Main Ship Waste Management Issues in Croatia

Iva HorvatPort Authority Vukovar

Budapest, Danube Comission, 2012-03-21

PAV status within the WANDA project

• Originally planned (Consortium Agreement) – Port Authority Vukovar is a partner

• Consortium Agreement Addendum – Port Authority Vukovar is 10% ERDF flexibility rule partner

• It is financed directly by the ERDF partner (Maritime Danube Ports Administration – APDM, Romania)

• Originally, budget was planned at EUR 75.000• Addendum – budget is set at EUR 15.000• PAV activities had to be redefined in accordance to the

budget reduction

Ports in Croatia

• length of Danube through Croatia – 137,5 rkm• Port of Vukovar – most important cargo port (mostly dry

bulk and general cargo are being transported through the port: iron ore, fertilizers, mineral raw materials, grain, iron products, coal and

construction materials)

• Vukovar and Ilok Passenger Terminals• Industrial port Ilok (temporary industrial port)• no locks• there are no prescribed procedures for the handling stages

for ship waste except for the hazardous waste and no independent stations are foreseen for HR part of the Danube

Vukovar Port

Waste management

• Port Authority is responsible for waste management in public ports (port areas)

• skippers are responsible for water pollution prevention during the navigation (oil control book keeping) and also for informing responsible authorities if pollution occurs on the Danube

Main Activities in Project

National Ship Waste Management Concept HRFirst Part• prepared by the PAV, in March 2010

Second Part • prepared by the company Hidroing Osijek for design and engineering• subject of the public procurement procedure• draft version was prepared on July 31st and final version on August 31st

2010

Stakeholder Workshop

• held in Vukovar on May 17 2010

• all relevant stakeholders in HR and PP’s participated on it

Waste management and financing

• Vukovar port – vessels can dispose bilge and fecal water at the reception and treatment facility installed on permanently moored vessel owned by the port operator,

• bunkering station located on the same object• Port Authority has made a temporary agreement with a port operator –

and is paying for this service• plan is to build a new plant for waste reception and treatment – concept

has been made - on the plateau by the vertical quay, consists of two parts: device for treatment of bilge water and device for fecal water treatment

Waste Reception Facility in Vukovar

Waste Related Procedures

Reception of Bilge Water:• Ships' bilge water is being pumped and received into tank of 80 m3 volume capacity, • bilge water is pumped from reception tank to oily water separator of 5 l/s capacity, • Purified water is being let out into river flow of Danube while separated oil sludge remains within containment chamber of separator

Waste Related Procedures

Reception of Fecal Water• Ships' fecal water is being pumped and received into tank of 80 m3 volume capacity,• fecal water is pumped from reception tank to biorotor of type 100 which biologically (with bacteria) treats fecal water,• Purified water is being let out into river flow of Danube.

Waste management and financing

Weaknesses• still no possibility for systematic reception and management of other

types of ships’ waste at this facility (used oils, used grease, used filters, used rags, bundles and packaging of such waste etc. as well as other hazardous waste like: paint, varnish, resolvents and the like)

• no charge for waste disposal in Croatian regulations is foreseen, this service is free of charge at this moment

• Port Authority has expenses but no incomes • existing facility is a temporary solution• vessels do not use this facility

Further Activities

• internationally coordinated system for waste management is a necessity

• new financing and other solutions will demand a national regulations change

• COWANDA – participation and common results achivement, as an equal partner, is of great importance for PAV

Thank You for Your Attention!

Iva HorvatPort Authority Vukovar

Budapest, Danube Commision, 2012-03-21