HELSINKI COMMISSION

Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission

     
     
HELCOM RECOMMENDATION 19/13

BASIC PRINCIPLES OF ASHORE HANDLING OF SHIP-GENERATED WASTES

     
     
Adopted 26 March 1998
having regard to Article 13, Paragraph b)
of the Helsinki Convention

THE COMMISSION,

RECALLING that one of the goals of the Baltic Strategy for Port Reception Facilities for Ship-generated Wastes and Associated Issues is to highlight the need for developing an environmentally sound treatment of ship-generated wastes subsequent to their reception in facilities ashore, as a part of the waste management system of the Contracting Parties,

RECALLING ALSO HELCOM Recommendation 19/7 concerning amendments to Annex IV of the Helsinki Convention (mandatory delivery to a port reception facility of all wastes which are not allowed to be discharged into the sea in the Baltic Sea Area in accordance with the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973, as modified by the Protocol of 1978 relating thereto (MARPOL 73/78 ) ),

RECALLING FURTHER HELCOM Recommendation 19/12 containing guidelines for the development of management plans for ship-generated wastes in ports,