Ship-to-Ship Transfers |
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The new regulation 8 of MARPOL Annex I on Prevention of Pollution During Transfer of Oil Cargo Between Oil Tankers at Sea entered into force on 1 January 2011 and will apply to cargo transfer operations carried out at sea on oil tankers of 150 gt and above from 1 April 2012. It will not apply (at least for the present) to bunkering operations or transfer of Annex II cargoes.
•Ships intending to carry out such operations will be required to have a STS Plan which will set out how such operations are to be carried out and will have to be approved by the vessel's Administration at the first survey after entry into force of the new regulation. The regulation also provides for •notification to be provided to coastal state in whose territorial waters or economic zone the transfer will take place and records of such operations to be kept on board for 3 years.
The text of the new chapter can be found in the Members' Area. |