BALTIC SEAENVIRONMENT PROCEEDINGS No. 59 - Helcom

amenbents which have been adopted over the years have been corxemd
mainly with minimizi-rg operational pollution amd they have mmfmtrabd
minlyonnewships.
Although sme of the 1992 ame&mmtsareccnmrned withoperatioM1
pollution, two new requlations have &en int?_-&uced which are desigmd to
drastically reduce pollution result5-q from accidents; ard they apply to
existing as well as new t3nkers.
The ammbnents - b&ich aze expecWd to enter into force on 6 July
1993 - will add t-do new regulations to Annex I.
Regulation 13F deals with new tankers of 600 dwt arrA above. These
are tankers for whit!! the building contract is placed after 6 July 1993;
the keels of which are laid on or after 6 January 1994; or which are
delivered on or after 6 July 1996.
Tankers of 5,000 dwt and abve must be fitted with double battcnas
ard wing tanks exte&bg the full depth of the ship's side. ?he
regulation allawsmid-deckhei~ttankerswithdouble-sidedhulls, su&as
those developed by Japanese and European shiptilders, as an alternative
to double hull ccnstruction.
Ctherxethais of design andcmstructionmay alsobeaccepted
provided that they ensure t!!e same level of protection against pollution
jn the event of a collision cr stranding. Tbesedesignmethodsmustbe
apprwedby theKEG based on quidelinesrYhich are to bedevelopedby DO.
Oil +&ers of 600 dwt and alive lilt less than 5,000 dwt, must be
fitted witi double bttcm tanks and the capacity of each cargo tank is
Xmitedto 700 cubicmetres, uniess they are fittedwithdoublehulls.
Requlation EG is conderred with existixq crude carriers of 20,000
dwt and above and existirg proAct carriers of 30,000 dwt and above. Rre
regulation is expected to t&e effect from 6 July 1995.
It ties prcvisicn for a.. eMaxed prcqrmm of inspections to be
icglemanted, particdarly fcr -&ers which are more than five years old.
Witi tie exception of ships already fittedwithdouble hulls,
existinq tankers xust cmgly wit!? the requirments of 13F not later than
30 years after t!!eir date of delivery. In addition, pre+mFoLtanke=
mst, not later th,an 25 years after their date of delivery, provide side
or bottom protection to cover at least 30% of the caryo tank area.
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