Technical and Operational Update for

Bulk Carriers

INTERCARGO International Association of Dry Cargo Shipowners

March 2006 Issue One

Photograph front cover courtesy of Bocimar

INTERCARGO

Technical and Operational Update for Bulk Carriers

March 2006 Issue One

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Air Pollution Prevention - MARPOL Annex VI. 5

Ballast Water Management 12

Bunkers - MARPOL Annex VI and EU Directive 8

Cargoes - Dangerous. 30

Cargoes - Direct Reduced Iron.. 32

Cargoes - Petcoke.. 19

Cold Ironing.. 10

Emergency Towing. 33

Entry into Force . 1

IACS Common Structural Rules... 28

Lifeboats 9

MARPOL Special Areas. 27

Oily Water Separators 40

Particularly Sensitive Sea Areas.. 9

Pilotage - Denmark 34

Reception Facilities - Baltic 21

Ship Recycling. 37

Index of Abbreviations. 42

Contents

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FOREWORD It gives me great pleasure to be associated with Intercargos initiative to publish a sum-mary of regulatory developments and other useful guidance designed to promote safety in the bulk carrier sector. Many countless hours have been spent in developing Regulations and Conventions, both nationally and in the main international fora of the IMO and IACS. Best practice ex-amples are increasingly being communicated to industry through international and na-tional shipping associations. Although the result of this regulation and self-regulation has seen a markedly safer bulk carrier industry, re-emphasising these new developments will undoubtedly increase the knowledge base of the dry bulk supply chain. This document, which will be published regularly after the introduction of significant developments at both IMO and IACS, is equally commended to Technical Departments and those providing commercial and strategic direction in the industry as a means of un-derstanding the interlinking nature of issues. I commend the foresight in producing a published record suitable for the bulk carrier sector and look forward to the issuance of future editions.

March 2006

Tom Allan Former Chairman of the IMO Maritime Safety Committee

The dry bulk cargo residue will be treated as gar-bage. The residue and cargo hold wash water should be treated carefully in accordance with the relevant national, regional and international re-quirements and regulations.

Relevant information:

Intercargo Guide on compliance with MARPOL Annex V. Contact info@intercargo.org for more information.

1 Jan 2006: entry into force 4.1 Amendments to SOLAS chapter II-1 concerning means of access for inspections within spaces in the cargo area of oil tankers and bulk carriers, adopted by Resolution MSC.151(78). Contact info@intercargo.org for the sources of the document. 4.2 Amendments to the Technical Provisions for Means of Access for Inspections, adopted by Resolution MSC.158(78). Contact info@intercargo.org for the source of the document.

Relevant information:

IACS Unified Interpretations (UI) SC 191for the application of amended SOLAS regulation II-1/3-6 (Resolution MSC.151(78)) and revised Technical Provisions for Means of Access for Inspections (Resolution MSC.158(78)). Contact info@intercargo.org for the source of the docu-ment.

4.3 Revised NAVTEX Manual. The relevant circular MSC/Circ.1122 on the Revised NAVTEX Manual is available for download from http://www.imo.org/home.asp. 4.4 Early implementation and guidance on safety dur-ing abandon ship drills using lifeboats and the Guide-lines for simulated launching of free-fall lifeboats. MSC 79 urged Member Governments to give effect to the amendment to SOLAS regulation III/19.3.3.3, adopted by Resolution MSC.152(78), prior to 1 July 2006 (which is the amendments entry into force date) and approved MSC circular MSC/Circ.1127 on Early Implementation of Amendment to SOLAS Regulation

The index contains currently available requirements and regulations relevant to bulk carriers with entry into force dates from 19 May 2005 to 1 Jan 2009. It will be updated periodically with new items of requirements and regula-tions when they are adopted and their entry into force dates are fixed. 19 May 2005: entry into force 1.1 MARPOL Annex VI: Air Pollution Prevention.

Relevant information:

Circular IMO MEPC/Circ.472 on Guidelines for Port State Control under MARPOL Annex VI (Resolution MEPC.129(53)). It is available for download from http://www.imo.org/home.asp.

Intercargo Guide on C125 ompliance with MARPOL Annex VI - Air pollution prevention. Contact info@intercargo.org for the full text of an up to date version.

22 Jul 2005: entry into force 2.1 Resolution MEPC.130(53) - Guidelines for On-Board Exhaust Gas-SOx Cleaning Systems. Contact info@intercargo.org for the source of the document. 1 Aug 2005: entry into force 3.1 Revised MARPOL Annex IV on Regulations for the prevention of pollution by sewage from ships, adopted by Resolution MEPC.115(51). Contact info@intercargo.org for the source of the document.

Annex IV may cause difficulties for ships without a holding tank in certain ports, such as in Korea and the Black Sea region. IMO may develop relevant port State control guidelines for the implementation of An-nex IV in the future.

3.2 MARPOL Annex V: Amendments to MARPOL An-nex V on cargo residues to the Form of the Garbage Re-cord Book contained in the Appendix to MARPOL Annex V on Regulations for the prevention of pollution by gar-bage from ships, adopted by Resolution MEPC.116(51). Contact info@intercargo.org for the source of the docu-ment.

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