Marine Protection Rules Part 150

Current version of Part 150

This rule applies to:

• New Zealand ships anywhere, except ships of the New Zealand Defence Force
• foreign ships operating within areas of the sea under New Zealand jurisdiction.

Part 150 sets out requirements, drawn from Annex III of MARPOL 73/78, for the prevention of pollution by harmful substances carried by sea in packaged form.

The rules must be read in conjunction with the maritime rules in Part 24A: Carriage of Cargoes - Dangerous Goods, which contains detailed requirements for packaging, marking, labelling and associated documentation for the carriage of harmful substances in packaged form.

History of Part 150