Under the Merchant Shipping & Fishing Vessels (Port Waste Reception Facilities) Regulations 2003, ABP provides bins for the disposal of ship-generated garbage. This service is provided in conjunction with Veolia Environmental Services plc who use their barge, the Douglas McWilliam, to collect ship wastes and transport them for disposal.
ABP provides 9.0m3 bins at fixed locations around the dock estate. THESE ARE FOR SHIP-GENERATED GARBAGE, INCLUDING EU GALLEY WASTE AND RUBBISH FROM CREWS’ QUARTERS ONLY. Up to 4m3 per ship can be landed. Anything more than this must be disposed of at market rates following negotiation with a waste contractor. International Catering Waste must NOT be placed in these facilities.
ALL other MARPOL wastes, e.g. oil, oily wastes, noxious substances in liquid form, sewage and international catering waste must be disposed of via arrangements made between the ship/agent and a licensed waste management contractor. Food waste and its packaging that originates from outside the European Union must be brought ashore in sealed, leakproof bags and deposited in the bins marked “FOR DISPOSAL OF INTERNATIONAL FOOD WASTE”. A list of waste management companies, which are approved to work in ABP Southampton, is available from the Operations Department.
Prior Notification of Waste to be Landed
Ships (or agents acting on their behalf) must advise ABP up to 24 hours in advance of arrival on the amount of waste they intend to land by logging onto www.abpnotify.co.uk and filling in the online waste form for the Port of Southampton. THIS IS A LEGAL REQUIREMENT and ABP is obliged to report vessels that do not complete the form to the Maritime & Coastguard Agency.
Mandatory Discharge of waste
Unless granted an MCA exemption certificate and able to prove that they have sufficient on-board storage space for wastes, ALL VESSELS must unload ALL their waste when in port. If this exceeds 4m3 of garbage, ships will have to arrange disposal of the extra waste with an appropriate waste contractor.
Mandatory Waste Fee
The Mandatory Waste Fee, currently £39.00 covers 100% of the costs involved in providing garbage reception facilities and is be reviewed annually. It is likely to increase over time to cover rising waste management costs, such as the Landfill Tax.
Failure to Comply & Complaints Procedure
It is a legal requirement for vessels to comply with the three elements of the Merchant Shipping (Port Waste Reception Facilities) Regulations 2003, i.e.-
- The prior notification, up to 24 hours in advance of arrival, of the amounts of waste to be landed;
- The mandatory discharge of waste carried, and
- The payment of a mandatory waste fee to cover a significant proportion of the costs involved in waste management.
If ABP becomes aware that a vessel has not complied with these actions, it will report the ship to the Maritime & Coastguard Agency, which is the regulating body for this legislation in the UK. Such vessels may then be targeted by MCA for inspection and destination ports/terminals will be warned of their non-compliance. Vessels that fail to comply with the requirements shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine as provided for in the 2003 Regulations
Under the 2003 Regulations and the IMO MARPOL Convention 73/78, ports and terminals must provide adequate reception facilities to receive the types and quantities of waste from ships normally using the port or terminal. Every port, harbour, terminal and marina in the UK must have a port waste management plan detailing how ship-generated waste is dealt with. For ABP Southampton, this is available on the ABP website at www.vtssouthampton.co.uk
If ABP’s waste reception provision is not satisfactory, the Master should bring the alleged inadequacy to the attention of the port or terminal concerned immediately. For ABP Southampton, complaints should be addressed to the Operations Department (Tel: 023 8048 8800). Full contact details are provided at the end of the Prior Notification Form for ABP Southampton.
If the problem is not resolved at the time to his satisfaction, the Master should complete the complaints form from MGN 253, either directly or through the shipowner, flag state or agent, and send it to the MCA at the following address:
PWR Inadequacies
Environmental Quality Branch
Maritime and Coastguard Agency
Spring Place
105 Commercial Road
Southampton SO15 1EG
For inadequacies in UK ports the Master should provide full information about the incident including time and date, a full account of the inadequacy and the action taken by the port/terminal after the inadequacy was brought to their attention. The MCA will investigate the report and where the allegation of inadequate facilities is justified it will:
(i) In the case of non-UK ports/terminals inform the port state of the alleged inadequacy and also notify the IMO Secretariat.
(ii) In the case of UK ports/terminals, take up the matter of the alleged inadequacy directly with the port and/or terminal concerned and notify the European Commission.
Click here to view the Waste Management Plan.
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