MINOR QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

• What are the carriage requirements of ORB Part II ?

• Every oil tanker of 150 gross tonnage and above shall be provided with an Oil Record Book Part II (Cargo/Ballast
Operations). It’s Mandatory under Reg 36 of Annexe 1 and to be retained for 3 years from date of last entry.It should
be readily available and always kept at designated location.
• State the main four component of Annex VI.
• 1. ODS 2. Nox 3. Sox 4. VOC
• Define Harmful Substances as per Marpol Annex lll.
• Harmful substances are those which have been identified as marine pollutants under IMDG code or the ones which
meet the criteria in the appendix of annexe 3.
• List any 4 Special Areas for the purpose of Annex I.
• 1. Medittaranean sea 2. Antarctic sea 3. Persian Gulf 4. Baltic sea
• Define an ECA with appropriate examples.
• It means an area where adoption of special mandatory measures for emmisions from ship is required to prevent,
reduce and control air pollution from Nox, Sox and particulate matter and their adverse impacts on human health and
environment. It includes those listed in regulation 13 and 14 of this annexe.
• Example : Baltic sea, North sea, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, East and west coast of north America, Wider Carribean
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• Write the names of any four components mentioned in IOPP certificate?
• 1. Oil filtering equipment details 2. Sludge tanks and Bilge tanks details including tank name, location and capacity
• 3. ODMCS details (for oil tankers) 4. COW details ( for oil tankers)
• Which are the surveys pertaining to carriage of noxious liquid substances in bulk in a ship?
• Certificate will be issued after intial survey which confirms systems, equipments, Structure, piping and fitting is as per
requirements of the regulation. Validity of certificate is 5 years.
• Renewal survey carried out for issuance of new certificate at the end of expiry of old certificate.
• Annual survey will be carried out yearly .
• Intermadiate survey will be carried out between second and third anniversary.
• Additional survey to be carried out in case of any repair.
• Under what circumstances can harmful substances defined in Annex III be jettisoned?
• Jettisoning of harmful substances under Annexe 3 carried in packaged form shall be prohibited except for the purpose
of securing ship safety and saving life.
• What are the entries to be made in Garbage record book
• Each discharge into the sea or to a reception facility of garbage under category A to I
• Each discharge into the sea or to a reception facility of garbage under category J & K
• Each completed incineration
• In the event of exceptional discharge or accidental loss
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• Write the names of any four tanks/connections /equipment mentioned in IOPP certificate?
• 1. sludge Tank 2. slop Tank 3. ODMCS 4. Oil filtering Equipment
• ExPand the following:
• a) ODMCS : OIL DISCHARGE MONITORING AND CONTROL SYSTEM
• b) NPDES : NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM
• c) SOPEP : SHIPBOARD OIL POLLUTION EMERGENCY PLAN
• d) Ods : OZONE DEPLETION SUBSTANCES
• Write names of any two certificates issued as per MARPOL regulations for all ships above 400 GT.
• 1. IAPP 2. ISPP
• What is Bunker Delivery Note (BDN).
• A Bunker Delivery Note (BDN) is the standard document required by Annex VI of MARPOL, which contains information
on fuel oil delivery. It is the responsibility of the fuel oil suppliers to provide the bunker delivery note, which must
remain on the vessel, for inspection purposes, for a period of three years after the fuel has been delivered.
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• Define Noxious Liquid Substances as per Marpol Annex II.
• Any substance listed in IBC code and falling in pollution category of x,y or z is a noxious liquid substance..
• What is the criteria for ships to carry a Garbage Management Plan?
• Every ship of 100 gross tonnage and above, & Every ship which is certified to carry 15 or more persons, or Fixed or
floating platforms shall carry a Garbage Management Plan which the crew shall follow.
• What are uses of Oil/water in';erface detector as required by MARPOL Annex- I?
• The instrument should be capable of providing a rapid and accurate determination of the oil/water interface in slop
tank and/or otber tanks where the separation of oil and water is effected and from which it is intended to discharge
effluent direct to the sea.
• What are the categories oF garbage as per Annex- V of Marpol?
• GARBAGE CATEGORIES :
• A Plastics B Food Waste C Domestic Waste [Paper/Rags/Metal/Glass/Cans/Crockery]
• D Cooking Oil E Incinerator ash
• F Operational waste [Cleaning Agents n Additives in hold wash water/Scavenge space Cleaning residue / Dry Soot etc]
• G Animal Carcasses H Fishing Gear I E-Waste
• J NON HME Cargo Residues Contained /Not Contained in wash water
• K HME Cargo Residues (Harmful to marine environment)
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• Define category Z of Noxious liquid substances.
• Category Z: NLS if discharged into sea from tank cleaning or deballasting operation presents minor hazard to marine
resources or human health and therefore justify less stringent restrictions on quality and quantity of discharge into
marine environment.
• Define Sewage.
• Sewage Means : a) Drainage and other wastes from any form of toilets, urinals b) Drainage from medical premises
(dispensary, sick bay, etc.) via wash basins, wash tubs and scuppers located in such premises & , drainage from spaces
containing living animals or other waste water mixed with above drainages.
• What is the difference between SOPEP and SMPEP?
• Sopep focusses on prevention of pollution by oil and is applicable for ships more than 400 GT under Marpol Annexe 1.
• SMPEP addresses both oil and NLS carried as cargo and is applicable to vessel carrying NLS in bulk even if they are
smaller than 400 GT under Marpol Annexe 2 .
• Short notes on Garbage Record Book.
• Every ship of 400 gross tonnage and above and Every ship which is certified to carry 15 or more persons engaged in
voyages to ports or offshore terminals under the jurisdiction of another Party to the Convention, Every fixed or floating
platform shall be provided with a Garbage Record Book. Each discharge into the sea or to a reception facility, Each
completed incineration,shall be promptly recorded in the Garbage Record Book and signed. Each completed page of
the Garbage Record Book shall be signed by the master of the ship. It should be preserved for a period of at least TWO
years from the date of the last entry made in it.
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• Give requirements for Slop Tanks on oil tankers?
• Slop tank is a Tank specifically designated for collection of tank draining/washing and other oily mixtures. Oil tankers
more than 150GT shall be provided with slop tank to transfer dirty ballast residue and tank washings from cargo tank
with adequate transfer means. It is also provided with arrangement for effluent discharge into the sea in compliance
with regulation 34 of this Annexe.Slop tank provided with not less than 3% of oil carrying capacity of ship.Oil tankers
of 70000DWT and above delivered after 31DEC 1979 shall be provided with at least 2 slop tanks.Slop tanks are so
designed in respect of position of inlet, outlet so as to avoid excessive turbulence or entrainment of oil or emulsion
with water.
• Define ‘from the Nearest Land’.
• Nearest Land : Baseline from which territorial sea of the territory in question is established in accordance with
International Law. Base line is low water line along the stretch of a coast.
• Define Clean Ballast as per Annex-1.
• The ballast in a tank which since oil was last carried therein, has been so cleaned that effluent therefrom if it were
discharged from a ship which is stationary into clean calm waters on a clear day would not produce visible traces of oil
on the surface of the water or on adjoining shorelines or cause a sludge or emulsion to be deposited beneath the
surface of the water or upon adjoining shorelines. If the ballast is discharged through an approved oil discharge
monitoring and control system, evidence based on such a system to the effect that the oil content of the effluent did
not exceed 15 parts per million shall be determinative that the ballast was clean, notwithstanding the presence of
visible traces.
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• Explain type of ships required to carry Playcards, garbage management plan and Garbage record book.
• Every ship of 12 m or more in length overall and fixed or floating platforms shall display placards which notify the crew
and passengers of the discharge requirements of regulations 3, 4, 5 and 6 of this Annex, as applicable.
• Every ship of 100 gross tonnage and above, & Every ship which is certified to carry 15 or more persons, or Fixed or
floating platforms shall carry a Garbage Management Plan which the crew shall follow.
• Every ship of 400 gross tonnage and above , Every ship which is certified to carry 15 or more persons engaged in
voyages to ports or offshore terminals under the jurisdiction of another Party to the Convention, Every fixed or floating
platform shall be provided with a Garbage Record Book.
• Write short note on Marking and Labeling.
• Packages containing a harmful substance shall be durably marked with the correct technical name (trade names alone
shall not be used) and, further, shall be durably marked or labelled to indicate that the substance is a marine pollutant.
Such identification shall be supplemented where possible by any other means, for example, by use of the relevant
United Nations number. Marine pollutant label shows dead tree and dead fish in black colour.
• (2) The method of marking the correct technical name and of affixing labels on packages containing a harmful
substance shall be such that this information will still be identifiable on packages surviving at least three months'
immersion in the sea. In considering suitable marking and labelling, account shall be taken of the durability of the
materials used and of the surface of the package.
• (3) Packages containing small quantities of harmful substances may be exempted from the marking requirements.*
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• List special areas as per Annexe 5.
• 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
garbage is required.
• The Mediterranean Sea area, The Baltic Sea area, The Black Sea area, The Red Sea area,The Gulfs area, The Antarctic area, The
North Sea Area , The Wider Caribbean Region –includes the Gulf of Mexico & the Caribbean sea are special areas under Annexe
5.
• As per BW convention, state Ballast water exchange requirements.
• Under the BW convention, all ships operating in international waters need to manage their ballast water and sediments either to
‘D1’ OR ‘D2’ standard as per ship specific ballast water management plan. D1 is only a interim system and All ships are required
to comply with D2 system by 08 Sept 2024. D2 system is essentially a treatment system and should be of approved type.
• Regulation D1 : (Ballast water exchange standard (Interim))
• It does not require any retrofit and hence can be complied almost instantaneously by existing ships. This method is based on the
fact that invader species from coastal water can not survive in deep water and deep water species can not survive in coastal
waters. When replacing ballast water at deep sea, regulation D1 requires at least 95% of the ballast water to be exchanged.
• Ballast water exchange should be done >=200 nm from nearest land and in depth >= 200 mtrs.
• If not possible then >=50 nm from nearest land and in depth >=200 mtrs.
• In sea areas where distance and depth criteria can not be met, port states may designate BWE areas. Ships are not required to
delay or deviate from intended voyage for BWE. Ship exempted from BWE if master reasonably decides that it’s unsafe due to
stress, stability, weather etc.
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• Write short notes on SOPEP, SMPEP, ODS, ORB and Garbage record book.
• SOPEP : SOPEP is shipboard oil pollution emergency plan. It is Required for oil tanker of more than 150GT and for any other
ship of more than 400GT.Plan must be in working language of master and officers. It contains : procedure to be followed by
the master or other persons having charge of the ship to report an oil pollution incident , the list of authorities and contact
details for persons to be contacted in the event of an oil pollution incident such as DPA, P&I, agent and port authorities,
salvage companies, Oil spill collection organisations etc.,a detailed description of the action to be taken immediately by
persons on board to reduce or control the discharge of oil following the incident,the procedures and point of contact on the
ship for coordinating shipboard action with national and local authorities in combating the pollution.(the diagrammatic
arrangement of the pumping system,)Inventory of SOPEP material and location of SOPEP locker etc.Attachments: Principal
particulars, GA plan, capacity plan, midship plan, shell expansion plan etc.SOPEP locker should be immediately available for
any oil spill.
• SMPEP :Every ship of 150 gross tonnage and above certified to carry noxious liquid substances in bulk shall carry on board a
shipboard marine pollution emergency plan for noxious liquid substances approved by the Administration. SMPEP should
be reviewed at least annually to reflect changes in legislation, contact details, vessel equipments and changes in company
procedure.Such a plan shall be based on the Guidelines developed by the Organization and written in a working language
or languages understood by the master and officers. The plan shall consist at least of: the procedure to be followed by the
master or other persons having charge of the ship to report a noxious liquid substances pollution incident, the list of
authorities or persons to be contacted (with their addresses n contact nos.] in the event of a noxious liquid substances
pollution incident, a detailed description of the action to be taken immediately by persons on board to reduce or control
the discharge of noxious liquid substances following the incident and the procedures and point of contact on the ship for
coordinating shipboard action with national and local authorities in combating the pollution, Damage stability and hull
stress calculations.In the case of ships to which regulation 37 of Annex Iof the Convention also applies, such a plan may be
combined with the shipboard oil pollution emergency plan. In this case, the title of such a plan shall be ‘‘Shipboard marine
pollution emergency plan’’.
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• Write short notes on SOPEP, SMPEP, ODS, ORB .
• ODS : Ozone is a gas that is present in the Stratosphere & it absorbs almost all the UV light which is harmful to many
organisms. Ozone layer Depletion occurs when ODS gases break down the Ozone molecules through several chemical
reactions.Intensity of breakdown differs greatly based on the geographical locations.
• CFCs,HCFCs,CCl4 normally found in Aerosols n refrigerant gases when released in the atmosphere reach the
Stratosphere where the UV radiation from the sun causes them to break apart & release Cl2 atoms which react with
the O3 thereby reducing its concentration.
• Hole in Ozone causes UV radiations from SUN to reach earth and chiefly responsible for skin cancer.
• Hence the substances such as CFC, HFC and HCFC are called as ozone Depleting Substances (ODS).
• ORB :Every oil tanker of 150 gross tonnage and above and every ship of 400 gross tonnage and above other than an oil
tanker shall be provided with an Oil Record Book Part I (Machinery space operation. )Every oil tanker of 150 gross
tonnage and above shall be provided with an Oil Record Book Part II (Cargo/Ballast Operations). It’s Mandatory under
Reg 36 and to be retained for 3 years from date of last entry. ORB part 1 should include all operations involving
sludge/bilge/oil and related to machinery space. ORB Part 2 includes all operations involving cargo, ballast in cargo
tanks, tank cleaning, cow etc.