🔍 Key Concepts
• MARPOL Annex V garbage record requirements
• 33 CFR Part 151, Subpart A – Pollution from ships (garbage)
• What types of garbage movements must be logged: discharge to sea, discharge ashore, and incineration
💭 Think About
• Think about whether records are only for sea dumping, or also for garbage handled in other ways such as delivery to a shore facility.
• Consider what specific details (e.g., type, amount, and method of disposal) MARPOL Annex V tells you to record in the Garbage Record Book.
• Ask yourself if any option sounds like it is exempting something that MARPOL usually wants traceability for (i.e., being able to prove what you did with your garbage).
✅ Before You Answer
• Check whether incineration on board must be entered in the Garbage Record Book under MARPOL Annex V / 33 CFR 151.
• Check whether discharge to a port reception facility ashore is one of the required entries in the Garbage Record Book.
• Verify whether the law asks for the approximate weight or the approximate volume (m³) of garbage when recording entries.