Baltic Ports Organization (BPO) is organizing the environmental seminar, 5th of Match in Gdansk. The seminar will deal with reception of sewage from passenger ships and waste from scrubbers. There will be one training session dedicated to the Self Diagnosis Method – a tool to check the environmental performance of the given port.
Helsinki Commission is working with the new rules regarding the reception of the sewage in ports from passenger ships (ferries and cruises), which should be enforced in next years. According to the proposed regulations each of the ports having the passenger ships should have adequate port reception facilities to receive sewage from these ships. New rules should limit the discharge of sewage from ships directly to the Baltic Sea. This new development is causing many questions and uncertainties among the Baltic ports, e.g. about the technical solutions necessary for receiving large amounts of waste in short delivery time, which is a problem for sewage systems, definition of “adequate port facilities“, rules for “no special fee system” for sewage. Moreover, in order to be prepared for the future obligations ports are planning the investments in quay facilities.
“It is understandable that Baltic ports are following the process of these regulations and planning the adjustments in to port facilities and operation. By this seminar we are gathering the ports from the Baltic and stimulating the experience exchange between environmental managers” said Bogdan Oldakowski, Secretary General, Baltic Ports Organization
Moreover, BPO has invited experts and marine suppliers (Wärtsilä Moss AS) to present the ships scrubber technology and what kind of waste the scrubbers produce. Scrubbers are to be installed in some of the ships operating in the Baltic Sea in order to reduce SOx emission from ships and thus meet requirements in new EU sulphur directive.
Bogdan Ołdakowski added: “Soon we expect that new types of waste (residues from scrubbers) may appear in the Baltic ports. Port managers wish to learn about is as they expect dialogue between the ports and shipping lines how to handle this new types of waste in ports“.
BPO Environmental Seminar will take place during the Transport Week 2014. The Seminar is free for BPO members and there is a fee (100 Euro) for non members.
Source and Image Credit: BPO
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