This means that the treatment and disposal of cargo residues are not covered by port charges but special fees could be charged for the process.

Firstly, mention has been made of the fact that all ports will have to provide reception facilities for waste and cargo residues.

The operating costs can also be reduced by discarding ship-generated waste and cargo residues into the sea along the way.

We therefore welcome this opportunity, especially the legal requirement for ships to dispose of waste and cargo residues in ports.

To counter this practice, measures were introduced in 2000 to improve port reception facilities for ship waste and cargo residues.

Discharge of cargo residues from bulk carriers can pollute ports, waterways and oceans.

Each year, thousands of deliberate discharges take place through waste and cargo residues, including chemicals and oil, being dumped in the sea.

And this directive on port reception facilities for cargo residues is, of course, also about the question of how to make our seas cleaner.

The proposal includes provisions that mean that ship-generated waste is treated slightly differently from cargo residues.

This system would encourage ships to deliver their ship-generated waste and cargo residues to the port reception facilities rather than discharge them at sea.

Have the intended procedures for removing cargo residues lodged in the bolds while unloading, been explained to the ship and accepted?

If a container is presented for packing contaminated with cargo residues it shall be rejected and removed from site for cleaning.

At the same time we know that ships make a hefty contribution to polluting the sea with rubbish, cargo residues and oily slime.

- Directive 2000/59/EC on port reception facilities for ship-generated waste and cargo residues.

Because I think it is extremely important to prevent ships from having a financial incentive to dump their cargo or cargo residues at sea outside the port.

Marsh gas (methane) may be formed, for example, when dirty ballast water mixes with cargo residues containing vegetable, animal or oily material.

"Garbage" as defined by the Convention includes a broad range of operational waste from ships, including cargo residues from loading excess, unloading residue and spillage.

Ships are required to deliver both types of waste in ports, but under MARPOL 73/78 rules in the case of cargo residues.

How are dry bulk cargo residues related to the MARPOL Convention and what are their effects on the environment when washed down or discharged?

This system would inevitably encourage vessels to dispose of their operational waste and cargo residues in port rather than degassing at sea, a deplorable practice which is commonplace nowadays.

A directive has also been issued on port reception facilities for ship-generated waste and cargo residues, compliance with which may also be relevant to the Probo Koala case.

Ensuring adequate waste facilities Directive 2000/59/EC on port reception facilities aims at reducing discharges of shipgenerated waste and cargo residues into the sea.

Green Marine addresses environmental issues such as greenhouse gases, cargo residues, conflict of use (noise, dust, odours, luminous pollution), water and soil pollution prevention, and environmental leadership.

Let me remind you that the proposed directive which we are discussing today is intended to improve the availability and the use of port waste-disposal facilities for operational waste and cargo residues.

Proposals from the Commission (March 2003) to implement international rules to prevent deliberate discharges of waste or cargo residues to the sea and on imposing criminal sanctions on those responsible for pollution by ships.