Garbage Management Plan under MARPOL Annex V
The written plan MARPOL Annex V Reg 10.2 requires on ships of 100 GT and above, ships carrying 15 or more persons, and platforms: content, language and survey.
The Garbage Management Plan is the written procedure MARPOL Annex V Reg 10.2 requires on every ship of 100 GT and above, every ship certified to carry 15 or more persons, and every fixed or floating platform. It covers minimizing, collecting, storing, processing and disposing of garbage, names the person in charge of carrying it out, and is written in the working language of the crew.
The full article will cover the plan’s required content, the IMO guidance on writing it in resolution MEPC.220(63), the difference between the plan’s language rule and the English, French or Spanish rule for placards and record book entries, and how the plan is examined at survey and by port State control. For bulk carriers it will cover how a plan can address HME and non-HME cargo residues, described in Annex V HME cargo residues, E-waste and hold-wash water .