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EAU LESTAGE POLLUEE [1 record]

Record 1 2020-09-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Loads and Weights (Transport.)
  • Water Transport
  • Water Pollution
DEF

... seawater used for ballast [that has been] contaminated with the remnants or residue left in cargo tanks that previously carried crude persistent refined oils.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Poids et charges (Transports)
  • Transport par eau
  • Pollution de l'eau
CONT

Pendant qu’ils opèrent dans la zone du Traité sur l’Antartique, les navires conservent à bord toutes les boues, les eaux de ballast polluées, les eaux de nettoyage des citernes et les autres résidus d’hydrocarbures et mélanges d’hydrocarbures qui ne peuvent pas être rejetés à la mer.

OBS

eau de ballast polluée; eau de lestage polluée; eau de lest polluée : désignations habituellement utilisées au pluriel.

Key term(s)
  • eaux de ballast polluées
  • eaux de lestage polluées
  • eaux de lest polluées

Spanish

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