait, Canary Islands (Spain), the Galapagos
Archipelago(Ecuador), the Baltic Sea area, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland & Sweden, the
Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument, United States, the Strait of Bonifacio, France and Italy, the Saba Bank, in the
North-eastern Caribbean area of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Extension of Great Barrier Reef and Torres Strait to encompass
the south-west part of the Coral Sea & The Jomard Entrance, Papua New Guinea.

NOTE: Discharge of garbage in PSSA requires approval from the Fleet Cell.

CAUTION! LARGE PERSONAL FINES AND IMPRISONMENT ARE THE PENALTY FOR CONTRAVENING
ANNEX V TO MARPOL 73/78.

WMP 001 05-2017

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