MARPOL Annex V Changes

[nigel1]

Originally Posted by svBeBe

We are away from the boat so I cannot verify the verbiage on the required placard posted on our boat, but the chart linked in OP comments reads the way I remember the placard. I don't see any difference in what can be discharged and where. What supposedly has changed?

Judy

Judy, in the original Marpol V, you could, depending on distance offshore, and not in a special area, dump paper, wood, metal, glass etc over the side. Now you pretty much limited to food waste only, and that is further limited depending on if its has been ground down, but if your in a special area, which includes GoM and the Caribbean area, and food waste is not ground, then it has to be kept on board. Fish are going to get skinnier.

[Captain Bill]

I noticed the requirement for a garbage plan will be 100 gross tons not more than 12 meters anymore. Does anyone know if the grabage plan requirement in the US was different than the old MARPOL requirements or was the old requirement more than 12 meters?

[Me-and-Boo]

Here is a link to the Norway summary. It is a good summary to read.

The changes do mean that most everything is to stay on board, except for ground up food waste. However, most of the East Coast, West Coast, Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean are special areas so no dumping there.

[gettinthere]

Originally Posted by Zanshin

svBeBe - the special areas have been added; so in the Caribbean there are now restrictions in place. I just checked and I now have to carry and use a garbage log (not 400 tons but the CE certification allows for 15 people!)

You have CE certification for 15. What do most cruising boats carry (legally)?

USCG formula is length X width / 15. A 40' boat with a 12' beam would have a capacity of 32 by that formula! So most cruising boats will need a trash log?

[gettinthere]

Originally Posted by Me-and-Boo

Here is a link to the Norway summary. It is a good summary to read.

The changes do mean that most everything is to stay on board, except for ground up food waste. However, most of the East Coast, West Coast, Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean are special areas so no dumping there.

This summary seems to say that you qualify for the garbage logbook if you actually have 15 passengers, not if you have the theoretical capacity for 15 passengers.

[Zanshin]

gettinthere - I checked the original texts and it states the capacity to carry 15.

My boat is a Jeanneau 57, which is pretty big and designed to carry (theoretically, at least) that many people. Most sailboats are either smaller or not meant for that many bodies-on-board.