Class 2 (2nd Engineer) SSEP 📅 Feb 2023

Exam Question

With reference to Annex V of MARPOL 73/78, concerned with the prevention of pollution of the sea by garbage from ships:

(a) Define the following terms;

(i) Garbage;

(ii) Nearest land;

(iii) Special areas:

(b) State the regulations governing the disposal of garbage outside special areas.

Reference Answer

(a) Definitions:
(i) Garbage:
Under MARPOL Annex V, "garbage" includes all kinds of food, domestic, and operational waste, all plastics, cargo residues, incinerator ashes, cooking oil, fishing gear, and animal carcasses generated during the normal operation of the ship and liable to be disposed of continuously or periodically. It explicitly does not include fresh fish and parts thereof generated as a result of fishing activities undertaken during the voyage or as a result of aquaculture activities.
The different types of garbage generated on board a ship, as per MARPOL Annex V, include:

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