MEMBER ALERT Shipown ers Claims Bureau, Inc., Manager One Battery Park Plaza 31 st Fl., New York, NY 10004 USA Tel: +1 212 847 4500 Fax: +1 212 847 4599 https://www.american-club.com American Club Member Al ert – January 30, 2020 1 JANUARY 30, 2020 BAN OF SINGLE USE PLASTICS: INDIA Members are reminded that India has imposed a ban on single use plastics (SUPs) applicable to all Indian and foreign flagged vessels while in Indian waters as per the attached Directorate General of Shipping's Order No. 5, Prohibition on use of Single Use Plastics and attached associated Addendum No.1 to DGS Order 5 of 2019. SUPs are defined as those items which are completely made of plastics and non-biodegradable multi-layered packaging. Such items include, but are not limited to, those contained in paragraph 19 of DGS Order No. 5 and further clarified in the paragraph 2 of the Addendum as follows: cutlery, plates and cups; garbage and shopping bags, trays, containers, food packaging film; milk bottles, freezer bags, shampoo bottles, ice cream containers; bottles for water and other drinks (up to 10 liters), dispensing containers for cleaning fluids (up to 10 liters), biscuit trays; hot drink cups, insulated food packaging, protective packaging for fragile items; and microwave dishes, ice cream tubs, potato chip bags, bottle caps. Reusable plastic items including commercial sized dispensers of fluids (e.g. shampoo, cleaning products, etc.) are excluded from prohibition provided they are reused/refilled on the ship itself and not discarded after a single use. Items such as juice/milk packets/tetra-packs with plastic lining or caps are not included in this definition of SUPs. Biodegradable plastic with a stamp, marking or certificate from the manufacturer or something similar are not prohibited. Non-biodegradable multi-layered packaging shall also be considered for prohibition. Excluded from the ban are cargo related items and their packaging, crew and passenger effects are also excluded. Further shipboard items such as personal protective equipment (PPE), medicines, medical equipment, life-saving appliances (LSAs), firefighting appliances and other statutory items used on or with such items that are made up of or contain SUPs are also excluded from prohibition. Ship Execution Plan (SEP) MEMBER ALERT Ship owners Claims Bureau, Inc., Manager One Battery Park Plaza 31 st Fl., New York, NY 10004 USA Tel: +1 212 847 4500 Fax: +1 212 847 4599 https://www.american-club.com American Club Member Al ert – January 30, 2020 2 To comply with the requirements, Members are expected to prepare and implement a Ship Execution Plan (SEP) that details the SUP inventory used on or after January 31, 2020. The SEP should include an inventory list of all SUPs onboard ship, their quantity, and where they are located as per the schedule set forth in Table 1. Table 1: SUP Methodology and Schedule Implementation Dates Execution Methodology Execution Schedule Indian cargo ships Foreign flagged cargo ships Indian passenger Ship Foreign flagged passenger ship Completed SUP inventory listing prepared January 31, 2020 January 31, 2020 March 31, 2020 March 31, 2020 Identify, listing and prohibition of 50% of SUP inventory list April 1, 2020 April 1, 2020 June 1, 2020 June 1, 2020 Identify, listing and prohibition of 75% of SUP inventor y July 1, 2020 July 1, 2020 September 1, 2020 September 1, 2020 Identify, listing and prohibition of 90% of SUP inventor y October 1, 2020 October 1, 20