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A cleaner sea is the primary goal of the European Directive 2000/59/EG and the Dutch law: Prevention of Pollution from Ship Act. Both regulations mention that the protection of the marine environment can be enhanced by reducing discharges into the sea of ship-generated waste and cargo residues. This can be achieved by improving the availability and use of reception facilities.
Port Waste Plan
Ports have the obligation to make a Port Waste Plan. The ports of Amsterdam, Beverwijk, Velsen/IJmuiden and Zaanstad (North Sea Canal Area) collectively made a plan for the North Sea Canal Area.The Port Waste Plan handles the organisation, operational and financial processes and measures which has to be made in the North Sea Canal Area (Seaports Amsterdam). The 1st of November 2004 the implementation of the Port Waste Plan has started. Every sea-going ship has the obligation to notify the waste that is on board and has to discharge the waste to a reception facility.
As from April 1st 2006 the Port Waste Plan has changed. The tariffs and financial transactions have been adjusted. The procedure is now more efficient, less complicated and cheaper.
More information?
- Directive 2000/59/EG (law backgrounds)
Indirect fee
Sea-going vessels must make a contribution to the costs of collecting and processing ship-generated waste. This means that every vessel entering Amsterdam Seaports has to pay a charge, even if it does not discharge any waste. Dumping at sea will no longer offers financial benefit. Please note that costs of discharging ship-generated waste will be fully or partially refunded if a vessel discharges the waste to a designated port reception facility.
More information?
- Tariffs and refunds: the most actual tariffs
- Port Reception Facilities: the designated waste collectors
- Port of Amsterdam, Dangerous goods and environmental control, Waste Reporting Point, Telephone: +31 (0)20 52 34 769, Fax: +31 (0)20 62 66 215, E-mail: scheepsafval@portofamsterdam.nl.
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