Tag: OWS

DNV provides interested parties with information on how to comply with regulations regarding the oily water separator sampling point.

DNV informs interested parties of several cases where ships have been detained for not complying with the requirement for a sampling point, to be installed in a vertical section of the outlet pipe as close as possible to the 15 ppm bilge separator outlet.

The US Coast Guard issued a bulletin summarizing key legal requirements for the proper management and disposal of oily mixtures by oceangoing vessels under 400 gross tons. Oceangoing vessels falling into this category include - but are not limited to - tugs, ferries, shuttle vessels, commercial fishing vessels, and tour boats.

  AML Ship Management GMBH, a German company, was sentenced in federal court to pay a total of $800,000 in fines and community service payments for violating the Clean Water Act and the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships by intentionally discharging 4,500 gallons of oily bilge water into the ocean off the coast of Alaska and then presenting false records to the U.S. Coast Guard. AML was also ordered to implement a comprehensive Environmental Compliance Plan and was placed on probation for three years.  During the term of probation, AML will be subject to a heightened level of scrutiny, including warrantless searches of its vessels and places of business based upon a reasonable suspicion that it is violating the law.  Of the total payment, AML will pay $675,000 in criminal fines and $125,000 in community restitution.   The community restitution payment will go to the Alaska SeaLife Center to be used for projects and research that have a nexus to the Clean Water Act oil pollution crime committed. Chief Engineer Nicolas Sassin was sentenced in Oregon to serve five months of home confinement followed by five years of probation for his role in these offenses.  The Court in Oregon found ...

  In association with the U.S. Coast Guard and the U.S. National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, the MARPOL Annex I Study (MAX1) is underway on oily water separators (OWS) and shipboard environmental management. The WOC is working to help ensure there is adequate industry input to the study. The study includes a survey – carried out on an anonymous basis – seeking information on OWS operations and shipboard waste management, particularly from shipowners/managers and vessel crews. The anonymous OWS operations and shipboard waste management survey is at: www.surveymonkey.com/s/max1survey. The deadline for survey input is Friday, 5 June. Members of the ocean business community are encouraged to participate in this anonymous survey in order to provide information on their experience with OWS systems. The study objectives can be found by clicking here. A MAX1 Conference (24 June, 2015, North Carolina) will address the study results and the path forward for vessel machinery space waste stream management. Martin & Ottaway, coordinator of the study, has developed a chronology of OWS issue and regulations. Source: World Ocean CouncilIn the start, I was forthright with you propecia before and after has changed my being. It has become much more fun, and now I have to run. ...

  The United States National Fish and Wildlife Foundation and the United States Coast Guard (USCG) are performing a study on oily water separators (OWSs) and shipboard environmental management. The study, called MAX1, is being organized and managed by Messrs. Martin & Ottaway. A summary of the overall objectives of the study can be found here. As part of this study, a survey – which will be carried out on an entirely anonymous basis – has been developed to gather more information on actual OWS operations and shipboard waste management, particularly with regard to the point of view of shipowners/managers and vessel crews. The survey can be found here. Shipowners/managers  may wish to participate in this anonymous survey in order to provide information on their experiences with OWS systems and provide valuable feedback to the study. Martin & Ottaway have been involved in OWS work for many years. Part of the study is related to consolidation of the massive amount of information they have collected over those years. This is now available in the form of a chronology which may be of interest to Members. This chronology can be found here. Source: The American ClubIn the outbreak, I was outspoken with you ...