Tag: incinerator

The Nautical Institute has issued Mars Report No.02 for 2014 regarding a maritime accident in which an engineer attempted to open the incinerator door while underway.

Amendments to the Supplement in which heat units are the measure of incinerator Since 1 January 2011 the incinerator capacity to be given on the IOPP certificate has been an issue of discussion among PSC, class societies and others. This newsletter tries to describe the situation, the DNV practise and the way forward.The 2006 MARPOL consolidated version, MARPOL Annex I, Appendix II, describes the form of the IOPP Certificate and Supplements. Under section 3.2.1 of both Form A (Ships other than Oil Tankers) and Form B (Oil Tankers), the incinerator capacity is stated in l/h.However, Resolution MEPC.187(59), annex 2, which entered into force on 1 January 2011, introduced amendments to the Supplement in which heat units are the measure of incinerator capacity in kW or kcal/h.Resolution MEPC.76(40) on the Standard Specification for Shipboard Incinerators stipulates that kW, kcal/h or kg/h should be recorded on the incinerator type approval certificate. This applies to the certificate for incinerators type approved after September 1997.DNV is now experiencing that the use of different units of measurement in the above mentioned regulation and resolutions is causing confusion among crews, Port State Control Officers and Recognized Organizations.DNV has recently noted that Port State Control officers are ...