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Red Sea and Gulf of Aden special area shall take effect

MARPOL Annex I – Regulations 15.3, 15.5 and 34.3 to 34.5:

All ships:
On or after 1 January 2025, any discharge into the sea of oil or oily mixtures from ships of 400 GT and above shall be prohibited within the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden Special Areas, except when all of the following conditions are satisfied:
– The ship is proceeding en-route;
– The oily mixture is processed through an oil filtering equipment meeting the requirements of regulation 14.7 of Annex I;
– The oil content of the effluent without dilution does not exceed 15 parts per million;
– The oily mixture does not originate from cargo pump room bilges on oil tankers; and
– The oily mixture, in case of oil tankers, is not mixed with oil cargo residues.

Oil tankers:
On or after 1 January 2025, any discharge into the sea of oil or oily mixtures from the cargo area of an oil tanker shall be prohibited while in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden Special Areas.
This requirement shall not apply to the discharge of clean or segregated ballast.
 

MARPOL Annex V – Regulation 6:
On or after 1 January 2025, discharge of garbage into the sea within the Red Sea Special Area shall only be permitted while the ship is en-route and as prescribed by Regulation 6 (Discharge of garbage within special areas) of MARPOL Annex V.
Also see the following IMO page: Special Areas under MARPOL.

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