Marine Operations Note: 04/2010 - Amendments to MARPOL Annex VI - Ozone Depleting Substances Record Book

24 June 2010

Marine Operations Note: 04/2010 Revised

Subject: Amendments to MARPOL Annex VI - Ozone Depleting Substances Record Book

Ref: Resolution MEPC.176(58)

To: Shipowners/Operators and Masters

New revised MARPOL Annex VI will enter into force on 1 July 2010. Regulation 12 requires that each ship subject to Regulation 6.1, which has rechargeable systems that contain ozone depleting substances, shall maintain an Ozone Depleting Substances (ODS) Record Book. Vessels subject to Regulation 6.1 are any ship of 400 gross tons and above engaged in voyages to ports or offshore terminals under the jurisdiction of other Parties and platforms and drilling rigs engaged in voyages to waters under the sovereignty or jurisdiction of other Parties.

To assist owners/operators the Administration has prepared a separate ODS record book for use in complying with Regulation VI/12. Owners/operators may also choose to have an ODS Record Book that forms a part of an existing log-book or as part of an electronic recording system that has been approved by the Administration.

MARPOL Annex VI/12.7 requires that entries in the ODS Record Book be recorded in terms of mass (kg) of substance and be completed without delay on each occasion, in respect of the following:

.1 Recharge, full or partial, of equipment containing ozone depleting substances; .2 Repair or maintenance of equipment containing ozone depleting substances; .3 Discharge of ozone depleting substances to the atmosphere:

.3.1 deliberate; and

.3.2 non-deliberate;

.4 Discharge of ozone depleting substances to land-based reception facilities; and .5 Supply of ozone depleting substances to the ship.

Copies of the Administration’s ODS Record Book may be ordered by contacting Publications Dept. at publications@liscr.com.

Please contact Timothy M. Keegan at +1 703 251 2409 or Sean Brett +1 703 251 2434 or email: safety@liscr.com, if there are any questions regarding the above.

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