Every ship of 400GT or more, and every ship certified to carry 15 PERSONS or more shall carry a GMP.It should be written in working language of crew and must be in accordance with IMO guidelines. Each GMP will be individual to a particular ship.
It must include written procedure for:
- Designated person in charge of carrying out the plan .
- Procedure for collecting garbage.
- Procedure for separating garbage.
- Procedure for processing garbage
- Procedure for disposing garbage