1.1 General
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1.1 General

  1.1.1 In 2003, the Marine Environment Protection Committee adopted the Revised guidelines and specifications for pollution prevention equipment for machinery space bilges of ships (resolution MEPC.107(49)). The main purpose of this revision of the specifications of oil filtering equipment was to improve their capability of treating emulsified oil.

  1.1.2 The present Guidelines have been developed to provide further assistance for upgrading systems installed on board ships prior to 1 January 2005, and of which oil filtering equipment was approved under resolution MEPC.60(33).

  1.1.3 It has been recognized that the best measure to prevent pollution resulting from oily bilge water is installation of Integrated Bilge Water Treatment System (IBTS) in accordance with MEPC.1/Circ.642 as may be amended. IBTS prevents generation of oily bilge water. Although it may not be easy or practicable to fit complete IBTS on existing ships, pre-cleaning of oily bilge water, e.g., provision of a primary tank between bilge wells and bilge tank, should be seriously considered in order to remove impurities in bilge through surfacing or sedimentation, which is an effective way of preventing clogging of bilge separators.

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