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cargo annex
Applicable to:
Shipowners, ship operators, and shipmasters
Effective Date:
1 January 2013
Superseded Circulars:
None
Key Changes and Requirements
1. Cargo Residues Management
Cargo residues are now defined as garbage and must be managed as part of the garbage management plan. Discharge into the sea or port reception facilities must be recorded in the Garbage Record Book.
- Prohibited Discharge: Cargo residues, including those entrained in cargo hold wash water classified as harmful to the marine environment.
- Shipper's Responsibility: Classify solid bulk cargoes as harmful or not harmful to the marine environment and include this information in the IMSBC Code.
- Ports' Responsibility: Have adequate reception facilities for all relevant residues, including those in wash-water.
2. Classification of Cargo Residues
Cargo residues are considered harmful to the marine environment if they meet certain criteria based on the United Nations Globally Harmonized System for Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (UN-GHS).
- Classification Criteria: Acute and chronic aquatic toxicity, carcinogenicity, mutagenicity, reproductive toxicity, specific target organ toxicity, and solid bulk cargoes containing synthetic polymers, rubber, plastics, or plastic feedstock pellets.
- Shipper's Classification Deadline: As of 1 January 2015, shippers must classify solid bulk cargoes based on all seven criteria.
3. Cleaning Agents or Additives
Cleaning agents or additives contained in cargo hold, deck, and external surfaces wash water may be discharged into the sea if not harmful to the marine environment.
- Non-Harmful Substances: Cleaning agents that are not harmful substances according to MARPOL Annex III and do not contain any components known to be carcinogenic, mutagenic, or reprotoxic (CMR).
- Record Keeping: The ship’s record should contain evidence provided by the producer of the cleaning agent or additive that the product meets the criteria for not being harmful to the marine environment.
- Prohibited Discharge: Fixed or floating platforms and all other ships when alongside or within 500 m of such platforms are prohibited from discharging cleaning agents and additives contained in cargo hold wash water.
II/4 MARPOL Annex V
For detailed information, refer to the IMO's press briefing on the adoption of Revised MARPOL Annex V.
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