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Activity Report Regional Workshop on Port Reception Facilities and Waste REGIONAL ACTIVITY CENTRE /REGIONA L MARINE POLLUTION EMERGENCY, INFORMATION AND TRAINING CENTRE - WIDER CARIBBEAN REGION 16 December 2016 Ref: Strategic Plan 15-16/ Programme No TC/1562, Activity 08 Activity Report Regional Workshop on Port Reception Facilities and Waste Management 04 - 06 October, 2016 Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago Summary: This regional workshop was organized in accordance with RAC/REMPEITC-Caribe’s proposal to IMO’s Technical Co-operation Committee for the Center’s activities of the 2015- 2017 biennium, and as recommended in RAC/REMPEITC-Caribe’s 4 Aug 2013 Report of the Regional Workshop on MARPOL and Port Reception Facilities, and 27 May 2015 Report of the Dutch Caribbean Port Reception Facilities Workshop in Aruba. The objective of the three-day workshop was to further discussions and to continue the process of possibly creating a Regional Reception Facility Plan (RRFP) for the Small Island Developing States (SIDS) of the Wider Caribbean Region (WCR). Significant information was gathered during this workshop regarding the current state of port reception facilities in the Region, as depicted in the Findings of Section 6 and as summarized in Figure 6.2.2 on Page 22. Workshop recommendations were generated with the consensus of all participants, and include follow-on steps to be undertaken in order to assist the SIDS of the WCR in developing a detailed proposal for appropriate and effective regional arrangements pertaining to waste management and port reception facilities that may be submitted to the Marine Environmental Protection Committee (MEPC) for consultation, if agreed upon by all participating Member States (See Figure 7.1.1, Page 36). REGIONAL ACTIVITY CENTRE /REGIONAL MARINE POLLUTION EMERGENCY, INFORMATION AND TRAINING CENTRE - WIDER CARIBBEAN REGION SUMMARY SHEET Title of workshop: Regional Workshop on Port Reception Facilities and Waste Management Host: Ministry of Works and Transport of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago Venue and date: Ministry of Works and Transport, Port of Spain, 04 – 06 October 2016 Type: Regional Organized by: RAC/REMPRITC-Caribe Supported by: IMO – Technical Co-operation Division No. of participants: 48 participants Project Number: TC/1562-08-2000 (TC Fund) Participating countries: Antigua, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago. Point of contact: Commander Keith M. Donohue Seconded as a Consultant to IMO RAC/REMPEITC-Caribe Seru Mahuma z/n Aviation and Meteorology Building Willemstad, Curacao Phone: (00599-9) 868-4612 / 839-3719 Fax: (00599-9)868-4996 Email: [email protected] 2 REGIONAL ACTIVITY CENTRE /REGIONAL MARINE POLLUTION EMERGENCY, INFORMATION AND TRAINING CENTRE - WIDER CARIBBEAN REGION Table of Content 1. Background ...................................................................................................................................... 4 2. Workshop Objectives ..................................................................................................................... 10 3. Program ......................................................................................................................................... 10 4. Logistics ......................................................................................................................................... 17 5. Support .......................................................................................................................................... 18 6. Findings ......................................................................................................................................... 19 7. Recommendations .......................................................................................................................... 34 Annex 1 – Participants ........................................................................................................................... 38 Annex 2 – Agenda .................................................................................................................................. 46 Annex 3 – Group photo .......................................................................................................................... 49 Annex 4 –Opening Speeches .................................................................................................................. 50 Annex 5 -Results of the workshop evaluation ......................................................................................... 55 Annex 6 - Course certificate……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………67 3 REGIONAL ACTIVITY CENTRE /REGIONAL MARINE POLLUTION EMERGENCY, INFORMATION AND TRAINING CENTRE - WIDER CARIBBEAN REGION 1. Background 1.1 Marine pollution is a significant issue for the Wider Caribbean Region (WCR). Marine litter alone damages valuable natural resources including wildlife and sensitive aquatic and coastal habitats, affecting the quality of life of local inhabitants and visitors, and impacting the base economies and sustainability of the entire region. As indicated by the United Nations Environmental Program: the ubiquitous presence of marine litter, coupled with its physical, ecological, cultural, and socio-economic complexities, poses one of the most severe threats to the sustainability of the Caribbean’s natural resources – its sensitive habitats, wildlife and people. 1.2 The International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL) imposes obligations on the Governments of each Contracting Party to ensure that adequate port reception facilities are available to receive the ship-generated waste from vessels calling in ports, without causing undue delays for those ships. Meeting these obligations for adequate port reception facilities by signatory countries still remains a significant challenge to the Small Island Developing States (SIDS) of the WCR. Most States are restricted in their capacities and capability to properly process waste streams generated on their islands, let alone process additional ship generated waste and cargo residues discharged from vessels calling upon their port. 1.3 The Convention for the Protection and Development of the Marine Environment of the Wider Caribbean Region (Cartagena Convention) is a legally binding environment treaty for the WCR, and its three Technical Protocols (Oil Spill, Specially Protected Areas and Wildlife, and Land-Based Sources of Marine Pollution) constitute a legal commitment by the participating governments to protect and manage their common waters individually and/or jointly. The Cartagena Convention works in support of other global conventions and agreements including those of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) such as the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL), the International Ballast Water Management Convention, and the Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter. 1.4 The WCR holds 23 of the 52 SIDS as recognized by the United Nations Office of the High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States (UN-OHRLLD). Of those, 16 are U.N. Members (Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, St. Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, and Suriname) and 4 REGIONAL ACTIVITY CENTRE /REGIONAL MARINE POLLUTION EMERGENCY, INFORMATION AND TRAINING CENTRE - WIDER CARIBBEAN REGION 7 are non-U.N. Members or Associate Members of the Regional Commissions (Anguilla, Aruba, British Virgin Islands, Montserrat, Netherlands Antilles, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands). 1.5 Parties to the MARPOL Convention recognize both their rights and obligations under The International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships 1973, as modified by the Protocol of 1978, known as the MARPOL 73/78 Convention, as well as its Annexes and modifications made by the Protocol of 1997 (MARPOL Annex VI). Meeting the obligations for adequate Port Reception Facilities (PRFs) as required of MARPOL signatory countries still remains a significant challenge to the SIDS of the WCR. Many States are restricted in their capacities and capability to properly process waste streams generated on their islands, let alone process additional waste offloaded from vessels calling upon their port. Furthermore, little has been done to develop adequate capacity to receive dirty ballast water in anticipation of the 2017 entry into force of the International Ballast Water Management Convention. 1.6 MARPOL imposes operational and technical requirements on ships, currently contained within six Annexes: Annex I Prevention of Pollution by Oil Annex II Control of Pollution by Noxious Liquid Substances in Bulk Annex III Prevention of Pollution by Harmful Substances Carried by Sea in Packaged Form Annex IV Prevention of Pollution by Sewage from Ships Annex V Prevention of Pollution by Garbage from Ships Annex VI Prevention of Air Pollution from Ships 1.7 MARPOL also imposes obligations on the Governments of each Contracting Party, including the requirement to ensure that adequate PRFs are available for ships to meet the ship-generated waste disposal provisions, without causing undue delays for those ships. 1.8 Relevant MARPOL developments in recent years include: • In 2006, IMO developed a port reception facility database
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