In line with the requirements of Shipping Order No 5-2019 all ships trading in Indian waters, ports or places need to be provided with a Ship Execution Plan regarding the use of Single Use Plastics onboard. Scope of the Plan is to provide guidance for the actions to be taken in order to comply with the requirement. Approval by the Administration or a Recognised Organisation (RO) on behalf of the Administration is NOT mandatory.
As per India Administration, Directorate General of Shipping Order No 5 – 2019, non Indian flagged ships trading in Indian waters, ports or places are subject to restrictions and/or bans of handling Single Use Plastics.
In accordance with the above order a “Ship Execution Plan” should be available onboard in order to provide guidance on crew for Single use plastics, and to list such items to inventories.
The following types of inventories should be created regarding Single Use Plastics:
- Initial Inventory (Single Use plastics onboard on 31st January 2020)
- 10 % Inventory (these items will be used onboard at the end of implementation date)
- Inventory A – 50% of items of initial inventory which will not be used after 1st April 2020
- Inventory B – 75% of items of initial inventory which will not be used after 1st July 2020
- Inventory C – 90% of items of initial inventory which will not be used after 1st October 2020.
A Single Use Plastic Log is to be completed by the ship when entering or departing Indian waters, ports or places with an attached list of Single Use Plastics onboard.