B. Discharges in special areas
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B. Discharges in special areas

  3 Any discharge into the sea of oil or oily mixtures from ships of 400 gross tonnage and above shall be prohibited except when all of the following conditions are satisfied:

  • .1 the ship is proceeding en route;

  • .2 the oily mixture is processed through an oil filtering equipment meeting the requirements of regulation 14.7 of this Annex;

  • .3 the oil content of the effluent without dilution does not exceed 15 parts per million;

  • .4 the oily mixture does not originate from cargo pump room bilges on oil tankers; and

  • .5 the oily mixture, in case of oil tankers, is not mixed with oil cargo residues.

  4 In respect of the Antarctic area, any discharge into the sea of oil or oily mixtures from any ship shall be prohibited.

  5 Nothing in this regulation shall prohibit a ship on a voyage only part of which is in a special area from discharging outside a special area in accordance with paragraphs 2 of this regulation.

Parent topic: Regulation 15 - Control of discharge of oil
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