2.16.3.2 POLLUTANTS
Different types of substances, and operations or accidents can cause pollution
of the environment. Major pollutants are
oil and oily substances – bunker oil, lube oil and oil cargoes
cargoes such as
– noxious liquid substances in bulk
– harmful substances carried in packaged form
sewage
garbage and waste
air pollutants such as soot and sulphuric acid from the ship’s
exhaust
ballast water.