Article 10.01 - Definitions

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For the purposes of this chapter, the terms set out below have the following meaning:

1. Terms concerning waste in general

(a) “waste occurring on board”: substances or articles defined in (b) to (f) below, of which the person in charge disposes or of which he intends or is required to dispose;

(b) “cargo remnants”: liquid cargo remaining in the cargo tanks or in the pipes after unloading when a stripping system in accordance with ADN has not been used, and dry cargo remaining in the holds after unloading before manual or mechanical sweepers or suction facilities are used;

(c) “oily and greasy waste occurring during the operation of the vessel”: waste oil, bilge water and other oily and greasy waste such as waste grease, used filters, used rags, containers and packagings for such waste;

(d) “waste oil”: used oil or other non reusable grease from engines, gears and hydraulic equipment;

(e) “bilge water”: oily water from the engine room bilges, peak, cofferdams or side compartments;

(f) “waste grease”: used grease collected from run off from greasers, bearings and greasing facilities and other non reusable grease;

(g) “other waste occurring during the operation of the vessel”: domestic waste water, household refuse, sludge, slops and other special waste as defined in paragraph 3 below;

(h) “cargo related waste”: waste and waste water occurring on board the vessel and deriving from the cargo; cargo remnants and handling residues as defined in paragraph 2, (b) and (d) below are not included in this category;

(i) “reception facility”: a vessel within the meaning of article 1.01 paragraph a) 1 of CEVNI or a facility on land approved by the competent authorities for the collection of waste occurring on board.

2. Cargo terms

(a) “exclusive transport operations”: successive transport operations during which the same cargo or another cargo, the carriage of which does not require the prior cleaning of holds or tanks, is carried in the vessel’s hold or cargo tank;

(b) “cargo remnants”: liquid cargo remaining in the cargo tanks or in the pipes after unloading when a stripping system in accordance with ADN has not been used, and dry cargo remaining in the holds after unloading before manual or mechanical sweepers or suction facilities are used;

(c) “cargo residues”: liquid cargo which cannot be discharged from tanks or pipes using the stripping system and dry cargo which cannot be removed from the hold by the use of manual or mechanical sweepers or suction facilities;

(d) “handling residues”: cargo which falls on the vessel outside the hold during handling;

(e) “swept hold”: hold from which the cargo has been removed using means of cleaning such as manual or mechanical sweepers, but without the use of suction or washing apparatus and containing only cargo residues;

(f) “stripped tank”: tank from which cargo remnants have been removed using a stripping system in accordance with ADN and containing only cargo residues;

(g) “vacuum cleaned hold”: a hold from which cargo remnants have been removed using a suction technique and containing considerably fewer cargo residues than a swept hold;

(h) “swilled out hold or tank”: a hold or tank which following swilling out is suitable for any category of cargo;

(i) “discharge of remnants”: removal of cargo remnants from the holds and from the tanks and pipes using suitable means (e.g. manual or motorized sweepers, suction facility, stripping system) enabling the standard of “swept” or “vacuumed” clean for the hold or “stripped” clean for the cargo tank to be achieved along with the removal of handling residues, packagings and means of stowage;

(j) “swilling out”: removal of cargo residues from swept or vacuumed holds using steam or water;

(k) “swilling out water”: water from the swilling out of swept or vacuumed holds or stripped tanks; it also includes ballast water or rainwater from these holds or tanks.

3. Terms concerning other types of waste

(a) “domestic waste water”: waste water from galleys, messes, bathrooms and laundries and human waste water;

(b) “household refuse”: on board organic and inorganic household waste and food remains, which do not, however, contain components of the other types of waste defined in article 10.01 above occurring during the operation of the vessel;

(c) “sludge”: residues occurring on board the vessel during the operation of an on board sewage plant;

(d) “slops”: mixtures of cargo residues with swilling out water, rust or mud, whether or not suitable for pumping;

(e) “other special waste”: waste occurring during the operation of the vessel other than oily and greasy waste and other than the waste covered by (a) to (d) above.