What is a P&A manual?
A Manual to identify the arrangements and equipment required to enable compliance with Annex II and to identify for the ship’s officers all operational procedures with respect to cargo handling, tank cleaning, slops handling, residue discharging, ballasting and deballasting.
What regulation of Marpol Annex II is about procedures and arrangement manuals?
regulation 14 of
This Manual has been written in accordance with regulation 14 of Annex II and is concerned with the marine environmental aspects of the cleaning of cargo tanks and the discharge of residues and mixtures from these operations….
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What is Annex II mandatory regulations?
MARPOL Annex II – Carriage of noxious liquid substances in bulk. MARPOL Annex II Regulations for the control of pollution by noxious liquid substances in bulk sets out a pollution categorization system for noxious and liquid substances.
What is arrangement and procedure?
(a) Procedures and Arrangements Manual (P&A Manual): The manual required by reference (a) and U.S. regulations containing detailed information on cargo handling equipment, installed systems, and operational procedures for all NLS cargoes a vessel is permitted to carry.
What regulation of MARPOL Annex II is about measures of control?
Annex II – Regulation 16.
Why do ship carrying Annex II cargo need a Procedures and Arrangements Manual?
2 The main purpose of the Manual is to identify for the ship’s officers the physical arrangements and all the operational procedures with respect to cargo handling, tank cleaning, slops handling and cargo tank ballasting and deballasting which must be followed in order to comply with the requirements of this Annex.
What regulation of Marpol Annex II is about measures of control?
Can we discharge sewage in port?
As mentioned earlier, ships are only allowed to discharge sewage in ports if they use an IMO-approved sewage treatment plant. Comminuted and disinfected sewage using an approved system must be discharged at a distance of more than 3nm from the nearest land.
What is the special area according to Annex 2 of MARPOL?
§ 151.32 Special areas for the purpose of Annex II. (a) For the purposes of §§ 151.30 through 151.49, the special areas are the Baltic Sea area, the Black Sea area, and the Antarctic area which are described in § 151.06.
Can you discharge GREY water in port?
Untreated graywater can be discharged by medium and large cruise ships between 1 and 3 nm from shore if the vessel is traveling at 6 knots or greater (USEPA, 2008a).
What is rake in ship?
The rake of a ship’s prow is the angle at which the prow rises from the water (the rake below water being called the bow rake). A motorcycle or bicycle fork rake is the angle at which the forks are angled down towards the ground.
What is H Bar in ship?
Beams – These are usually in the form of ‘T’ bulb bars, ‘H’ girders or channel bars, which are designed to stiffen and support throughout the vessel’s length. They compensate for water pressure, panting, dry docking and racking stresses.
What is GA diagram?
A GA Drawing stands for General Arrangement Drawing; it is used to communicate the important overall relationship between the main elements of the tank and key dimensions.