【Regulation】 Disposal of Food Wastes in Chinese Coasts

Huatai Marine issued a circular about regulations on disposal of food wastes in Chinese coasts.

In this circular, it is explained about related regulation, cases related to administrative fines and loss prevention measures.

Summary is as follows.

• Huatai Marine recently received Clubs’ inquiries about administrative fines faced by their entered ships for dumpling food wastes in Chinese waters and they are requested to provide relevant regulations and interpretations on disposal of food wastes from ships. 
• China is a signatory state to MARPOL Convention, Chinese regulations on food wastes disposal are basically consistent with MARPOL Convention.
• According to Huatai’s database, about 70% case of the fines for food waste disposal occurred in the Bohai Sea, since crew often misunderstand the base line in this area.
•  The average fine per case was CNY 43,000(about 6,000USD).
• Through analysis of the cases, it was noted that such fines were mostly occurred when MSA officers conducted inspections and found that the location of garbage discharge contained in the ship's Garbage Record Book failed to meet the minimum distance requirements from the nearest land to the garbage disposal location. Since 2020, China MSA has adopted remote PSC inspection instead of on-board inspection due to the restriction of epidemic prevention. More attention has therefore been paid to the validity of relevant certificates and the correctness of official records of ships, as well as to the inspection of ships for non-compliance through these records.

Please refer below link

https://www.huataimarine.com/news/synopsis/Circulars/article/PNI-SPRO%5B2022%5D08----Regulations-on-Disposal-of-Food-Wastes-in-Chinese-Coasts-and-Loss-Prevention-Suggestions