Managing shipping waste – our services
Being a certified specialist waste management business, we are able to offer you the full range of marine waste management services in line with all MARPOL rules and regulations. Which means that our work together not only helps to protect our waterways but also to keep them clean. Our portfolio ranges from collecting and transporting your marine waste all the way through to cleaning your ship’s tanks and providing you with waste storage systems. All of the solid and liquid waste we collect is transported to the treatment plants operated by REMONDIS Industrie Service – ensuring that the materials are recycled in the best possible way.
And, being part of the REMONDIS Group, we are also able to provide you with a wide variety of hazardous waste services alongside our classic marine waste management portfolio. These range from handling lithium-ion batteries, to aerosol cans, through to a whole range of chemicals and liquids. What’s more, our parent company REMONDIS Industrie Service Hamburg also carries out industrial cleaning tasks.
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We can collect liquid, solid and semi-solid marine waste by boat or on land. Thanks to our reliable fleet of suitable vehicles, we are able to transport the materials to REMONDIS Industrie Service’s treatment plants so that they are recycled both safely and professionally.
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MARPOL-compliant marine waste management
Collection of bilge water, sludge, cargo residue & tank wash water
Collection by barge or tanker / lorry
Waste transport by lorry
Provision of waste storage systems
Cleaning of ships’ tanks
MARPOL-compliant marine waste management
Around one million tonnes of oil end up in the seas and oceans around the world every year – approx. 35% of this comes from ships. The International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, aka MARPOL, was adopted in 1973 to reduce these pollution levels and prevent further oil pollution in the future. MARPOL aims to permanently minimise pollution of our seas and oceans from shipping waste and oil residue as well as to promote the protection of our planet’s marine environment.
MARPOL is an international agreement that aims to protect our seas and oceans from pollution from ships. It regulates a number of areas including how oil, wastewater and other types of waste must be handled on board the ships as well as how these waste materials must be collected and treated.
The MARPOL Convention plays a key role in marine waste management. It stipulates that shipping waste may not be discharged directly into the sea but must be treated on land in suitable plants and facilities.
Basically speaking, the MARPOL Convention covers all types of waste that are generated by ships and must be collected for recycling/disposal. These include, among others, oil residue, bilge water, slop, tank wash water, wastewater and other kinds of hazardous or problematic substances generated from shipping operations. Six MARPOL Annexes differentiate between these materials and set out specific requirements.
Yes, MARPOL is an international treaty, making it a key factor for shipping operations in many countries. It creates uniform standards for protecting our seas and oceans and is considered to be the most important international agreement for preventing pollution from ships.
Handling marine waste correctly protects our seas and oceans and helps prevent our environment from being polluted. Complying with all statutory regulations is an effective way to protect both vulnerable ecosystems and human and animal health. In contrast, using incorrect or illegal means to dispose of this waste can have a severe and long-lasting impact on our environment.
The Polluter Pays Principle also applies to marine waste. As a general rule, therefore, it is the operator and the crew that are responsible for ensuring that all waste generated on board their ship is stored correctly and sent for treatment in line with all rules and regulations.
Working together with REMONDIS Industrie Service, we can also offer you many other hazardous waste services alongside our marine waste management portfolio.
