AMENDMENTS TO THE GUIDELINES FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ANNEX V OF MARPOL 73/78

(adopted Resolution MEPC.92(45)
 on 5 October 2000)

1. The following sentence is added at the end of paragraph 1.7.10:

"Cargo material contained in the cargo hold bilge water is not treated as cargo residues provided that the cargo mate­rial is not classified as a marine pollutant in the IMDG Code and the bilge water is discharged from a loaded hold through the vessel's fixed piping bilge drainage system."

2. The existing paragraph 1.8.2 is replaced by the following:

"Ash and clinkers from shipboard incinerators and coal-burning boilers except ashes from plastic products which may contain toxic or heavy metal residues, disposal of which is prohibited by regulation 3(1)(a), are operational wastes in the meaning of Annex V, regulation 1(1), and therefore are included in the term all other garbage, in the caning of Annex V, regulation 3(1)(b)(ii) and 5(2)(a)(ii) notwithstanding regulation 3(2) and paragraph 5.4.6.2 of these guidelines."

3. The words "where possible" are deleted from existing para­graph 5.4.6.2.

4. The existing Table 2 is replaced by the following:

Table 2.
Options for shipboard handling and disposal of garbage