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Prevention of Pollution of the Sea (Oil) Regulations, 2008
Part II
s 80

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Prevention of Pollution of the Sea (Oil) Regulations, 2008

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1Regulation
1These Regulations may be cited as the Prevention of Pollution of the Sea
2In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires -
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4The Director may grant exemptions from all or any of these Regulations including Annex I (as may be specified in the exemption) for classes...
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9If any ship fails to comply with any requirement of these Regulations, the owner and the master of the ship shall each be guilty of an offe...
10For the purposes of section 6, the ships exempted from the operation of section 6(1) shall be such ships as are exempted from the prohibiti...
11The fees set out in the Second Schedule shall be payable to the Director in respect of the services provided by the Director specified in t...
2Application. Arrangement of Regulations

Chapter 1

3Exemptions and waivers.
4Exceptions.
5Equivalents.

Chapter 2

6Surveys.
7Issue or endorsement of certificate.
8Issue or endorsement of certificate by another Government.
9Form of certificate.
10Duration and validity of certificate.
11Port State control on operational requirements. 2660

12Tanks for oil residues \sludge).
12AOil fuel tank protection.
13Standard discharge connection.
14Oil filtering equipment.

CPart C-Control of Operational Discharge of Oil

15Control of discharge of oil.
16Segregation of oil and water ballast and carriage of oil in forepeak tanks.
17Oil Record Book, Part I-Machinery space operations.

18Segregated ballast tanks.
19Double hull and double bottom requirements for oil tankers delivered on or after 6th July 1996.
20Double hull and double bottom requirements for oil tankers delivered before 6th July 1996.
21Prevention of oil pollution from oil tankers carrying heavy grade oil as cargo.
22Pump room bottom protection.
23Accidental oil outflow performance.
24Damage assumptions.
25Hypothetical outflow of oil. 2661
26Limitations of size and arrangement of cargo tanks.
27Intact stability.
28Subdivision and damage stability.
29Slop tanks.
30Pumping, piping and discharge arrangement.
31Oil discharge monitoring and control system.
32Oil/water interface detector.
33Crude oil washing requirements.

CPart C-Control of Operational Discharges of Oil

34Control of discharge of oil.
35Crude oil washing operations.
36Oil Record Book, Part II - Cargo/ballast operations.

37Shipboard oil pollution emergency plan.
38Reception facilities.

Chapter 6

39Special requirements for fixed or floating platforms. APPENDIX I APPENDIX II APPENDIX Ill 2663 APPENDICES TO ANNEX I LIST OF OILS FORM OF I...
9thSEPTEMBER, 2008 9 Major conversion.1 means a conversion of a ship.1 which substantially alters the dimensions or carrying capacity of t...
9thSEPTEMBER/ 2008 20 Forward and after perpendiculars shall be taken at the forward and after ends of the length (L}. The forward perpendicul...
9thSEPTEMBER, 2008 28.5 Oil tanker delivered before 6th july 1996 means an oil tanker.1 for which the building contract is placed before 6th...
9thSEPTEMBER, 2008 6 A certificate issued to a ship engaged on short voyages which has not been extended under the foregoing provisions of thi...
9thSEPTEMBER, 2008 3 In ships delivered after 31st December 1979, as defined in regulation 1.28.2 1 tanks for oil residues shall be designed a...
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117.3, and Psz shall be calculated from the formulas provided in 11.7.3, where: the probability the damage will lie entirely aft of location...
9thSEPTEMBER, 2008 5 Nothing in this regulation shall prohibit a ship on a voyage only part of which is in a special area from discharging out...
9thSEPTEMBER, 2008 4 Each operation describe in paragraph 2 of this regulation shall be fully recorded without delay in the Oil Record Book Pa...
9thSEPTEMBER, 2008 5 Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph 2 of this regulation, the segregated ballast conditions for oil tankers less...
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9thSEPTEMBER, 2008 15 In the determination of PAc and PAs for segregated ballast tanks and spaces other than oil tanks the following shall app...
9thSEPTEMBER, 2008 2 For the purpose of this regulation, heavy grade oil means any of the following.1 crude oils having a density at 15°C hi...
9thSEPTEMBER, 2008 2 The pump room shall be provided with a double bottom such that at any cross-section the depth of each double bottom tank...
0C3 77 for ships having 2 longitudinal bulkheads inside the cargo tanks, provided these bulkheads are continuous over the cargo block and Ps...
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9thSEPTEMBER, 2008 9 The probability P8 of breaching a compartment from bottom damage shall be calculated as follows.1 Ps = PsL PsT Psv wher...
9thSEPTEMBER, 2008 5 Nothing in this regulation shall prohibit a ship on a voyage only part of which is in a special area from discharging out...
9thSEPTEMBER, 2008 3 In the case of ships to which regulation 17 of Annex II of the present Convention also applies, such a plan may be combin...
9thSEPTEMBER, 2008 6 With regard to the Red Sea area, Gulfs area, Gulf of Aden area and Oman area of the Arabian Sea.1 Each Party concerned...
2Fixed or floating drilling rigs when engaged in the exploration, exploitation and associated offshore processing of sea-bed mineral resourc...
1That the ship has been surveyed in accordance with regulation 6 of Annex I of the Convention; and 2. That the survey shows that the structu...
9thSEPTEMBER1 2008 ANNUAL/INTERMEDIATE SURVEY IN ACCORDANCE WITH REGULATION 10.8.3 THIS IS TO CERTIFY that 1 at an annual/intermediate* survey...
1Particulars of ship 1.1
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2Approval standards:*
9thSeptember, 2008 2.3.2
2The process unit has been approved in accordance with resolution A.444(XI)
2ATotal volume..................... m3
2AOil fuel tank protection (regulation 12A)
3Means for retention and disposal of oil residues (sludge) (regulation 12) and bilge water holding tank(s) * 3.1 The ship is provided with o...
4Standard discharge connection (regulation 13)
9thSeptember, 2008 5.
5Shipboard oil/marine pollution contingency plan (regulation 37)
6Exemption 6.1 Exemptions have been granted by the Administration from the requirements of Chapter 3 of Annex I of the Convention in accorda...
7Equivalents have been approved by the Administration for certain requirements of Annex I on those items listed under D paragraph(s)..........
1Particulars of ship 1.1
13 Port of registry............................................................................................ 1.4 Gross tonnage...........
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2Equipment for the control of oil discharge from machinery space bilges and oil fuel tanks (regulations 16 and 14) 2.1 Carriage of ballast w...
2Approval standards:*
2The process unit has been approved in accordance with resolution A.444(XI)
9thSEPTEMBER, 2008 2.5 Waiver of regulation 14: 2.5.1 The requirements of regulation 14.1 or 14.2 are waived in respect of the ship in accorda...
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2AOil fuel tank protection (regulation 12A)
3Means for retention and disposal of oil residues (sludge) (regulation 12)
4Standard discharge connection (regulation 13)
5Construction (regulations 18, 19, 20, 23, 26, 27 and 28)
9thSEPTEMBER, 2008 5.2.3 SBT are distributed as follows: Tank Volume (m3) Tank Volume (m3) Total volume................ m 3 5.3 Dedicated cl...
57.1
57.4 Information and data required under regulation 27 for combination carriers have been supplied to the ship in a written procedure approv...
58.1 The ship is required to be constructed according to regulation 19 and complies with the requirements of.1 paragraph 3 (double-hull co...
9thSEPTEMBER, 2008 5.8.3 The ship is not required to comply with the requirements of regulation 19 0 5.8.4 The ship is subject to regulation 2...
6Retention of oil on board (regulations 29, 31 and 32)
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7Pumping, piping and discharge arrangements (regulation 30)
8Shipboard oil/marine pollution emergency plan (regulation 37)
9Exemption 9.1
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10Equivalents (regulation 5)

IPart I-Machinery Space Operations

2Whether cleaned since they last contained oil and, if not, type of oil previously carried.
3Cleaning process.1 position of ship and time at the start and completion of cleaning.2 identify tank(s) in which one or another method...
4Ballasting.1 position of ship and time at start and end of ballasting.2 quantity of ballast if tanks are not cleaned, in m 3·
5Identity of tank(s).
6Position of ship at start of discharge.
7Position of ship on completion of discharge.
8Ship's speed(s) during discharge.
9Method of discharge.1 through 15 ppm equipment.2 to reception facilities.
10Quantity discharged, in m 3.
11Collection of residues. Quantities of oil residues (sludge and other oil residues) retained on board. The quantity should be recorded weekl...
12Methods of disposal of residue. State quantity of oil residues disposed of, the tank(s) emptied and the quantity of contents retained in cu...
15Method of discharge or disposal.1 through 15 ppm equipment (state position at start and end).2 to reception facilities (identify port)*...
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18Time and position of ship at which the system has been put into automatic mode of operation for discharge overboard, through 15 ppm equipme...
19Time of system failure.*
20Time when system has been made operational.
21Reasons for failure. (Gl Accidental or other exceptional discharges of oil
22Time of occurrence.
23Place or position of ship at time of occurrence.
24Approximate quantity and type of oil.
25Circumstances of discharge or escape, the reasons therefor and general remarks.
26Bunkering.1 Place of bunkering.. 2 Time of bunkering.. 3 Type and quantity of fuel oil and identity of tank(s) {state quantity added...

IIPart Ii-Cargo/Ballast Operations

2Type of oil loaded and identity of tank[s).
3Total quantity of oil loaded (state quantity added, in cubic metres, at l5°C and the total content of tank(s), in cubic metres). {B) Intern...
5Was (were) the tank[s) in 4.1 emptied? (If not, state quantity retained, in cubic metres). {C) Unloading of oil cargo 6. Place of unloading.
7Identity of tank(s) unloaded.
8Was (were) the tank(s) emptied? (If not, state quantity retained, m cubic metres).
9Port where crude oil washing was carried out or ship's position if carried out between 2 discharge ports.
10Identity of tank(s) washed.*
11Number of machines in use.
12Time of start of washing.
13Washing pattern employed.t
14Washing line pressure.
15Time washing was completed or stopped.
16State method of establishing that tank(s) was !were) dry.
17Remarks.*
19Ballasting process.1 identity of tank(s) ballasted.2 time of start and end.3 quantity of ballast received. Indicate total quantity of...
20Identity of tank(s) ballasted.
21Position of ship when water intended for flushing, or port ballast was taken to dedicated clean ballast tank(s).
22Position of ship when pump(s) and lines were flushed to slop tank.
23Quantity of the oily water which, after line flushing, is transferred to the slop tank(s) or cargo tank(s) in which slop is preliminarily s...
24Position of ship when additional ballast water was taken to dedicated clean ballast tank(s).
25Time and position of ship when valves separating the dedicated clean ballast tanks from cargo and stripping lines were closed.
26Quantity of clean ballast taken on board, in cubic metres.
28Port or ship's position.
29Duration of cleaning.
30Method of cleaning.*
31Tank washings transferred to.1 reception facilities (state port and quantity, in cubic metres)t.2 Slop tank(s) or cargo tank{s) designa...
33Time and position of ship at start of discharge into the sea.
34Time and position of ship on completion of discharge into the sea.
35Quantity discharged into the sea, in cubic metres.
36Ship's speed(s) during discharge.
37Was the discharge monitoring and control system in operation during the discharge?
38Was a regular check kept on the effluent and the surface of the water in the locality of the discharge?
39Quantity of oily water transferred to slop tank(s) (identify slop tank(s)). State total quantity, in cubic metres.
40Discharged to shore reception facilities (identify port and quality involved, in cubic metres).*
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43Time of settling from last entry of residues, or
44Time and position of ship at start of discharge. *Hand-housing, machine washing and/or chemical cleaning. Where chemically cleaned, the che...
45Ullage of total contents at start of discharge.
46Ullage of oil/water interface at start of discharge.
47Bulk quantity discharged, in cubic metres, and rate of discharge, in m3/hr.
48Final quantity discharged, in cubic metres, and rate of discharge, in m3/hr.
49Time and position of ship on completion of discharge.
50Was the discharge monitoring and control system in operation during the discharge?
51Ullage of oil/water interface on completion of discharge, in metres.
52Ship's speed(s) during discharge.
53Was a regular check kept on the effluent and the surface of the water in the locality of the discharge?
54Confirm that all applicable valves in the ship's piping system have been closed on completion of discharge from the slop tanks. Ul Disposal...
56Quantity disposed of from each tank. (State the quantity retained, in cubic metres.)
57Method of disposal.1 to reception facilities (identify port and quantity involved)".2 mixed with cargo (state quantity}.3 transferred...
58Discharge of clean ballast contained in cargo tanks
59Identity of tank(s) discharged. • Ships' masters should obtain from the operator of the reception facilities, which include barges and tank...
60Was {were) the tank(sJ empty on completion?
61Position of ship on completion if different from 58.
62Was a regular check kept on the effluent and the surface of the water in the locality of the discharge? {L) Discharge of ballast from dedic...
63Identity of tank(s) discharged.
64Time and position of ship at start of discharge of clean ballast into the sea.
65Time and position of ship on completion of discharge into the sea.
66Quantity discharged, in cubic metres.1 into the sea; or.2 to reception facility (identify port).*
67Was there any indication of oil contamination of the ballast water before or during discharge into the sea?
68Was the discharge monitored by an oil content meter?
69Time and position of ship when valves separating dedicated clean ballast tanks from the cargo and stripping lines were closed on completion...
70Condition of oil discharge monitoring and control system
71Time when system has been made operational.
72Reasons for failure. (N}
73Accidental or other exceptional discharges of oil
74Port or ship's position at time of occurrence.
75Approximate quantity, in cubic metres, and type of oil.
76Circumstances of discharge or escape, the reasons therefor and general remarks. * Ships' masters should obtain from the operator of the rec...
77Loading of ballast water
78Position of ship when ballasted.
79Total quantity of ballast loaded in cubic metres.
80Remarks.
81Re-allocation of ballast water within the ship
82Ballast water discharged to reception facility
83Name or designation of reception facility.
84Total quantity of ballast water discharged in cubic metres.
85Date, signature and stamp of port authority official. 2790
9thSEPTEMBER/ 2008 Name of ship...................................................................................... Distinctive number or...

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SECOND SCHEDULE 1. FEES Time spent involving the following: {a) review of plans, drawings, record books, manuals, specifications, calculati...

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