Main Ship Waste
Management Issues in
Croatia
Iva Horvat
Port 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 HR
First Part
• prepared by the PAV, in March 2010
Second Part
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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
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internationally coordinated system for waste management is
a necessity
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new financing and other solutions will demand a national
regulations change
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COWANDA – participation and common results achivement,
as an equal partner, is of great importance for PAV
Thank You for Your Attention!
Iva Horvat
Port Authority Vukovar
Budapest, Danube Commision, 2012-03-21