A step by step guide of how to operate ODME and principle of its operation

I wrote a brief post about ODME some time back but this post is going to be in detail. More and more companies are now focusing on saving the environment. Oil major do not seek to engage with company that do not consider environmental aspects in their day to day work.

So far so that it is not enough nowadays to just fulfil the legal requirements. Everyone wants us to go beyond legal requirements.

ODME is one of the equipment which ensures environment compliance on board ships.

But there continues to be detention because of ODME non-compliance. These non-compliance are sometime intentional but many times unintentional. Company should focus on developing a safety culture which can take care of intentional non-compliance.

But thorough knowledge of the equipment such as ODME is the only way to avoid unintentional non-compliance. This guide can help us to be more aware of ODME by knowing more about it.

What is ODME for ?

Well if you are reading this, most likely you know what is ODME for. But lets still ask it. Why do we need ODME? Can’t we just ban throwing oily mixture overboard and land it with barge.

We are concerned about the environment but there are businesses to sustain. Ship owners would argue that they should be allowed to dispose the water part of the oily mixture into the sea ?