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Aimilia Papachristou Policy Advisor-MedCruise. 5ο Forum Διάλογου για τα Πετρελαιοειδή Απόβλητα και Κατάλοιπα. WASTE RECEPTION FACILITIES IN MEDCRUISE PORTS. PRESENTING MEDCRUISE. MedCruise: Bringing together ports in the Med & adjoining seas MedCruise member traffic 2013.
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AimiliaPapachristou Policy Advisor-MedCruise 5ο Forum Διάλογου για τα Πετρελαιοειδή Απόβλητα και Κατάλοιπα WASTE RECEPTIONFACILITIES IN MEDCRUISE PORTS
MedCruise: Bringing together ports in the Med & adjoining seasMedCruise member traffic 2013 27,02 millions passenger movements 14.428cruise calls 70 portmembers (>100 ports), 32 associates 20 countries Source: Cruise Activities in MedCruise ports (2014)
A Growing Membership empowers the AssociationCruise Passenger Movements Evolution in MedCruise ports Source: Cruise Activities in MedCruise ports (2014)
MedCruise Objectives • Promote cruise destinations and ports in the Med and adjoining seas. • Collaborate on: • Training • Environment • Policies & Operational issues • Developquality passenger shipping experiences: • Preserve diversity and authenticity. • Manage congestion • Shared return: local communities, ships, passengers.
What do Med ports do? • We know that Environmental management is challenging but essential (“licence to operate and to grow”) • We work together and commit to actions • Professional cooperation (The MedCruise Professional Development Course) • Assisting tools • Proactive voluntary self-regulation • Added value for both the sector and individual ports • Trends provide inspiration for further improvement
Note: Environmental priorities change over time Source: ESPO, various years
ASSISTING TOOLS: involvement IN SUSTAINABLE CRUISE RESEARCH
Med Cruise ports care:Waste reception facilities Project Overview • MedCruise partnered with other actors to map the existing waste reception facilities in Mediterranean ports • Cruise lines will soon know where and how they can discharge waste • Ports will learn which are the best practices
Why? • Rules (MARPOL73/78 Annex V) • Principles for waste management • Waste Hierarchy
Med Cruise Ports care: Waste Management Project Overview MedCruise partnered with other actors to identify concrete actions within the framework of the European Directive on waste, the so-called 3Rs: Reduction, Re-use, Recycling and revised Marpol Annex V. Packaging Define a plan for the recovery or re-use of 30% Bio-wasteRe-use the economic value of 90% PaperDefine a plan for the recovery or re-use of 40%
Extracts from data collected as part of MedCruise ports participation at the Sustainable Development project Waste reception FACILITIES at medcruise ports
GARBAGE RECEPTION FACILITIES (GRF) Working hours of GRF at the port
Procedures followed for garbage reception from the Waste Declaration Form till the garbage reception
Main requirements for garbage reception in terms of packaging & labelling • Different garbages, different packaging • Segregation, Separation • Paper, Glass, Plastic, Metal: Bulk, Boxes, Containers • Wood, Textile: Containers and Bags • Food: Bags • Hazardous waste: • ADR (Accord européen relative au transport international des marchandises Dangereuses par Route) and • IMDG (International Maritime Dangerous Goods), based on Recommendations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods”, issued by the UN
SERVICES OFFERED PRIOR TO GARBAGE DISPOSAL Does the port provide storage inside its area? If yes, for which product types?
SERVICES OFFERED PRIOR TO GARBAGE DISPOSAL Does the port offer segregation services?
Fee collection scheme applied at the port Other: • Combined system (direct and indirect fees) • The service is provided by specialized companies, no fees applied by port Charges per m3
Exemptions rules applied at the port • Based on: • The ship’s tonnage • Regularity of calls • Frequency of calls • Days of berth at port • National laws (e.x. Spain: Royal Decrees 1381/2002 and 1084/2009)
Authorities responsible for procedures & controlling proper execution of waste reception & handling services
Illegal to discharge waste into the sea Develop Corporate Image of friends of the environment Passenger feeling moral consumers In short: Recovery has an economic value Remember why all these
Thank you AimiliaPapachristou Policy Advisor www.medcruise.com