Port reception facilities for ship generated waste

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Port reception facilities for ship generated waste
Hans van t Noordende h.vantnoordende_at_tebodin.nl
31 70 3480252
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International Tebodin network
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Republic Croatia Germany Hungary Lithuania Kazakh
stan The Netherlands Oman Poland Qatar Romania
Russia Slovak Republic Serbia Ukraine United
Arab Emirates
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Ports of Batumi and Poti, Georgia
Market assessment of possible terminal and
infrastructure projects for a Dutch company, such
as breakwaters, terminal development and
expansion of ports
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Ports of Baku / EBRD, Azerbaijan

• Institutional advice
• Operational efficiency improvement

• Business planning
• Tariff studies

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The Project

• Implementation of the EU Directive 2000/59/EC,
  concerning port reception facilities (PRF) for
  ship-generated waste and cargo residues.
• Funding by the Netherlands Ministry of Economical
  Affairs
• Benificiaries the Bulgarian Port Infrastructure
  Company (PIC), the Executive Agency Ports
  Administration (EAPA) and the Maritime
  Administration (MA)
• Tebodin Consultants Engineers is managing the
  project and providing the experience, technical
  input and know-how
• Duration of the project is from January 2005 to
  December 2006.

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Goal

• The purpose of this Directive is to reduce the
  discharges of ship-generated waste and cargo
  residues into the sea, especially illegal
  discharges, from ships using ports in the
  Community, by improving the availability and use
  of port reception facilities for ship-generated
  waste and cargo residues, thereby enhancing the
  protection of the marine environment.

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The Project

• Five project components
• Transposition of Directive into Bulgarian
  Legislation
• Development of fee system
• Preparation of Waste Reception Handling Plan
• Establishing contracts with PRFs
• Set-up of waste database
• One system for the Ports of Varna and Bourgas
• The level playing field principle.

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EU Directive 2000/59/EC

• Obligations imposed on ports and ship owners
• Availability of proper PRFs
• No undue delays
• Mandatory waste notification on board of vessels
• Mandatory waste delivery by vessels (although
  many exemptions)
• Waste fee recovery system to be implemented (gt30
  indirect)
• Compulsary delivery for MARPOL I, IV and V
• The fees shall be fair, transparent,
  non-discriminatory
• Each port has to implement a waste
  receptionhandling plan

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Black sea model?
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What is expected from you? (1)

• Bulgarian Port Infrastructure Company (PIC)
• Contracting PRFs and/or waste processors
• Reporting of waste data using the waste database
• Payment to PRFs
• Executive Agency Ports Administration (EAPA)
• Harmonising legislation
• Approving Waste Reception Handling Plans
• Approval of 100 indirect fee system
• Dealing with complaints

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What is expected from you? (2)

• Maritime Administration (MA)
• Inspections on ships
• Approving exemptions
• Connection to VTMIS (2008)
• Ministry of Environment and Water
• Issue of licence to the waste operators
• Monitoring and enforcement

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What is expected from you? (3)

• Shipping industry
• Data entry (Notification form) to waste database
• Payment of the indirect fee to BPIC
• Payment of the direct fee to waste operators
• Issue of complaints, if applicable
• Application of exemption
• Keeping records

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What is expected from you? (4)

• Waste operators (PRF)
• Reception of ship generated waste
• Delivery to licenced waste processor
• Completing Ship Waste Delivery Form and keeping
  records
• Data entry (waste volumes and categories) to
  waste database
• Billing of the direct fee for waste delivery
• Port operators
• Facilitating port reception facilities (annex V)

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Waste Reception Handling Plan

• Assessment of the need for port reception
  facilities (PRF)
• Description of the type and capacity of PRFs
• Detailed description of procedures for the waste
  reception
• Description of the fee system
• Complaint procedures
• Exemption for reporting, indirect fee (and
  discharge)
• Procedures to monitor the status of the WRHP
  together with stakeholders
• Indications of types and quantities of
  ship-generated waste and cargo residues received
  and handled.

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Waste database through internet access
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Fee system 2007 Annex I
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Fee system 2007 Annex V
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Conclusions

• Implementation Directive 2000/59/EC in deep water
• Execution ongoing
• Proposals for amendments to legislation submitted
• Fee system established
• Waste Reception Handling Plan prepared
• Licence and tendering process started
• Waste database (almost) operational
• Level playing field only possible through
  harmonising fee system with Romania, Turkey and
  in accordance with practices in Georgia, Russia
  and Ukraine

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Protect the marine environment
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Questions?

• Thank you for your attention!