Translation of "exploitant de navire de ligne " (French → English) :

make the recruitment or maintenance in employment of Irish tax and social security liable seafarers more attractive to Irish ship operators, thereby maintaining/increasing the number of EU seafarers on Irish flagged vessels; make the Irish flag more competitive, thereby promoting employment, maintaining vessels under the Irish flag and attracting non-Irish ship-owners to locate in Ireland; “level the playing pitch” vis-à-vis low labour competitors, thereby enhancing competitiveness of Irish ship operators; increase the pool of maritime expertise in Ireland, thereby stimulating an increase in marine ...[+++]-based activities and in the development and exploitation of the extensive offshore and coastal marine resource;

1. When ships are engaged in scheduled traffic with frequent and regular port calls and there is sufficient evidence of an arrangement to ensure the delivery of ship-generated waste and payment of fees in a port along the ship's route, Member States of the ports involved may exempt these ships from the obligations in Article 6, Article 7(1) and Article 8.

(c) "ship-generated waste" shall mean all waste, including sewage, and residues other than cargo residues, which are generated during the service of a ship and fall under the scope of Annexes I, IV and V to Marpol 73/78 and cargo-associated waste as defined in the Guidelines for the implementation of Annex V to Marpol 73/78.

(c) fees may be reduced if the ship's environmental management, design, equipment and operation are such that the master of the ship can demonstrate that it produces reduced quantities of ship-generated waste.

The purpose of this Directive is to reduce the discharges of ship-generated waste and cargo residues into the sea, especially illegal discharges, from ships using ports in the Community, by improving the availability and use of port reception facilities for ship-generated waste and cargo residues, thereby enhancing the protection of the marine environment.

It recommends shipping companies to set up a "Safety Management System" under which they would: - establish a policy for the safe operation of its ships and the protection of the environment, - define the responsibilities of, and relations between, all persons responsible within the company and on board the ships for the safe operation of the ships and for pollution prevention, - designate a central person responsible for safe management and pollution prevention, - ensure that the safety personnel ashore, the masters of its ships and the crew are properly qualified and able to communicate with each other on safety matters, - define shore ...[+++]bound and on board instructions, procedures and drills for the safe operation of the ships and for the response to emergency situations, - prepare procedures for the reporting and analysis of non-conformities, accidents and hazardous situations, - ensure proper maintenance of its ships and its equipment, - establish a "Safety Management Manual", - regularly evaluate the SMS, - obtain a "Document of Compliance" issued by the flag State or by the country of operation and certifying that the SMS of the company complies with the ISM-Code, - obtain a "Safety Management Certificate" issued by the flag State and certifying that the SMS of the ship complies with the ISM-Code.