BALTIC SEAENVIRONMENT PROCEEDINGS No. 59 - Helcom

The technical regulations of t!!e Convention are contained in
theAnnexes. Theseare stxmarized below.
Annex I (oil mllutionj,
The oil discharge criteria cmtained in the 1969 amedmXs to the
1954 OILPOL Convention (see above) are maintained, kxt the total
amount of oil which can be discharged into the sea is halved for
new tankers to l/30,000 of the cargo. For discharges from
mchinery spaces of all vessels, the shipmustbeunderway,more
than12 miles from land, and theoilcontentmstbeless than100
pFnn (regulation 9).
The definition of oil is broadened to man petroleum in any
fom, including crude oil, fuel oil, sludge, oil refuse ard refined
prakts (other than petrochemicals) (regulation 1).
The discharge of oil is completely forbidden in certain
%pecialareas~t* where the t!keixto themarineenvirormmt is
especially great. These include tie Mediterranean Sea, the Black
Sea, the Baltic Sea, the Red Sea and the "Gulf Area" (regulation
10).
Parties to the Ccnventicn mst ensure that adequate facilities
are provided fcr tk.e recepcicn of residues and oily mixtures at oil
loading tenximls, repair FEZ, 2~. (regulations 10 ard 12).
An International Oil Pollution Prevention certificate must be
issued to tankers cf 150 grcss iz3~5 and above and other ships of
400 gross tons and &me, after survey (regulation 5). Its
duration shall not exceed five years (regulation 8).
Oil tankers mst be so ccns~~cced and quipped as to be able
to operate the load on tcp system and to retain oily residues on
kcard until tiey can be dischaqed into shore reception
facilities. This ixcludes slcp rznks, oil/water interface
detectcrs, oil disc%rge mnizr_r7 and control systems, ard
suitable pumping and pipirq zrrangements (regulation 15).
* ~Tpezialarea~~zeans a sea area where forrecqnizedreasons,
suchas oceanographical and ecologicalcotitions a&the
particular character of its traffic, the adoption of stricter
discharge conditions is required.
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