WASTE MANAGEMENT:

 WASTE MANAGEMENT:

THE FOLLOWING ORDERS APPLY TO THE TRANSFER, CONTROL AND STORAGE OF 

BILGES AND WASTE OIL:

1. All holding and transfer operations for engine room bilge water and oily sludge will be closely 

monitored and controlled in accordance with instructions from the CE.

2. Only clean water from E.R. bilges will be discharged overboard by using the 15 ppm Oily Water 

Separator.

3. Ships side overboard valve from 15 ppm OWS to remain closed and padlocked. The padlock 

key will be kept with the Duty Engineer or C/E.

4. Water from E.R. bilge wells and Machinery spaces to be transferred to Bilge Tank with bilge 

pump.

5. F.O. Sludge Tank and Separator Oil Tank are to be discharged ashore when full and as 

arranged by the C/E.

6. All transfer of bilges and oily sludge to be fully logged down in OIL RECORD BOOK.

 All transfers will be done under the supervision of the 2/E. When transferring bilge water 

through the 15 ppm OWS, the ships position (latitude & longitude) and the start time and finish 

time for the operation to be logged down .

7. Daily soundings of all bilge tanks and waste oil tanks will be taken by Duty Engineer and 

recorded in the Sounding Book.

8. Inform C/E immediately of any unusual or irregular soundings of the tanks in (7).

9. Inform C/E immediately if you suspect blockages or restrictions in sounding pipes, especially on 

sludge tanks.

10. Inform C/E immediately of any high level alarm being activated on any bilge tank or sludge 

tank.

11. C/E is responsible for maintaining the entries in the Oil Record Book.

12. C/E to arrange for internal inspection of 15 ppm OWS system at 3 monthly periods.

13. Advise C/E or immediately if you have any doubt or if you are unsure about anything.