Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which ports with waste reception facilities are compliant with the International Maritime Organisation’s mandatory guidelines on exhaust gas cleaning systems; and when each of those ports was last inspected for compliance.
The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) conducts inspections of UK ports against the approved Port Waste Management Plans held by them. These plans include the handling of exhaust gas cleaning residues. The inspections are conducted independently on each port, and the MCA has not observed a need to generate statistical information covering the entirety of UK ports.