🔍 Key Concepts
• MARPOL Annex V garbage record book requirements
• Difference between garbage discharged to sea, discharged to a reception facility ashore, and incinerated on board
• What information (type and quantity) must be entered in the garbage record book for each operation
💭 Think About
• Think about which garbage-related activities the regulations are most concerned with tracking: only sea dumping, or also incineration and discharge ashore?
• Ask yourself whether the regulations usually become looser or stricter the farther you are offshore when it comes to recordkeeping, not just dumping limits.
• Consider what is more practical and more accurate to keep in a log: exact weight, or some other way to estimate the amount of garbage handled.
✅ Before You Answer
• Check which of the listed actions must be recorded in the garbage record book under MARPOL Annex V: discharge to sea, discharge to shore facility, and incineration.
• Verify whether the required entry is an exact weight or an estimated amount by volume or category.
• Confirm whether being more than 25 miles offshore changes only the discharge rules or also the recordkeeping rules.