Professional Documents
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1. MARPOL
2. Annex I
ii. Fundamentals
1. Operation
2. Construction
Torrey Canyon 1967
1959 US built, 60,000 dwt, , Li. flagged
Jumboised to 120,000 dwt
Cargo 120,000 ts of BP oil for Milford Haven
Navigational error caused grounding ripping open
6 tanks
31,000,000 gallons of oil leaked
Oil spread along the sea between England and
France
1. MARPOL
The International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships
(MARPOL)
as amended by the 1978 Protocol (MARPOL 73/78)
Just Oil
1954 OILPOL Convention
Operational
Discharge zones (50nm and 100ppm)
Reception facilities
Not just Oil
MARPOL Annexes I VI
I. Regulations for the Prevention of Pollution by Oil
II. Regulations for the Control of Pollution by Noxious Liquid Substances in
Bulk
III. Regulations for the Prevention of Pollution by Harmful Substances Carried
by Sea in Packaged Form
IV. Regulations for the Prevention of Pollution by Sewage from Ships
V. Regulations for the Prevention of Pollution by Garbage from Ships
VI. Regulations for the Prevention of Air Pollution from Ships
MARPOL Implementation
1967 Torrey Canyon
1973-1978 Amoco Cadiz et al.
MARPOL 73 and the Protocol 78
MARPOL enters into force October 1983
Annex I and II - 1983
Annex III 1992
Annex V 1988
Annex IV 2003
Annex VI - 2005
2. Annex I regulations and chapters
39 regulations in 7 chapters to regulate oil pollution from ships (not just
tankers):
1. Ship/Tanker design
2. Ship/Tanker operation
Prestige 2001
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