Shipboard Marine Pollution Emergency Plan (SMPEP)

A Shipboard Marine Pollution Emergency Plan (SMPEP) is a flag or class approved document carried onboard that gives guidance to the Master and crew in the case of a collision or a fire on a ship. The SMPEP details the emergency plans and the pollution prevention team together with the relevant contact details. Regulation 16 of Annex II of MARPOL 73/78 (Prevention of Pollution by Noxious Liquid Substances) requires every ship of 150 GT and above certified to carry noxious liquid substances in bulk to have on board an approved Shipboard Marine Pollution Emergency Plan for Noxious Liquid Substances. Such a plan is required to be drawn up in accordance with the "Guidelines for the Development of Shipboard Marine Pollution Emergency Plans for Oil and/or Noxious Liquid Substances" adopted by Resolution MEPC.85(44). This requirement came into force on 1 January 2003. The SMPEP should be combined with a Shipboard Oil Pollution Emergency Plan (SOPEP), since most of their contents are the same and the combined plan is more practical than two separate ones in case of an emergency. To make it clear that the plan is a combined one, it should be referred to as a shipboard marine pollution emergency plan (SMPEP).

Contents of a SMPEP

 * Reporting Requirements
 * Steps To Control Discharge
 * National And Local Co-Ordination
 * Additional Information
 * List Of Coastal State Contacts
 * List Of Ship Interest Contacts
 * Flow Chart And Checklists
 * IΜΟ Resolution A.851(20) &amp; Resolution MEPC.138(53)
 * Vessel Specific Information

Links
GL SMPEP Manual