Notification
Form
Application for
Exemption
Complaints
Form
Ships Waste
Reception Facilities
The Port of Volos
has the adequate and sufficient facilities to receive every kind of
ship-generated waste
Legislation
Pollution from waste
that are generated in ships and illegally are dumped in the sea is a problem that has been accelerating
as trade has become increasingly globalized, posing an increasing threat to the
world ocean and waterways, affecting biodiversity, climate, food, and human
health. Various regulations and legislative frameworks have been issued to
tackle with the problem.
According to International Agreement for the Prevention of Maritime Pollution of Ships (known as MARPOL 73/78 Agreement), all the ports must have adequate and sufficient installation to receive every kind of waste carried by the ships. The MARPOL Agreement dedicates a specific appendix explaining in depth each kind of waste.
European Union actively supported the application of MARPOL 73/78 before its adoption by al IMO members, adopting the Directive 2000/59/EC of 27 November 2000 on port reception facilities for ship-generated waste and cargo residues.
Greece has fully adopted both the MARPOL Convention and the above mentioned Directive requiring, among others, the obligation of Greek ports to develop and implement a plan describing the ships waste management and organizing, in parallel, adequate reception facilities.
Volos Port Authority has fully conformed to the above requirements on one side by developing a specific Ship-generated Waste Management Plan and on the other by the appointment of a contractor for the management of the ship-generated waste.
Services Offered
The
Port of Volos offers these services:
Reception of oily waste (appendix I of the MARPOL 73/78 Agreement)
Reception of chemical waste (appendix II of the MARPOL 73/78 Agreement)
Reception of black and grey waste waters (appendix IV of the MARPOL 73/78 Agreement)
Reception of rubbish and cargo waste (appendix V of the MARPOL 73/78 Agreement)
Reception of substances and residues according the appendix IV of the MARPOL 73/78 Agreement.
Waste That Can Be
Delivered
Port reception facilities can receive the following ships
generated waste and cargo residues:
Oily
bilge water
Oily residues (sludge)
Oily tank washings (slops)
Dirty
ballast water
Scale and sludge from tanker cleaning
Oily mixtures
containing chemicals
Chemical/NLS
Sewage Garbage
Ozone-depleting
substances
Exhaust gas-cleaning residues
Fees
In accordance
with the law, sea-going vessels must pay fees for the collection and management
of ship-generated waste and cargo residues. Every ship entering the port of
Volos thus pays a fixed fee, even if it does not discharge any waste. In case
the ship applies for the delivery, the total fees are count according on the
vessels gross tonnage and on the basis of the types and quantities of waste
actually delivered by the ship.
Exemptions
Ships
that are engaged in scheduled traffic with the frequent and regular port calls
and there is sufficient evidence of an arrangement to ensure the delivery of
waste and payment of fees in a port alone the ships route, may be exempted from
the obligation to report, discharge and pay.
Notification
The
master of a ship, other than a fishing vessel or recreational craft authorized
to carry no more than 12 passengers, bound for the port of Volos is required to
complete Notification Form and notify that information to the Volos Port
Authority sa, the Harbour Masters Office and the NORTH AEGEON slops:
(a) at
least 24 hours prior to arrival, if the port of call is known; or
(b) as soon
as the port of call is known, if this information is available less than 24
hours prior to arrival; or
(c) at the latest upon departure from the previous
port, if the duration of the voyage is less than 24 hours.
The Notification
form must be kept on board at least until the next port of
call.
Delivery of
Waste
The master of the ship calling at port of Volos shall, before
leaving the port, deliver all ships waste to the port reception facility. The
ship may proceed to the next port of call without delivering the ship-generated
waste, if there is sufficient dedicated storage capacity for all ship-generated
waste that has been accumulated and will be accumulated during the intended
voyage of the ship until the port of delivery.
Operation of Ships
Reception Facilities
The private company North Aegean Slops is the authorized
contractor responsible for the reception of all kinds of ship-generated waste
and cargo residues in the port of Volos
NORTH AEGEAN SLOPS
1, KOUTARELIA STR,38221, VOLOS
TEL
(office): +30 24210 29245
TEL (mobile): +30 6944 511270
FAX:+30 24210
29467
https://northaegeanslops.com/
email:
volos@northaegeanslops.gr
Inadequacy Report
If
the Master of the ship is not satisfied with the services in the port, then he
can fill in the IMO complaints form and send it to the Volos Port
Authority sa. The procedure is in line with the Revised Consolidated Format for
the Reporting Alleged Inadequacies of Port Reception Facilities, defined by IMO
MEPC/Circ.469/ 27 July 2005
Location of
the Reception Facilities
