REGULATIONS COMPILED

Hi friends i'm putting together all the important regulations at single place:-

1. DISCHARGE CRITERIA FOR ANNEX 1
VESSEL TYPE/VOYAGE AREA: oil tankers and all waters
SUB-CATEGORY: oily waste from cargo tanks
DISCHARGE CONDITION: 

1.         Tanker is proceeding en-route
2.         Discharge permitted if more then 50 nautical miles from nearest land.
3.         Instantaneous rate of discharge <30 liters per nautical mile
4.         Total quantity of discharge does not exceed 1/15000 of the total cargo for         existing ships and  1/30000 of the total cargo for new ships
5.         OMDCS and slop tank arrangement to be operating.

VESSEL TYPE/VOYAGE AREA: All vessels greater then or equal to 400 GT and all water

SUB-CATEGORY: Machinery space

DISCHARGE CONDITION:

1.            Discharge permitted when proceeding en-route.
2.            Oil content less then 15 ppm.
3.            OMDCS and oil filtering equipment is operating.

VESSEL TYPE/VOYAGE AREA: All vessels less then 400 GT & in all waters

SUB-CATEGORY: Machinery space

DISCHARGE CONDITION: 

1.             Proceeding en-route.
2.             Oil & oily mixture retain on-board for shore disposal.
3.             Has in operation equipment of a design approved by the administration that                ensures oil content less then 15 ppm.

VESSEL TYPE: Discharge in special area from ships greater then or equal to 400GT
SUB-CATEGORY: Oil & oily mixture
DISCHARGE CONDITION: 

1.    Ship is proceeding en-route.
2.    The oil content of the effluent without dilution does not exceed 15 ppm.
3.    The oily mixture does not originate from the cargo pump room bilges on oil         tankers.
4.    The oily mixture in case of oil tankers, is not mixed with oil cargo residue.
5.    The oily mixture is processed through an oil filtering equipment meeting the       requirement of the regulation.(Annex 1).

 2. Ventilation Systems in Cargo Pump-rooms

 The mechanical ventilation system required by regulation must:

1. Permit the extraction of air from the cargo pump room bilges immediately above the transverse floor plates or bottom longitudinals,
2. Have an emergency intake that is:
   1. Situated in the ventilation ducts at a height of at least 2 m above the lower platform of the cargo pump room, and
   2. Fitted with a fire damper that is capable of being opened and closed from the weather deck or the lower platform of the cargo pump-room.
3. Provide a means of ensuring a free flow of gases through the lower platform of the cargo pump-room to the ventilation duct intakes.