Annex – Spoilt Cargoes Considered for Sea Disposal

  1 The following list illustrates the spoilt cargoes that have been considered for sea disposal in recent years and have been brought to the attention of IMO. However, it should be noted that not all these materials have actually been dumped at sea:

• .1 sheep and cattle that had died when being transported on board a vessel specialized in livestock transport;

• .2 frozen beef in a damaged container;

• .3 spoilt kidney beans;

• .4 wheat cargo that had been infected with a fungus and the import of which had been refused;

• .5 cement packed in bags spoilt by water ingress;

• .6 water contaminated magnesite granules;

• .7 corn saturated by ingress of water;

• .8 citrus pellets, the sugar contents of which had started fermenting following injection with seawater;

• .9 alumina spoilt by water ingress;

• .10 bagged sugar spoilt by water ingress;

• .11 spoilt vinegar carried in bulk;

• .12 bagged garlic spoilt by ingress of seawater;

• .13 spoilt rice;

• .14 lentils spoilt by ingress of seawater;

• .15 steam coal spoilt by ingress of seawater;

• .16 stearine that had become semi-solid after failure of heating equipment;

• .17 ruined condensed milk;

• .18 spoilt potatoes;

• .19 fire-extinguishing water containing coal dust;

• .20 contaminated iron ore;

• .21 hardened Portland cement;

• .22 rotting mink fodder (mincemeat);

• .23 fertilizers spoilt by ingress of seawater;

• .24 wheat cargo spoilt by ingress of seawater; and

• .25 sulphuric acid diluted in seawater.

  2 The following table shows the permits issued for sea disposal of spoilt cargoes, as notified to IMO: