Guidelines for ensuring the adequacy of port waste reception facilities.
Contributors: International Maritime Organization.; International Maritime Organization. Marine Environment Protection Committee.
Publisher: IMO
Published: 2000
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 35
Subjects: Harbors -- Waste reception facilities.; Ships -- Waste disposal.
Other titles: Port waste reception facilities
Description: The intentionof these Guidelines is to provide guidance on the detrmination of adequacy of reception facilities for ship-generated waste as part of the implementation of the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships 1973 as modified by the Protocol of 1978 relating thereto (MARPOL 73/78. Widespread use of the Guidelines will assist States to overcome the problem of determining the need for reception facilities.[From Foreword].
Notes: "Sales number: IMO-598E."

Guidelines adopted by the Marine Environment Protection Committee, at its forty-fourth session (6 to 8, 10 and 13 March, 2000).