2.1
Remotely located port or terminal means
a port or terminal as informed to the Organization under regulation 17.2 of MARPOL Annex VI.
2.2
Manage and process means actions
related to the collection, storage, transport, treatment and disposal
of ODS and/or exhaust gas cleaning residues such that they are rendered
in a safe and environmentally benign condition in accordance with
best available practices.
2.3
Appropriate action means those
actions taken by informed Parties to communicate to ships under their
control that the advised ports cannot handle certain ODS and/or exhaust
gas cleaning residues and those actions ships will need to take necessary
to manage or process those substances in an alternative manner. Such
alternatives could include arranging for collection before or after
visiting the affected port, and in the latter case, ensuring adequate
on board storage exists for those substances.
2.4
EGCS residues are a product of
the water treatment process. The residue can be formed and removed
from the water with different treatment techniques. Such residues
contain sulphates, ash/soot, metals and hydrocarbons removed from
the water.