HELCOM RECOMMENDATION 25/6
Superseding HELCOM RECOMMENDATION 14/6
Adopted 2 March 2004, 3 February 1993 having regard to Article 20, Paragraph 1 b) of the Helsinki Convention
GUIDELINES FOR THE RECOMMENDED MINIMUM THROUGHPUT OF OIL FILTERINGY-WATER SEPARATING EQUIPMENT ON BOARD SHIPS
THE COMMISSION,
RECALLING Regulation 4 of Annex IV of the Convention on the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Baltic Sea Area, 1992 1974, (Helsinki Convention), concerning prevention of pollution by oil,
RECALLING ALSO Regulation 10 of Annex I of MARPOL 73/78 Convention concerning methods for prevention of oil pollution from ships while operating in special areas,
BEARING IN MIND that the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) of IMO intends to adopted at its fourty-ninth thirty-third session amendments to Resolution MEPC.107(49) A.393 - Test Specification for the Type Approval of Pollution Prevention Equipment for Machinery Space Bilges, REVISED GUIDELINES AND SPECIFICATIONS FOR POLLUTION PREVENTION EQUIPMENT FOR MACHINERY SPACE BILGES OF SHIPS
RECOGNIZING the need for the standardization of the minimum throughput of oily-water separating equipmentoil filtering equipment,
RECOMMENDS, that the Governments of the Contracting Parties to the Helsinki Convention, while awaiting Guidelines approved by IMO, apply the attached Guidelines for the oily-water separating equipmentoil filtering equipment for ships the keel of which is laid on or after 1 January 20051 October 1993.
ATTACHMENT
These guidelines are applicable to oily-water separating equipmentoil filtering equipment in order to meet the requirements of the Helsinki Convention and will supersede HELCOM Recommendation 14/6.
| Gross Tonnage *) | Recommendedminimum throughput of the system (m³/h) |
| 400 and above but less than 1,600 | 0.5 |
| 1,600 and above but less than 4,000 | 1,0 |
| 4,000 and above but less than 15,000 | 2,5 |
| 15,000 and above | 5,0 |
Having due regard to the route of the vessel, volume of the bilge water holding tanks, separating technology on board as well as the design and complexity of the machinery arrangement a higher or a lower throughput of the system may be chosen necessary, provided that an equivalent standard for the protection of the marine environment can be ensured.
*) Convention on Tonnage Measurement, 1969