SCHEDULE 6

DISCHARGE TO RECEPTION FACILITIES

1.    Preface

1.1    The Merchant Shipping and Fishing Vessels (Port Waste Reception Facilities) Regulations 2003 require harbour authorities or terminal operators to provide waste reception facilities which are adequate to meet the needs of ships normally using the harbour or terminal in question without causing undue delay to ships.

2.    Exhaust gas cleaning residue

2.1    Exhaust gas cleaning residue is considered a ship-generated waste under the Merchant Shipping and Fishing Vessels (Port Waste Reception Facilities) Regulations 2003.

3.    Ozone depleting substances

3.1    Ozone depleting substances when removed from ships and delivered to reception facilities are considered an operational waste and therefore a ship-generated waste under the Merchant Shipping and Fishing Vessels (Port Waste Reception Facilities) Regulations 2003.

3.2    The requirements with regard to the recovery of ozone-depleting substances, are contained in EC Regulation 2037/2000/EC, and apply to ship repair facilities, ship recycling facilities and harbours in the United Kingdom.