SOSREP or, in his absence, senior MCA officials (the Director of Operations or Deputy Director of Operations).

(1) Port of arrival; (2) date; (3) ship's name & IMO No.; (4) ports from & to;

A process by which a ballast tank or hold intended for the carriage of water ballast is first emptied of at least 95% or more of its volume and then refilled with replacement water ballast.

A maritime claim depends on ownership of the vessel, whereas a maritime lien can be enforced against a vessel irrespective of ownership and despite a change of ownership. A maritime claim is created by statute, and in England requires the issue of a claim form (formerly called a writ) to bring it into existence. A maritime lien, on the other hand, does not require a court procedure to come into existence.

All ships of 400 GT or above engaged in voyages to ports or offshore terminals under the jurisdiction of other Parties to MARPOL Annex VI.

It requires that ships performing ballast water exchange do so with an efficiency of 95% volumetric exchange of ballast water.

The need to avoid or reduce the risk of harm to the marine environment.

Any applicable national regulations of a coastal State or region whose waters the ship will enter, and, in a federation of states such as the US or Australia, any applicable state regulations (e.g. California or Victoria (Aus. ) regulations). Individual ports may also have their own ballast water discharge requirements, even where the port State has no national ballast water regulations.

A certificate issued by the flag State Administration or its duly authorized organization under the provisions of the Guidelines for the Transport and Handling of Limited Amounts of Hazardous and Noxious Liquid Substances in Bulk on Offshore Support Vessels (the LHNS Guidelines) to an offshore support vessel following a satisfactory initial survey.

Yes, depending on what was stated in the contract of carriage.

(1) LOAD LINES 66 (and its 1988 Protocol); (2) SOLAS 74 and its 1974 and 1988 Protocols; (3) MARPOL 73/78; (4) STCW 78; (5) COLREG 72; (6) TONNAGE 69; (7) ILO 147 and its 1996 Protocol; (8) Civil Liability Convention 1969 (CLC) and CLC Protocol 1992; (9) Anti-Fouling Systems (AFS) Convention 2001; and (10) Bunkers Convention 2001 (Bunker CLC).

Category A: Plastics; Category B: Food wastes; Category C: Domestic wastes; Category D: Cooking oil; Category E: Incinerator ashes; Category F: Operational wastes; Category G: Cargo residues; Category H: Animal carcass(es); Category I: Fishing gear.

Organic chemicals that easily vaporise at normal conditions and enter into the atmosphere. They are emitted in ships' exhaust gases due to incomplete combustion processes, and by tankers during cargo loading and crude oil washing operations, and during sea voyages.

1: Ship's name; 2: Owner's name and address; 3: Master's name and certificate number; 5: Opening of OLB (date/place); 6: Closing of OLB (date/place).

If: (1) according to published timetables, the ship will remain at the berth for less than two hours; or (2) all engines are to be closed down and shore power is  to be used.