REGIONAL MARINE POLLUTION EMERGENCY RESPONSE CENTRE FOR THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA (REMPEC)
ASSESSMENT OF THE EXISTING SITUATION AND NEEDS OF THE GSP LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA REGARDING PORT RECEPTION FACILITIES FOR COLLECTING SHIP-GENERATED GARBAGE, BILGE WATER AND OILY WASTES IN THE PORTS OF TRIPOLI, MISURATA, KHOMS AND ZAWIA TERMINAL
ACTIVITY 1
COLLECTION AND TREATMENT OF SOLID AND LIQUID WASTES
FINAL REPORT
August 2004
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ENGINEERING S.A.
The present document and related study have been produced with the financial assistance of the Technical Co-operation Fund of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) under Programme PG 616. However, the views expressed herein should in no way be taken to reflect the official opinion of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO).
This study was executed by Environmental Protection Engineering (E.P.E. ) S.A., Greece, contracted by and under the responsibility of REMPEC. E.P.E. S.A. were also contracted by REMPEC to carry out a parallel study on the collection and treatment of oily ballast waters from tankers (Activity 2), which is the subject of a separate report.
The designations employed and the presentation of the material in this publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of IMO, UNEP, MAP and REMPEC concerning the legal status of any State, Territory, city or area, or its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of their frontiers or boundaries.
TABLE OF CONTENTS Page
1. General 1 1.1 Subject and scope of the Activity 1 of the project 1 1.2 Definitions 1
2. Regulations and Rules 4 2.1 Oily Mixtures 2.1.1 Criteria for discharging oily mixtures from the machinery spaces 4 of ships at sea 2.1.2 Annex I – MARPOL 73/78 Regulations dealing with the provision 7 of Reception Facilities in ports and terminals 2.1.3 Oily mixtures and residues produced in the machinery spaces of 9 ships and management practices implemented onboard 2.1.4 Calculation basis for oily wastes streams volumes 13
2.2 Garbage 2.2.1 Criteria for discharging garbage from ships into the 16 Mediterranean Sea 2.2.2 Annex V – MARPOL 73/78 Regulations dealing with the 17 provision of Reception Facilities in ports 2.2.3 Ship – generated garbage and current management practices 18 implemented onboard 2.2.4 Calculation basis for garbage streams volumes 20 2.2.5 Projection of wastes production and collection 25
3. Methodology 26 3.1 Maritime traffic data and analysis 26 3.2 Methodology for analysing and assessing the adequacy of 26 existing reception facilities
4. Analysis & Results 36 4.1 Introduction 36 4.2 Analysis of ports 39 4.2.1 Port of Tripoli 39 4.2.2 Port of Misurata 47 4.2.3 Port of Khoms 51 4.2.4 Zawia oil terminal 55
PORT RECEPTION FACILITIES FOR COLLECTING SHIP-GENERATED GARBAGE, BILGE WATERS AND OILY WASTES
Activity 1 – Collection and treatment of solid and liquid wastes
1. GENERAL
1.1 Subject and scope of the Activity 1 of the project
The Activity 1 of the project “Port Reception Facilities for Collecting Ship-Generated garbage, Bilge water and Oily wastes” is concerned with the identification of required capacities for collection and treatment of relevant types of solid and liquid wastes at the ports of the GSP Libyan Arab Jamahiriya.
The project specifically aims at promoting, in accordance with the Annexes I and V of the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL 73/78), the installation of port reception facilities for the collection of ship-generated oily wastes and garbage, as well as at identifying the present situation and needs regarding the reception facilities for oily ballast waters in the ports of the country.
The ports that were visited and studied in the framework of the Activity 1 and 2 (Collection and treatment of oily ballast waters from tankers) of the project are those of Tripoli, Misurata, Khoms and Zawia terminal.
1.2 Definitions
Annex I of MARPOL 73/78 contains certain regulations and interpretations related to procedures for the retention onboard, treatment, discharge at sea and disposal of oily mixtures generated in the machinery spaces of all ships and the cargo areas of oil tankers.
Annex V, similarly, contains regulations dealing with the storage, disposal and management in general of garbage produced onboard ships. The terms used for the purpose of this Report as well as their definitions which are presented below have been extracted by the following sources:
− MARPOL 73/78 Annex I Regulations and unified interpretations.
− MARPOL 73/78 Annex V Regulations.
− IMO Guidelines for the implementation of Annex V of MARPOL 73/78. These Guidelines provide information and guidance to assist vessel personnel in complying with the requirements set forth in Annex V and also port and terminal operators in assessing the need for and providing adequate reception facilities for garbage generated onboard different types of ships.
− IMO Guidelines for systems for handling oily wastes in machinery spaces of ships. These guidelines provide guidance in achieving an
1 PORT RECEPTION FACILITIES FOR COLLECTING SHIP-GENERATED GARBAGE, BILGE WATERS AND OILY WASTES
Activity 1 – Collection and treatment of solid and liquid wastes
− efficient and effective system for the management of oily bilge-water and oil residues for new buildings and, where applicable and reasonable, for existing ships.
The terms used and the definitions are as follows:
Oil is defined as petroleum in any form including crude oil, fuel oil, sludge, oil refuse and refined products other than petrochemicals.
Oily wastes mean oil residues (sludge) and oily bilge-water.
Oil residues (sludge) means: