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APPLICABILITY All shipowners, operators and charterers of vessels with sewage holding tanks
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INFORMATION At the 55 session of the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) Marine
Environmental Protection Committee (MEPC), a draft amendment to MARPOL
Annex IV, to include sewage from living animals, was approved. IMO also adopted
a ‘recommendation on standards for the rate of discharge of untreated sewage from
ships’ through resolution MEPC.157(55).
DRmax = 0.00926 V D B
where
Please contact your nearest Lloyd’s Register office for an excel spreadsheet to assist
you. The completed spreadsheet should be submitted to your local Lloyd's Register
office for approval as soon as possible. If the flag administration has issued your
Annex IV certificate, please submit your spreadsheet to them for approval instead.
HELP US TO HELP YOU – if you are an owner or operator and require further
assistance, please get in touch with your local Lloyd’s Register Group office at the
earliest opportunity and we will be happy to assist.
Further information
Contact: Jonathan Morley
T +44 (0)20 7423 2422
F +44 (0)20 7397 4247
E jonathan.morley@lr.org
www.lr.org