Solas and Marpol Combined Safety Course

Saveera Research Institute
of Maritime Studies and Training
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INDEX
SOLAS AND MARPOL COMBINED SAFETY MODULE COURSE
SR. NO. TITLE CONTENTS PAGE NO
PROTOCOL OF SAFETY
SECTION I
OF LIFE AT SEA AS PER 7
CONVENTION 1974.
ARTICLE - I 8
ARTICLE – II 8-9
ARTICLE – III 9
ARTICLE – IV 9-10
ARTICLE – V 10-11
ARTICLE – VI 11-12
ARTICLE – VII 12-13
ARTICLE – VIII 13
PART A MS – ACT 1958 X 14 – 17
MS – ACT 1958 XA 18 - 28
MS – ACT 1958 XB 29 – 36
MS – ACT 1958 XC 37 – 44
PART B REGULATION 1 45
REGULATION
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INDEX
SOLAS AND MARPOL COMBINED SAFETY MODULE COURSE
SECTION I PART B REGULATION 3 47-48
REGULATION 4 48-49
REGULATION 5 49
PART C REGULATION 6 50-52
REGULATION 7 52-55
REGULATION 8 56-57
REGULATION 9 57
REGULATION 10 58-60
REGULATION 11 60-61
REGULATION 12 61-63
REGULATION 13 63
REGULATION 14 64-65
REGULATION 15 66
REGULATION 16 66
REGULATION 17 66
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INDEX
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NO
SECTION I PART C REGULATION 18 67
REGULATION 19 67-68
REGULATION 20 69
PART D REGULATION 21 70
SOLAS
MARPOL
SECTION II COMBINED SUB-MODULE GROUP – A
71-76
SAFETY ANNEX - I
MODULE
COURSE
SUB-MODULE GROUP – A
77-89
ANNEX - II
90
ANNEX - III
91-94
ANNEX - IV
95-98
ANNEX - V
99-107
ANNEX - VI
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SOLAS
MARPOL
COMBINED SUB-MODULE GROUP – B
108-115
SAFETY PART - A
MODULE
COURSE
SOLAS
MARPOL
116-118
SAFETY PART - B
MODULE
COURSE
SOLAS
MARPOL
119-121
SAFETY PART - C
MODULE
COURSE
SOLAS
MARPOL
COMBINED SUB-MODULE GROUP – C
122-130
SAFETY
MODULE
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SR. NO. TITLE CONTENTS PAGE
NO
SOLAS AND SUB-MODULE GROUP – D
MARPOL
SAFETY CERTIFICATION AND 131-137
MODULE VERIFICATION
COURSE
SOLAS AND
MARPOL
SECTION
SAFETY SUB-MODULE GROUP – E 138-143
-III MODULE
COURSE
SOLAS AND
MARPOL
SAFETY SUB-MODULE GROUP – F 144-147
MODULE
COURSE
SOLAS AND
MARPOL
SAFETY SUB-MODULE GROUP – G 148-162
MODULE
COURSE
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SECTION - I
PROTOCOL OF SAFETY OF LIFE AT SEA AS

PER CONVENTION 1974.
THE PARTIES TO THE PRESENT PROTOCOL .
BEING PARTIES to the International Convention for the

safety of life at sea , 1974, done at London on 1
November 1974,
RECOGNIZING the significant contribution which can

be made by the above – mentioned convention to the
promotion of the safety of ships and property at sea
and the lives of persons on board,
RECOGNIZING ALSO the need to improve further the

safety of ships , particularly tankers.
CONSIDERING that this objective may best be achieve

by the conclusion of a Protocol relating to the
International Convention for the safety of Life at Sea ,
1974,
HAVE AGREED as follows :
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Article I
General obligations
The parties to the present protocol undertake to give

effect to the provisions of the present protocol and the
annex hereto which shall constitute and integral part of
the present protocol. Every reference to the present
protocol constitutes at the same time a reference to the
annex hereto.
Article II
Application
1. The provisions of articles II, III ( other than paragraph

(a)), IV, VI ( b), C) and (d), VII and VIII of the
International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea,
1974 ( hereinafter referred to as “the Convention”),
are incorporated in the present protocol, provided
that reference s in those articles to the Convention to
Contracting Governments shall be taken to mean
references to the present protocol and to the parties
to the present protocol, respectively .
2. Any ship to which the present protocol applies shall

comply with the provisions of the Convention ,subject
to the modifications and additions set out in the
present protocol.
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3. With respect to the ships of non-parties to the
Convention and the present protocol , the parties to the
present protocol shall apply the requirements of the
Convention and the present protocol as may be
necessary to ensure that no more favorable treatment in
given to such ships.
Article III
Communication of information
The parties to the present protocol undertake to

communicate to , and deposit with , the Secretary-General of
the Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative Organization*
(hereinafter referred to as “the Organization”) , a list of
nominated surveyors or recognized organizations which are
authorized to act on their behalf in the administration of
measures for safety of Life at sea for circulation to the parties
for information of their officers .The administration shall
therefore notify the organization of the specific
responsibilities and conditions of the authority delegated to
the nominated surveyors or recognized organization.
Article IV
Signature , rectification, acceptance , approval
and accession
1. The present protocol shall be open for signature at the

headquarters of the organization from 1 June 1978 to
9 1 March 1979 and shall thereafter remain open
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accession .Subject to the provisions of paragraph 3 of this
articles, states may become parties to the present protocol by :
(a) Signature without reservation as to rectification, acceptance

or approval;
or
(b) Signature subject to rectification , acceptance or approval ,
followed by ratification, acceptance or approval;
or
(c) Accession.
2. Ratification, acceptance , approval or accession shall be

effected by the deposit of an instrument to that effect with
the Secretary- General of the Organization .
3. The present protocol may be signed without reservation

rectified , accepted , approved or acceded to only by states
which have signed without reservation, ratified, accepted,
approved or acceded to the Convention.
Article V
Entry into force
The present protocol shall enter into force six months after the
date on which not less than fifteen States , the combined
merchant fleets of which constitute not less than fifty per cent of
the gross tonnage of the world’s merchant shipping, have become
parties to it in accordance with article IV of the present Protocol,
provided however that the present Protocol shall not enter into
force before the Convention has entered into force.
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Any instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or
accession deposited after the date on which the present
protocol enters into force shall take effect three months
after the date of deposit .
After the date on which an amendment to the present

protocol is deemed to have been accepted under article VIII
of the Convention , any instrument of ratification ,
acceptance, approval or accession deposited shall apply to
the present protocol amended .
Article VI
Denunciation
The present protocol may be denounced by any party at

any time after the expiry of five years from the date on
which the present protocol enters into force for that party.
Denunciation shall be effected by the deposit of any

instrument of denunciation with the Secretary- General of
the Organization .
A denunciation shall take effect one year , Or such longer

period as may be specified in the instrument of
denunciation, after its receipt by the Secretary- General of
the Organization
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A denunciation of the Convention by a party shall be
deemed to be a denunciation of the present Protocol by
that Party.
Article VII
Depositary
1. The present Protocol shall be deposited with the

Secretary- General
of the Organization (hereinafter referred to as “the
Depositary”)
2. The Depositary shall:
(a) Inform all States which have signed the present

Protocol or acceded thereto of :
(i) each new signature or deposit of an instrument of

ratification , acceptance , approval or accession ,
together with the date thereof ;
(ii) The date of entry into force of the present Protocol ;
(iii) The deposit of any instrument of denunciation of the

present Protocol together with the date on which it
was received and the date on which the denunciation
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(b) Transmit certified true copies of the present Protocol to
all States which have signed the present Protocol or
acceded thereto.
3. As soon as present Protocol enters into force , a

certified true copy
thereof shall be transmitted by the Depositary to the
Secretariat of the United Nations for registration and
publication in accordance with Article 102 of the
Charter of the United Nations.
Article VIII
Languages
The present Protocol is established in a single original in the

Chinese , English, French , Russian and Spanish languages ,
each text being equally authentic. Official translations in the
Arabic , German and Italian languages shall be prepared and
deposited with signed original .
IN WITNESS WHEREOF the undersigned* being duly

authorized by there respective Governments for that
purpose have signed the present Protocol .
DONE AT LONDON this seventeenth day of February one thousand nine

hundred and seventy-eight.
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Part A
MS ACT 1958 - X
COLLISIONS , ACCIDENTS AT SEA AND LIABILITY
The syllabus on MS Act, 1958 be customized:-
1. Division of loss in case of collision : Whenever by the
fault of two or more ships damage or loss is caused to one or
more of them or to the cargo of one or more of them or to
any of property on board one or more of them , the liability
to make good the damage or loss shall be in proportion to
the degree in which each ship was at fault : Provided that –
If , having regard to all the circumstances of the case , it is
not possible to establish different degrees of fault , the
liability shall be apportioned equally,
nothing in this section shall operate so as to render any ship
liable for any loss or damage to which her fault , has not
contributed.
For the purposes of this Part , references to damage or loss
caused by the fault of a ship shall be construed as including
references to any salvage or other expenses consequent
upon that fault m recoverable in law by way of damages.
2. Damages for personal injury :

Whenever loss of life or personal injuries are suffered by any
person on board a ship owing to the fault of that ship and of
any other ship or ships , the liability of the owners of the
ships concerned shall be joint and several.
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3. Right of contribution :
Whenever loss of life or personal injuries are
suffered by a person on board ship
owing to the fault of that ship and of any other
ship or ships , and a proportion of the damages is
recovered from the owner of one of the ships
which exceeds the proportion in which she was in
fault , the said owner may recover by way of
contribution the amount of the excess from the
owners of the other ship or ships to the extent to
which those ships were respectively in fault.
PROVIDED that no amount shall be so recovered
which could not , by reason of any statutory or
contractual limitation of , or exemption from ,
liability m or which could not for any other reason
have been recovered in this first instance as
damages by the persons entitled to sue therefore.
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4. Duty of master of ship to assist in case of
collision
In every case of collision between two ships, it shall be duty
of the master or person in charge of each ship, if and so far
as he can do so without danger to his own ship , crew and
passengers , if any –
To render to the other ship , her master , crews and
passengers , if any , such assistance as may be practicable
and may be necessary to save them from any danger caused
by the collision and to say by the other ship until he has
ascertained that she has no need of further assistance.
5. Collision to be entered in official log:

In every case of collision in which it is practicable so to do ,
the master of every ship concerned shall , immediately after
the occurrence , cause a statement thereof and of the
circumstances under which the same occurred to be entered
in the official log book , if any and the entry shall be signed
by the master and also by the mate or one of the crew .
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6. Report to Central Government of the accidents
to ships :
When a ship has sustained or caused any accident
occasioning loss of life or any serious injury to any person or
has received any material damage affecting her
seaworthiness or her efficiency either in her full or is so
altered in any part of her machinery as not to correspond
with the particulars contained in any of the certificates
issued under this Act in respect of the ship, the owner or
master shall within twenty – four hours after the happening
of the accident or damage or as soon thereafter as possible ,
transmit to the Central Government or the nearest principal
officer a report of the accident or damage and of the
probable cause thereof stating the name of the ship, her
official number, if any, her port of registry and the place
where she is.
7. Notice of loss of Indian ship to be given to
Central Government
If the owner or agent of any Indian ship has reason , owing
to the non-appearance of the ship or to any other
circumstance, to apprehend that the ship has been wholly
lost , he shall, as soon as conveniently may be , send to the
Central Government notice in writing of the loss and of the
probable cause thereof stating the name of the ship her
official number if any and her port of registry.
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Part A
MS ACT 1958 - XA
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
8. Definitions : In this Part, unless the context

otherwise requires –
(a) “claim” means a personal claim or property
claim;
(b) “convention” means the Convention on
Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims ,
1976 as amended from time to time;
(c) “Fund “ in relation to a vessel , means the
limitation fund constituted under section 352 C;
(d) “ liability “ in relation to owner of a vessel ,
includes liability of the vessel herself;
(e) “occurrence” means an occurrence referred to
it, sub-section (1) of section 352A;
(f) “personal claim” means a claim resulting from
loss of life or personal injury ;
(g) “ property claim” means any claim other than
a personal claim arising from an occurrence
(h) “ salvor” means any person rendering services
in direct connection with salvage operations
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LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
(i) the raising , removal , destruction or the rendering a

ship harmless which is sunk , wrecked , stranded or
abandoned including anything that is or has been board
such ship;
(ii) the removal , destruction or rendering the cargo of a
ship harmless and
(iii) the measures taken to avert or minimise loss to a ship
or its cargo or both;
(iv) “ ship owner” means owner charterer, manager and
operator of a sea-going ship;
(v) “ Special Drawing Rights “ means Special Drawing
Rights as determinate by the International Monetary
Fund.
9. Limitation of liability for damages in respect of certain

claims :
I The ship owner , salver, any person or whose act, neglect
or default the ship owner or salvor, as the case may be ,
is responsible , and an insurer of liability for claims to
the same extent as the assured himself , may limit his
liability as provided under section 352 B in respect of –
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(a) Claims arising from loss of life of or personal injury to,

or loss of or damage to property (including damage to
harbour works, basins and waterways and aids to
navigation ) , occurring on board or in direct connection
with the operation of the ship or with salvage
operations, and consequential loss resulting there from
(b) Claims arising out of other loss resulting from delay in

the carriage by sea of cargo and passenger or their
luggage ;
(c) Claims arising out of other loss resulting from

infringement of rights other than contractual rights ,
occurring in direct connection with the operation of the
ship or salvage operations ;
II. Claims set out in sub-section (1) shall be subject to
limitation of liability even if brought by way of recourse
or for indemnity under a contract or otherwise ;
PROVEDED that claims set out in clause (d) of sub-section (1)

shall not be subject to limitation of liability to the extent
that they relate to remuneration under a contract with the
person liable.
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III. Nothing in this section shall apply to _
(a) Claims for salvage or contribution in general average ;
(b) Claims for oil pollution damage within the meaning of

the International Convention on Civil Liability for Oil
Pollution Damage, 1992 as amended from time to time;
(c) Claims by servants of the ship owner or salvor whose
duties are connected with the ship or the salvage
operations, including claims of their heirs, dependents
or other persons entitled to make such claims, if under
the law governing the contract of service between the
ship owner or salvor and such servants of the ship
owner or salvor is not entitled to limit his liability in
respect of such claims , or if he is by such law only
permitted to limit his liability to an amount greater than
that provided for in the provision of the Convention or
the rules made under this Part prescribe ;
10. Limitation of liability :
The amount to which any person referred to in sub-

section (1) of section 352 A may limit his liability in
accordance with the provisions of the Convention and
in cases where the provisions of the Convention are not
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rules made in this behalf
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11. Limitation Fund and consolidation of claims :
(a) Where any liability is alleged to have been incurred by a

person referred to sub-section (1) of section 352 A in
respect of claims arising out of an occurrence , and legal
proceedings are instituted in respect of claims subject
to limitation , then such person may apply to the High
Court for the setting up of a limitation Fund for the
total sum representing the amounts set out in the
Convention or the rules made in this behalf under this
Part applicable to claims for which that person may be
liable together with interest thereon from the date of
occurrence giving rise to the liability until the date the
constitution of the Fund.
(b) The High Court to which the application is made under
sub-section (1) may determine the amount of the
owner’s liability and require him to deposit such
amount with the High Court or produce a guarantee
acceptable or produce a bank guarantee in respect of
the amount as in the opinion of the High Court is
satisfactory and the amount so deposited are guarantee
so given shall constitute a limitation fund for the
purposes of the claims referred to in sub-section (1) and
shall be utilised only for the payment of such claims .
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(c) After the fund has been constitute , no person entitled

to claim against it shall be entitled to exercise any right
against any other assets of the owner in respect of claim
against the fund , if that fund is actually available for the
benefit of the claimants.
(d) Subject to the provisions of this Part , the High Court
may distribute the amount constituting the fund
rateably amongst the several claimants and may stay
any proceedings pending in any other court in relation
to the same matter and may proceed in sub- manner
and subject to such rules of the High Court as to making
persons interested parties to the proceedings , and as
to the exclusion of any claims which do not come within
a certain time , and as to requiring security from the
owner, and as to payment of any costs , as the High
Court thinks fit.
(e) When the person referred to in sub-section (1) or this

insurer established the he has paid in whole or in part
any claims in respect of which he can limit his liability
under this Part, the High Court shall place him in the
same position and to the same extent in relation to the
Fund as the claimant whose claim has been paid and
allow acquire by subrogation the rights which the
person so compensated would have enjoyed under this
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PROVIDED that the right of subrogation provided for in this
sub-section may also be exercised by persons other than
those therein mentioned in respect of any amount
compensation which they might have paid to that extent if
prescribed by the rules made in this behalf under this Part.
12. Release of ship, etc. :

(a) Where a vessel or other property is detained in
connection with a claim which appears to the High
Court to be founded on a liability to which a limit set by
section 352B applies, or security is given to prevent or
obtain release from such detention , the High Court
may, and in the circumstances mentioned in sub-section
of this section shall order the release of the vessel ,
property or security if the condition specified in section
(2) are satisfied ; and where the release is ordered , the
person on whose application it is ordered shall be
deemed to have submitted to the jurisdiction of the
High Court to adjudicate upon the claim.
(b) The circumstances referred to in sub-section (1) are that
the guarantee was given in a port which in relation to
the claim , is the relevant port (or as the case may be , a
relevant port) and that port is in a convention country .
(c) For the purposes of this section _
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(i) A guarantee given by the giving of security in more than
one country shall be deemed to have been given in the
country in which security was last given;
(ii) Any question whether the amount of any security is
(either by itself or together with any other amount )
not less than any limit set by section 352B shall be
decided as at the time at which the security is given,
(d) In this section –
(i) ”convention country “ means a country in which the

Convention on Limitation of Liability for Maritime
Claims, 1976 as amended from time to time is for the
time being in force.
(ii) “ relevant port” in relation to any claim means a port
where the event giving rise to the claim occurred , or if
that event did not occur in that port , the first port of
call after the event occurred and includes in relation to
a claim for loss of life or personal injury or for damage
to cargo the port of disembarkation or discharge.
(e) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-sections (1)

to (4) the vessels or other property referred to in sub-
section (1) shall be ordered to be released if the
limitation Fund has been constituted _
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(i) In the port where the occurrence took place , or, if it
took place out of port in the first port of call
thereafter;
(ii) in the port of disembarkation in respect of claims for
loss of life or personal injury; or
(iii) in the port of discharge in respect of damage to cargo.
(f) The provisions of sub-section (6) shall apply only if the

claimant brings a claim against the limitation Fund
before the High Court administering the Fund and the
Fund is actually available and freely transferable in
respect of that claim.
13. Scope of application :
(1) The provisions of this Part shall apply whenever any

person referred to in sub-section (1) of section 352A
seeks to limit his liability before the Court or seeks to
procure the release of a ship or other property or the
discharge of any guarantee given within the Indian
jurisdiction by any person referred to :-
(i) Ships intended for navigation on or around coast of
India and registered a coastal vessels under the
provisions of this Act;
(ii) Ships less than three hundred tons ;
(iii) Air- cushion vehicles ;
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(iv) floating platforms constructed for the purpose of
exploiting the natural resources of the sea-bed or the
subsoil thereof.
14. Application of this Part to charterer , manager , etc. Of

a vessel
(a) Subject to the provisions of sub-section (2) the
provisions of this Part relating to limitation of liability of
an owner of a vessel in respect of claims arising out of a
occurrence shall apply to the charterer, manager and
operator of the vessel and to the master members of
the crew and other servants of the owner, charterer ,
manager operator acting in the course of their
employment in the same manner as they apply relation
to the owner ;
(b) The master or a member of the crew of a vessel may
limit his liability under sub-section (1) even if the
occurrence which gives rise to a claim against him
resulted the actual fault or privity of the master and the
members of the crew or any one or more of them.
PROVIDED that where the master or a member of the

crew is at the same time the owner, co-owner ,
charterer , manager or operator of a vessel , the
provisions of this sub-section shall only apply where
such occurrence resulted from any act, neglect or fault
committed by the master or, as the case may be the
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case may be , as a member of the crew.
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15. Power to make rules ;
The Central Government may make rules to carry out the

purposes of this Part :
PROVIDED that the rules under this Part shall be made
having regard to the provisions of the Convention.
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Part A
MS ACT 1958 – X-B
CIVIL LIABILITY FOR OIL POLLUTION DAMAGE
352G. This Part applies to

(a) Every Indian ship wherever it is; and (b) every foreign
ship while it is at a port or place in India or within the
territorial waters of India or any marine areas adjacent
thereto over which India has, or may hereafter have,
exclusive jurisdiction in regard to control of marine
pollution under the Territorial Waters, Continental Shelf,
Exclusive Economic Zone and other Maritime Zones
Act, 1976, or any other law for the time being in force.
352H. In this Part, unless the context otherwise requires,

(a) “incident” means any occurrence, or series of
occurrences having the same origin, which causes
pollution damage;
(b) “oil” means any persistent oil such as crude oil, fuel oil,
heavy diesel oil, lubricating oil and whale oil, whether
carried on board a tanker as cargo or fuel;
(c) “owner” means
(i) the person registered as owner of the ship and includes
the operator who for the time being is in charge of the
ship and the master of the ship; or
(ii) in the absence of registration, the person owning the
ship; or
(iii) in the case of a tanker owned by a foreign State, the
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(d) “pollution damage” means loss or damage caused

outside the ship by contamination resulting from escape
or discharge of oil from that ship, wherever such escape
or discharge occurs, and includes the costs of preventive
measures and further loss or damage caused by
preventive measures; so, however, that the provisions
of clause (a) of sub- section (1) of section 352B shall not
apply to such loss or damage;
(e) “preventive measures” means any reasonable measures
taken by any person after the incident to prevent or
minimise pollution damage. 3[(f) the expression
“tonnage” shall mean the tonnage of a ship determined
in accordance with the provisions of section 352B and
where it is not so determinable, it shall mean forty per
cent of the weight in tons of oil cargo the ship is capable
of carrying].
352I.
(1) Save as otherwise provided in sub-section (2), (3) and
(4), the owner at the time of an incident, or, where the
incident consists of a series of occurrences, at the time
of first of such occurrences, shall be liable for any
pollution damage caused by oil which has escaped or
been discharged from the ship as a result of the
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(2) No liability for pollution damage shall attach to the

owner under sub-section (1), if he proves that the
pollution damage (a) resulted from an act of war,
hostilities, civil war, insurrection or a natural
phenomenon of an exceptional, inevitable and
irresistable character; or (b) was wholly caused by an
act or omission done with intent to cause such damage
by any other person; or (c) was wholly caused by the
negligence or other wrongful act of any government or
other authority responsible for the maintenance of
lights or other navigational aids in exercise of its
functions in that behalf.
(3) Where, with respect to any incident, the owner proves
that the pollution damage resulted, either wholly or
partially, from an act or omission done, with intent to
cause such damage, by the person who suffered
damage, or from the negligence of that person, the
owner shall be exonerated wholly or, as the case may
be, partially, from liability to that person. (4) Where, in
any incident, pollution damage results from escape or
discharge of oil from two or more ships, the owners of
all such ships shall be jointly and severally liable for all
such damage which is not reasonably separable. (5) No
claim for pollution damage shall be made against any
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Part A
MS ACT 1958 – X-B
352J.
• Save as otherwise provided in sub-section (2), the
owner may limit his liability under section 352 I in
respect of any incident to an aggregate amount of 1[(a)
one hundred and thirty-three Special Drawing Rights for
each ton of the ship’s tonnage; or (b) fourteen million
Special Drawing Rights],
• whichever is lower. (2) Where any incident causing
pollution damage occurs as a result of the actual fault
of the owner, he shall not be entitled to limit his
liability under sub-section (1).
352K.
• (1) (a) Any owner desiring to avail of the benefit of
limitation of his liability under sub-section (1) of
section 352J shall make an application to the High
Court for constitution of
A limitation fund (hereafter in this Part referred to as

fund). (b) Such fund may be constituted either by
depositing the sum with the High Court or by furnishing
bank guarantee or such other security as, in the opinion
of the High Court, is satisfactory. (2) (a) The insurer or
any other person providing financial security to the
32 owner may apply to the High Court for constitution of
the fund SRIMST 32
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MS ACT 1958 – X-B
•under sub-section (1) and any fund so constituted shall

have the same effect as if it were constituted by the
owner. (b) Such fund may be constituted even in cases
where sub-section (2) of section 352J applies but in any
such event constitution of the fund shall not prejudice
the rights of any claimant against the owner for full
compensation exceeding the amount deposited or
secured in the fund. 1[(3) The amount in Special
Drawing Rights to be deposited or secured in the fund
under sub-section (1) shall be converted in rupees on
the basis of official value in rupees of the Special
Drawing Rights as determined by the Reserve Bank of
India on the date of constitution of the fund].
•352L. (1) Where the owner or any of his servants or

agents or any other person providing him insurance or
other financial security has, as a result of incident in
question, paid any compensation to any claimant, such
person shall, up to the amount so paid by him, be
entitled to acquire by subrogation the rights to which
the claimant so compensated would be entitled to. (2)
Where the owner or any other person providing him
insurance or other financial security establishes that he
may, at a later date, be compelled to pay to any person,
33 in whole or in part, any amount by way of compensation
for pollution damage caused
SRIMST by the incident with 33
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MS ACT 1958 – X-B
•respect to which he would have been entitled to

acquire by subrogation the right of the claimant had the
compensation been paid before the fund was
distributed, the High Court may order that sufficient
amount from the fund may provisionally be set aside to
enable the owner or such other person to enforce his
claim against the fund at a later date.
•352M. (1) The High Court shall consolidate all claims against
the fund including those arising under section 352L. (2) Any
claim in respect of expenses reasonably incurred or sacrifices
reasonably made by the owner voluntarily to prevent or
minimise pollution damage shall rank equally with other
claims against the fund. (3) Subject to the provisions of sub-
section (2) of section 352L,
•the High Court shall distribute the amount in the fund among
all claimants in proportion to their established claims.
•352N. (1) The owner of every Indian ship which carries 2000
tons or more oil in bulk as cargo shall, in respect of such
ship, maintain an insurance or other financial security for an
amount equivalent to 1[(a) one hundred and thirty-three
Special Drawing Rights for each ton of ship’s tonnage; or (b)
fourteen million Special Drawing Rights],
34
SRIMST 34
Part A
MS ACT 1958 – X-B
•whichever is lower. (2) In respect of every Indian ship which

maintains insurance or other financial security under sub-
section (1), there shall be issued by the Director-General a
certificate in such form and giving such particulars as may be
prescribed.
•(3) On application by the owner or agent of any foreign ship,

the Director-General may issue a certificate under sub-section
(2) in respect of such foreign ship on production of satisfactory
evidence relating to maintenance of insurance or other
financial security in accordance with the provisions of the
International Convention of Civil Liability of Oil Pollution
Damage signed at Brussels on the 29th day of November, 1969
as amended from time to time. (4) For every certificate issued
under sub-section (2) and (3) there shall be charged such fee
as may be prescribed.
•352O. Any certificate issued by a competent authority in any

country outside India to a ship registered in that country or
any certificate issued by a competent authority of any country
which is a contracting party to the International Convention
on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage signed at Brussels on
the 29th day of November, 1969 2[as amended from time to
time] to any ship wherever registered, shall be accepted at
any port or place in India as if it were issued under this Act.
35
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Part A
MS ACT 1958 – X-B
•352P. (1) No Indian ship, which has on board 2000 tons or

more oil in bulk as cargo shall enter or leave or attempt to
enter or leave any port or place in Indian unless it carries on
board a certificate issued under sub-section (2) of section
352N or a certificate accepted under section 352O. (2) No ship
other than an Indian ship carrying 2000 tons or more oil in
bulk as cargo, wherever registered, shall enter or leave or
attempt to enter or leave any port or place in India unless it
carries on board a certificate issued under sub-section (3) of
section 352N or a certificate accepted under section 352O. (3)
No customs officer shall grant inward entry or outward
clearance to any ship to which sub-section (1) or, as the
•case may be, sub-section (2) applies, unless its master

produces a certificate required under the respective sub-
section. 352Q. Nothing in this Part shall apply to any ship of
war or any ship for the time being used by the Government of
any country for purposes other than commercial purposes.
352R. The Central Government may make rules prescribing
(a) the form of certificate to be issued by the Director-General

under sub-section (2) of section 352N and the particulars which
it may contain; (b) fees which may be charged for issue of
certificates under section 352N].
36
SRIMST 36
Part A
MS ACT 1958 – X-C
International Oil Pollution Compensation Fund :-
Definitions – “Contributing oil” means crude oil and fuel oil

. Explanation – For the purpose of this clause –
(i) Crude oil means any liquid hydro carbon mixture
occurring naturally in the earth whether or not treated
to render it suitable for transportation and includes
crude oils from which certain distillate fractions have
been removed or to which certain distillate fractions
have been added.
(ii) Fuel oil means heavy distillates or residues from crude
oil or blends of such materials intended for use as a
fuel for the production of heat or power of a quality
equivalent to the American Society for testing and
materials specification for Number Four Fuel Oil
(Designation D396-69) or heavier.
(iii)“discharge or escape”, in relation to pollution damage
, means the discharge or escape of oil carried by the
ship.
(iv) “Fund” means the International Oil Pollution
Compensation for Oil Pollution Damage , 1990 as
amended from time to time .
(v) “Fund Convention Country” means a country in
which the Fund Convention is for the time being in
force.
37
SRIMST 37
Part A
MS ACT 1958 – X-C
(vi) “Guarantor” means any person providing insurance or

other financial security to cover the owner’s liability.
(vii) “Terminal installation” means any site for the storage

of oil bulk which is capable of receiving oil from
water borne transportation including any facility
situated off shore and linked to such site.
(viii)“Ton “ in relation to oil means a metric ton.
Contribution to the Fund -

(1) Contribution to the fund in respect of contribution oil
carried by sea to ports or terminal installation in India
shall be payable in accordance with articles 10 & 12 of
the Fund Convention.
(2) Sub-section (i) shall apply whether or not the

contribution oil is imported & notwithstanding that
contributions are payable to the fund in respect of
carriage of the same contribution oil on a previous
voyage .
(3) Contributions shall also be payable to the fund in

respect of contributing oil when first received in any
installation in India after having been carried by sea
& discharged in a port or terminal installation in
38 country which is not fund convention country.
SRIMST 38
Part A
MS ACT 1958 – X-C
(4) The person liable to pay contributions to the fund

shall be
(a) In case of contribution oil which is being imported
into India , the importer OR
(b) In any other case the person by whom the oil is
received in India.
(5) A person shall not be liable pay contributions to the

fund in respect of contributing oil imported or
received by him in any year if the whether or not the
contribution oil is imported & notwithstanding that
contributions are payable of the same contributing oil
on a precious voyage.
(6) Contributions shall also be payable to the fund in

respect of contributing oil when first received in any
installation in India after having been carried by sea &
discharged in a port or terminal installation in country
which is not fund convention country.
(7) The person liable to pay contributions to the fund

shall be –
(a) In case of contributing oil which is being imported
into India the imported OR
(b) In any other case the person by whom the oil is
39 received in India.
SRIMST 39
Part A
MS ACT 1958 – X-C
(8) A person shall not be liable pay contributions to the

fund in respect of contributing oil imported or
received by him in any year if the quantity of
contributing oil so imported or received in the year
does not exceed one hundred & Fifty thousand
tonnes or as may be satisfied from time to time in the
fund convention.
Contribution payable by persons to the Fund –
(1) The contributions payable to the Fund by a person
for any year shall be ,
(a) Such amounts as may be determined by the
Assembly of the Fund under Articles 10 and 12 of the
fund Contribution ;
(b) In such instalments, becoming due at such dates,
As may be notified and if any amount due from such

person remains unpaid after the date on which it
became due, it shall from that due date bear interest at
a rate determined by the said assembly until it is paid.
(2) The Central Government may require persons , who

are or may be liable to pay contributions to the Fund
under section (352T – Contribution to the Fund, in
respect of contributing oil carried by sea to ports or
terminal installations in India, shall be payable in
accordance with articles 10 and 12 of the Fund
40 Contribution.), to give financial security for payment
of contributions to that
SRIMSTGovernment or the Fund.40
Part A
MS ACT 1958 – X-C
(3) Power to call for information .

(i) The Central Government may, for the purpose of
transmitting to the Fund the names and addresses of
the persons who under section 352T are liable to make
contributions to the Fund every year and the quantity of
contributing oil in respect of which they are so liable m
by notice require any such person to furnish such
information as may be specified therein.
(ii) A notice under this section may require a person to

give such information as may be required to ascertain
whether he is liable to contribute to the Fund.
(iii) A notice under this section may specify the manner in

which , and the time within which such notice is to be
complied with.
(iv) In proceedings by the Fund against any person to

recover any amount due under section 352T ,
particulars contained in any list transmitted by the
Central /’government to th Fund shall , so far as those
particulars are based on information obtained under
this section , be admissible as evidence of the facts
stated in the list ; and so far as particulars which are so
admissible are based on information given by the
person against whom the proceedings are brought ,
41 those particulars shall be presumed to be accurate
until the contrary is proved.
SRIMST 41
Part A
MS ACT 1958 – X-C
(v) No person shall disclose any information which has

been furnished to or obtained by him under this section
unless the disclosure is made,
(a) with the consent of the person from whom the
information was obtained ;
(b) in connection with the comp*liance of this section ;
(c) for the purpose of any legal proceedings arising out of
this section or of any report of such proceedings
(vi) A person who –

(a) refuses or wilfully neglects to comply with a notice
under this section or
(b) makes while furnishing any information in compliance
with a notice under this section, any statement which
he knows to be false in a material particular, or
recklessly makes any statement which is false in a
material particular,
Shall be guilty of an offence punishable under this Act.
Liability of the Fund - Where any person suffering pollution

damage has been unable to obtain full and adequate
compensation for the damage under the terms of the
Liability Convention on any of the grounds specified in
Article 4 of the Fund Convention, the Fund shall be liable
for pollution damage in accordance with the provisions of
42 the Fund Convention.
SRIMST 42
Part A
MS ACT 1958 – X-C
Jurisdiction of Courts
(1) Any action for a claim against the Fund for
compensation shall be brought before the High Court.
(2) The Fund shall have the right to intervene as a party to
any legal proceedings instituted in the High Court
against the owner or his guarantor.
(3) Where an action for compensation for pollution
damage has been brought against the owner or his
guarantor before the High Court each party to the
proceedings may notify the Fund of the proceedings.
(4) Where such notice of proceedings has been given to
the Fund any judgment given in the proceedings shall ,
after it has become final and enforceable, become
binding upon the Fund in the sense that the facts and
evidence in that judgement may not be disputed by the
Fund on the ground that it has not intervened in the
proceedings.
Extinguishment of claims - Notwithstanding anything
contained in any other law for the time being in force,
no action to enforce a claim against the Fund under this
Part shall be entertained by a High Court unless –
(a) The action to enforce is commenced ; or
(b) Notice of action to enforce a claim against the owner
or his guarantor in respect of the same pollution
damage is given to the Fund,
43
SRIMST 43
Part A
MS ACT 1958 – X-C
Within three years from the date when the damage

occurred:
Provided that in no case an action enforce a claim shall

be brought after six years from the date of the incident
that caused such damage.
Subrogation and right of recourse

– In respect of any sum paid by a public authority in India
or the Fund as the case may be as compensation for
pollution damage that authority shall acquire by
subrogation any rights which the person so
compensated would have enjoyed under the Fund
Convention.
Power to make rules

– The Central Government may make such rules as may
be required to carry out the purposes of the Fund
Convention.
44
SRIMST 44
Part B
Application, definition, etc.
Regulation 1
Application
a. Unless expressly provided otherwise , the present
regulations apply
only to ships engaged on international Voyages .
b. The classes of ships to which each chapter applies
are more precisely
defined , and the extent of the application is shown
, in each chapter.
Regulation 2
Definitions
For the purpose of the present regulations , unless expressly

provided otherwise:
a. Regulations means the regulations contained in the
annex to the present Convention.
b. Administration means the Government of the State
whose flag the ship is entitled to fly.
c. Approve means approved by the Administration.
45
SRIMST 45
d. International voyage means a voyage from a country
to which the
present Convention applies to a port outside such
country, or conversely.
e. A passenger is every person other than :
(i) The master and the members of the crew or other

persons employed or engaged in any capacity on
board a ship on the business of that ship ; and
(ii) A child under one year of age .
f. A passenger ship is a ship which carries more than

twelve passengers.
g. A cargo ship is any ship which is not a passenger ship.
h. A tanker is a cargo ship constructed or adapted for the

carriage in bulk of liquid cargoes of an inflammable *
nature.
i. A fishing vessel is a vessel used for catching fish ,

whales, seals, walrus or other living resources of the
sea.
j. A nuclear ship is ship provided with a nuclear power

46 plant .
SRIMST 46
k. New ship means a ship the keel of which is laid or
which is at a similar stage of construction on or after
the date of coming into force of the present
Convention.
l. Existing ship means a ship which is not a new ship.
m. A mile is 1,852 m or 6,080 ft.
n. Age of a ship means the elapsed period of time

determine from the year of build as indicated on the
ship’s registry papers.
Regulation 3
Exceptions
(a) The present regulations , unless expressly provided

otherwise, do not
apply to :
i. Ships of war & troopships.

ii. Cargo ships of less than 500 tons gross tonnage.
iii. Ships not propelled by mechanical means.
iv. Wooden ships of primitive build .
v. Pleasure yachts not engaged in trade .
vi. Fishing vessels.
47
47 SRIMST 47
(b) Except as expressly provided in chapter V, nothing
herein shall apply to ships solely navigating the Great
Lakes of North America and the River St Lawrence as
far east as a straight line drawn from Cap des
Rosiers to West point, Anticosti Island and, on the
north side of Anticosti Island, the 63rd meridian.
Regulation 4
Exemptions
(a) A ship which is not normally engaged on international

voyages but which in exceptional circumstances , is
required to undertake a single international voyage
may be exempted by the Administration from any of
the requirements of the present regulation provided
that it complies with safety requirements which are
adequate in the opinion of the Administration for the
voyage which is to be undertaken by the ship.
(b) The Administration may exempt any ship which

embodies features of a novel kind from any of the
provisions of chapters II-1, II-2, III and IV of these
regulations the applications of which might seriously
impede research into the development of such
features and their incorporation in ships engaged on
international voyages . Any such ship shall , however ,
comply with safety requirements which in the opinion
48
of that
SRIMST 48
Administration , are adequate for the service for which it
is intended and are such as to ensure the overall safety of
the ship which are acceptable to the Governments of the
States to by visited by the ship. The Administration which
allows any such exemption shall communicate to the
Organization particulars of same and the reasons
therefore which the Organization shall circulated to the
Contracting Governments for their information.
Regulation 5
Equivalents
(a) Where the present regulations require that a particular

fitting, material , appliance or apparatus ,or type
thereof , shall be fitted or carried in a ship, or that any
particular provision shall be made, the Administration
may allow any other fitting material , appliance or
apparatus , or type thereof , to be fitted or carried , or
any other provision to be made in that ship, if it is
satisfied by trial thereof or otherwise that such fitting ,
material, appliance or apparatus , or type thereof , or
provision , is at least as effective as that required by the
present regulations.
(b) Any Administration which so allows, in substitution , a

fitting ,
material, appliance or apparatus , or type thereof ,
together with a report on any trials made and the
Organization particulars to other contracting
49 Governments for the information of their officers.
SRIMST 49
Part B
Surveys and certificates
Regulation 6
Inspection and survey*
(a) The inspection and survey of ships, so far as regards the

enforcement of the provisions of the present regulations
and the granting of exemptions therefore, shall be
carried out by officers of the Administration. The
Administration may , however entrust the inspections
and surveys either to surveyors nominated for the
purpose or to organizations recognized by it.
(b) The Administration shall institute arrangement for

unscheduled inspections to be carried out during the
period of validity of the certificate. Such inspections shall
ensure that the ship and its equipment remain in all
respect satisfactory for the service for which the
ship is intended . this inspections may be carried out by
the Administration’s own inspection service , or by
nominated surveyors , or by recognized organizations ,
or by other parties upon request of the Administration .
Where the Administration, under the provisions of
regulation 8 and 10 of this chapter, establishes mandatory
annual surveys , the above unscheduled inspections shall
not be obligatory.
50
SRIMST 50
( c) An Administration nominating surveyors or
recognizing organizations to conduct inspections
and surveys as set forth in paragraphs (a) and (b)
shall as a minimum empower any nominated
surveyor or recognized organization to :
require repairs to a ship, and

(ii) carry out inspections and surveys if requested by
the appropriate authorities of port of State.
The Administration shall notify the Organization of
the specific responsibilities and conditions of
the authority delegated to nominated surveyors
or recognized organizations.
(d) When a nominated surveyor or recognized

organization determines that the condition of the
ship or its equipments does not correspond
substantially with the particulars of the certificate
or is such that the ship is not fit to proceed to sea
without danger to the ship, or persons on board,
such surveyor or organization shall immediately
ensure that corrective action is taken and shall in
due course notify the Administration. If such
corrective action is not taken the relevant
certificate should be withdrawn and the
Administration shall be notified immediately ;
and, if the ship is in the port of another Party, the
appropriate authorities of the port State shall also
51 be notified immediately. When an officer of the
Administration a nominated
SRIMST surveyor or 51
recognized organization has notified the appropriate
authorities of the port State, the Government of the port
State concerned shall give such officers, surveyors or
organization any necessary assistance to carry out their
obligations under this regulation. When applicable, the
Government of the port State concerned shall ensure
that the ship shall not sail until it can proceed to sea, or
leave port for the purpose of proceeding to tha
appropriate repair yard, without danger to the ship or
persons on board.
(e) In every case, the Administration shall fully guarantee

the completeness and efficiency of the inspection and
survey, and shall under take to ensure the necessary
arrangements to satisfy this obligation.
Regulation 7
Surveys of passenger ships
(a) A passenger ship shall be subjected to the surveys
specified below :
(i) A survey before the ship is put in service.
(ii) A periodical survey once every 12 months.
(iii) Additional surveys, as occasion arises.
(b) The surveys referred to above shall be carried out as

follows:
(i) The survey before the ship is put in service shall include a
complete inspection of its structure, machinery and
equipment,
52
SRIMST 52
including the outside of the ship’s bottom and the
inside and outside of the boilers. This survey shall
be such as to ensure that the arrangements,
material, and scantlings of the structure, boilers
and other pressure vessels and their ppurtenances,
main and auxiliary machinery, electrical installation,
radio installations including those used in life-
saving appliances, fire protection, fire safety
systems and appliances, life-saving appliances and
arrangement, shipborne navigational equipment,
notical publications, means of embarkation for
pilots and other equipments fully comply with the
requirements of the present regulations, and of the
laws, decrees, orders and regulations promulgated as a
result thereof by the administration for ship of the
service for which it is intended, The survey shall also be
such as o ensure that the workmanship of all parts of
the ship an its equipment is in all respects satisfactory,
and that the ship is provided with the lights, ships,
means of making sound signals and distress signals as
required by the provisions of the present
regulation and the international Regulations for
Preventing collisions at sea in force.
(ii) The periodical survey shall include an inspection of the

structure boilers and other pressure vessels, machinery
and equipment, including the outside of the ship’s
bottom. The survey shall be
53
SRIMST 53
such as to ensure that the ship, as regards the
structure, boilers and other pressure vessels and
there appurtenances, main and auxiliary machinery,
electrical installation ,radio installations including
those used in life –saving appliances, life-saving
appliances and arrangements, ship borne
navigational equipment, nautical publications,
means of embarkation for pilots and other
equipments in satisfactory condition and fit for the
service for which it is intended, and that is complies
with the requirements of the present regulation,
and of the laws, decrees,
orders and regulation promulgated as a result
thereof by the ship shall also be subject to the
above-mentioned survey for the purpose of
ensuring that they comply with the requirements of
the present regulations and of the international
regulations for preventing collisions at sea in force.
(iii)A survey either general or partial, according to the

circumstances, shall be made after a repair
resulting from investigations prescribed in
regulation 11 of this chapter, or
whenever any important repairs or renewals are
made. The survey shall be such as to ensure that
the necessary repairs or renewals have been
effectively made, that the material and
workmanship of such repairs or renewals are in all
respects satisfactory, and that the ship complies in
54
all respects with the provisions of the present
SRIMST 54
regulation and of the international
regulations for preventing collisions at sea in force,
and of the laws, decrees, orders and regulations
promulgated as a result thereof by the
Administration.
(c ) (i) The laws, decrees, orders and regulations

referred to in paragraph (b) of this regulation shall
be in all respects such as to ensure that, from the
point of view of safety of life, the ship is fit for the
service for which it is intended.
(ii) They shall among other things prescribe the

requirements to be observed as to the initial and
subsequent hydraulic or other acceptable
alternative tests to which the main and auxiliary
boilers , connections steam pipes , high pressure
receivers , and fuel tanks for internal combustion
engines are to be submitted including the test
procedures to be followed and the intervals
between to consecutive tests .
55
SRIMST 55
Regulation 8
Surveys of life-saving appliances and other equipment
of cargo ships
(a) The life-saving appliances and arrangements

(except radio
installations) the ship borne navigational
equipment , the fire safety system and appliances
and the inert gas system of cargo ships of 500 tons
gross tonnage and upwards to which chapters II-1,
II-2, III and V apply, shall be subject to initial and
subsequent surveys as prescribed for passenger
ships in regulation 7 of this chapter with the
substitution of 24 months for 12 months in
subparagraph (a)(ii) of that regulation. The fire
control plans in new ships and means of
embarkation of pilots ,nautical publication , lights ,
shapes and means of making sound signals carried
by new and existing ships shall be included in the
surveys for the purpose of ensuring that they
comply fully with requirements of the present
regulations and, where applicable , the
International Regulations for Preventing Collisions
at Sea in force.
56
SRIMST 56
(b) Intermediate surveys shall be made for tankers of
10 years of age and over , within 3 months before
or after the anniversary date of the Cargo Ship
Safety Equipment Certificate, to ensure
that equipment specified in paragraph (a) of this
regulation has been maintained in accordance
with regulation 11 of this chapter and that it is in
good working condition. Such intermediate
surveys shall be endorsed by the Cargo Ship Safety
Equipment Certificate issued in accordance with
regulation 12(a)(iii) of this chapter.
Regulation 9
Surveys of radio installations of cargo ships
The radio installation of cargo ships , including those

used in life saving appliances , to which chapter III and
IV apply, shall be subject to initial and subsequent
surveys as provided for passenger ships in regulation 7
of this chapter.
57
SRIMST 57
Regulation 10
Surveys of hull, machinery and equipment of cargo
ships
(a) The hull, machinery and equipment (other than
items in respect
of which Cargo Ship Safety Equipment Certificates
of Cargo Ship Safety Radio Certificates are issued)
of a cargo ship shall be surveyed on completion
and thereafter in such a manner as the
Administration may consider necessary in order to
ensure that their condition is in all respects
satisfactory and at the following intervals:
(i) at intervals specified by the Administration not
exceeding 5 years (periodical surveys)
(ii) in addition to such periodical surveys a tanker of
10 years of
age and over shall undergo a minimum of one
intermediate survey during the period of validity
of its Cargo Ship Safety Construction Certificate.
In cases where only one such intermediate survey
is carried out in any one certificate validity period,
it shall be held not before 6 months to, nor later
than 6 months after, the half way date of the
certificate’s period of validity.
58
SRIMST 58
(b) The initial and periodical survey shall be such as to
ensure that the arrangements, material and
scantling of the structure , boilers and other
pressure vessels their appurtenances , main
and auxiliary machinery including steering gear
and associated control system , electrical
installation and other equipment are in all
respects satisfactory for the service for which the
ship is intended . Such surveys shall, in the case of
tankers , also include inspection of the outside of
the ship’s bottom, pump- rooms, cargo and bunker
piping systems, vent piping pressure vacuum
valves and flame screens.
(c ) The intermediate surveys of tankers of ten years of

age and over shall include inspection of steering
gear equipment associated control systems,
pump-rooms, cargo and bunker piping systems on
deck and in pump- rooms, vent piping ,
pressure vacuum valves and flame screens , the
electrical installations in dangerous zones, and
the out side of the ship’s bottom . ** In addition
to the visual inspection of the electrical
installation , the insulation resistance of the
electrical equipment in dangerous zones is to be
tested . If , upon examination , there should be
any doubt as to the condition of the piping , extra
measures , such as pressure tests and thickness
determination,
59
SRIMST 59
shall be taken as necessary. Such intermediate
survey shall be endorsed on the Cargo Ship Safety
Construction Certificate issued in accordance with
regulation 12 (a)(ii) of this chapter.
Regulation 11
Maintenance of condition after survey
The condition of the ship and its equipment shall be
maintained to conform with the provisions of the
present regulation to ensure that the ship in all
respects will remain ft to proceed to sea without
danger to the ship or persons on board .
(b) After any survey of the ship under regulations 6, 7,

8,9 or 10 of this chapter has been completed , no
change shall be made in the structural arrangement
machinery, equipment and other items covered by
the survey, without the sanction of the
Administration .
(c ) Whenever an accident occurs to a ship or defect is

discovered , either if which effect the safety of the
ship or the efficiency or completeness of its life-
saving appliances or other equipment, the master
of owner of the ship shall report at the earliest
opportunity to the Administration the
nominated surveyor or recognized organization
responsible for issuing the relevant certificate,
who shall cause investigations to be initiated to
60
determine whether a survey , as require by
SRIMST 60
regulation 6,
7, 8, 9, or 10 of this chapter, is necessary. If the ship is in
a port of another party the master or owner shall also
report immediately to the appropriate authorities of the
port state and the nominated surveyor or recognized
organization shall a certain that such a report has been
made .
Regulation 12
Issue of certificates
[A] (i) A certificate called a passenger ship safety certificate

shall be issued after inspection and survey to a
passenger ship which complies with the requirements of
chapter II-1, II-2, III and IV and any other relevant
requirements of the present regulations .
(ii) A Certificate called a cargo ship safety construction

certificate shall be is after survey to a cargo ship which
certifies the requirements for cargo ships on survey set
out in regulation till of this chapter and complies with the
applicable requirements of chapter (ii) – 1 and (ii) – 2
other than those relating to fire extinguishing appliance
and fire control plans.
(iii) A certificate called a Cargo Ship Safety Equipment

Certificate shall be issued after inspection to a cargo ship
which complies with the relevant requirements of
chapters II -1 , II- 2 & III and any other relevant
requirements of the present regulations
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(iv) A certificate called a Cargo Ship Safety Radio Certificate
shall be
issued to a cargo ship which complies with the
requirements of chapter (IV) and any other relevant
requirements of the present regulations.
(v) The Passenger Ship Safety Certificate, the Cargo Ship

Safety
Equipment Certificate and the Cargo Ship Safety Radio
Certificate, referred to in subparagraph ( i), (iii), and (iv),
shall be supplemented by a Record of Equipment
adopted by the conference of contracting Governments
to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at
Sea , 1974,on the Global Maritime Distress and Safety
System , 1988, by resolution 2 as it may be amended .
(vi) When an exemption is granted to a ship under and in

accordance with the provisions of the present
regulations, a certificate called an Exemption Certificate
shall be issued in addition to the certificates
prescribed in this paragraph.
(vii) Passenger Ship Safety Certificates, Cargo Ship Safety

Construction Certificates, Cargo Ship Safety Equipments
Certificate, Cargo Ship Safety Radio Certificates and
Exemption Certificates shall be issued either by the
Administration or by any person or Organization duly
authorized by it. In every case, that Administration
assumes full responsibility for the certificates.
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[B] Notwithstanding any other provisions of the present
Convention, any certificate which is issued under, and in
accordance with the provisions of the Convention and
which is current on 1st February, 1992 shall remain valid
until it expires.
[C] A Contracting Government shall not issue certificates

under, and in accordance with, the provisions of the
International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea,
1960, 1948 or 1929, after the date on which
acceptance of the present Convention by the
Government takes effect .
Regulation 13
Issue of certificate by another Government.
A Contracting Government may at the request of the

Administration, cause a ship to be surveyed and , if satisfied
that the requirements of the present regulations are
complied with, shall issue certificates to the ship in
accordance with the present regulations. Any certificate so
issued must contain a statement to the effect that it has
been issued at the request of the Government of the State
whose flag the ship is or will be entitled to ply and it shall
have the same force and receive the same recognition as a
certificate issued under regulation 12 of this chapter.
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Regulation 14
Duration and validity of Certificates.
(a) The Cargo Ship Safety Construction Certificate shall be issued

for a period not exceeding 5 years. The Cargo Ship Safety
Equipment Certificate Shall not be valid for longer than the
period of the certificate to which they refer.
(b) No extension of the 5 years period of validity of the Cargo

Ship Safety Construction Certificate shall be permitted.
(c) A Passenger Ship Safety Certificate shall be issued for a

period not exceeding 12
(d) If a ship at the time when a certificate expires is not in a port

of the State whose flag it is entitled to fly or in which it is to
be surveyed, the Administration may extend the certificate,
but such extension shall be granted only for the purpose of
allowing the ship to complete its voyage to the State whose
flag it is entitled to fly or in which it is to be surveyed, and,
they only in cases where it appears proper and reasonable to
do so.
(e) No certificate shall be extended under the provision of

paragraph (d) of this regulation for a longer period than 5
months, and a ship to which and extension is granted shall
not on its arrival in the State whose flag it is entitled to fly or
the port in which it is to be surveyed, be entitled by virtue of
such extension to leave that port or State without having
obtained a new certificate.
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f) A certificate, other than that referred to in paragraph (b) of this
regulations, which has not been extended under the foregoing
provisions of this regulations, may be extended by the
Administration for a period of grace up to one month from the
date of expiry dated on it.
(g) A certificate cease to be valid
(i) If the inspections and surveys are not carried out within the
periods specified under regulations 7(a),8,9 & 10(a) of this chapter
or as they may have been extended in accordance with paragraphs
(d),(e)or (f) of this regulation,
Or
(ii) Upon transfer of this ship to the flag of another Government.
A new certificate shall only be issued when the Government
issuing the new certificate is fully satisfied that the ship is in
compliance with the requirements of the regulation 11(a) and (b)
of this chapter. In the case of a transfer between parties, if
requested within three months after the transfer has taken place,
the Government of the party whose flag the ship was formerly
entitled to fly shall, as soon as possible,
(iii) Transmit to the Administration copies of the certificates carried

by the ship before the transfer and, if available, copies of the
relevant survey reports.
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Regulation 15
Form of Certificates.
a) The Certificates and records of equipment’s shall be drawn up

in the form corresponding to the models given in the
appendix to the annex of the present convention
b) If the language used is neither English nor French, the text
shall include a translation into one on these languages.
Regulation 16
Posting up of certificates
The certificates issued under regulation 12 and 13 shall be readily

available on board for examination at all times
Regulation 17
Acceptance of Certificates
Certificates issued under the authority of a Contraction

Government shall be accepted by the other Contracting
Government for all purposes covered by the present Contracting
Government as having the same force as certificates issued by
them.
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Regulation 18
Qualification of Certificates
(a) If in the course of a particular voyage a ship has on board a

number of persons less than the total number stated in the
Passenger Ship Safety Certificate and is in consequence, in
accordance with the provisions of the present regulations, free
to carry a smaller number of life boat under life saving
appliances than that stated in the certificate, and annex may be
issued by the Government, person or organization referred to in
regulation 12 or 13 of this chapter.
(b) This annex shall state that in the circumstances, there is no

infringement of the provisions of the present regulations. It shall
be annexed to the certificate and shall be substituted for it in so
far as the life saving appliances are concerned. It shall be valid
only for the particular voyage for which it is issued.
Regulation 19
Control
(a) Every ship when in a port of another party is subject to control

by officers duly authorized by such Government in so far as this
control is directed towards verifying that the certificates issued
under regulation 12 or regulation 13 of this chapter are valid.
(b) Such certificates, if valid , shall be accepted unless there are

clear grounds for believing that the condition of the ship or of its
equipments does not correspond substantially with the
particulars of any of the certificates or that the ship and its
equipments are not in compliance with the provisions of
regulation 11 (a) and (b) of this chapter.
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(c ) In the circumstances, given in paragraph (b) , of this
regulation or where a certificate has expired or ceased
to be valid, the officer carrying out the control shall take
steps to ensure that the ship shall not sail until it can
proceed to sea or leave the port for the purpose of
proceeding to the appropriate repair yard without
danger to the ship or persons on board.
(d) In the event of this control giving rise to an intervention

of any kind , the officer carrying out the control shall
forthwith inform, in writing, the Consul or, in his absence,
the nearest diplomatic representative of the State whose
flag the ship is entitled to fly of all the circumstances in
which intervention was deemed necessary. In addition,
nominated surveyors or recognized organization
responsible for the issue of the certificates shall also be
notified. The facts concerning the intervention shall be
reported to the organization.
(e) The port State authority concerned shall notify all

relevant information about the ship to the authorities of
the next port of call, in addition to parties mentioned in
paragraph (d) of this regulation, if it is unable to take
action as specified in paragraphs (c) & (d) of this
regulation or if the ship has been allowed to proceed to
the next port of call.
(f) When exercising control under this regulation all possible

efforts shall be made to avoid a ship being unduly
detained or delayed. If a ship is thereby unduly detained
or delayed it shall be entitled to compensation for any
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loss or damaged suffered.
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Regulation 20
Privileges
The privileges of the present Convention may not be claimed

in favour of any ship unless it holds appropriate valid
certificates.
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Part C
Casualties
Regulation 21
Casualties
(a) Each Administration undertakes to conduct an

investigation of any casualty Occurring to any of its ships
subject to the provisions of the present Convention when
its Judges that such an investigation may assist in
determining what changes in the present regulation
might be desirable.
(b) Each Contracting Government undertakes to supply the

organization with pertinent information concerning the
findings of such investigations no reports or
recommendations of the organization based upon such
information shall disclose the identify or nationality of
the ship concerned or in any manner fix or imply
responsibility upon any ship or person.
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SECTION II
SOLAS MARPOL COMBINED SAFETY MODULE COURSE

MARPOL ANNEX - I
REGULATIONS FOR THE PREVENTION OF POLLUTION BY OIL

The International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution
from Ships , 1973 ( MARPOL Convention was adopted by
the International Conference on Maritime Pollution
convened by the International Maritime Organization (IMO)
from 8 October to 2 November 1973. Protocol I (provisions
concerning reports on incidents involving Harmful
substances ) and Protocol II (Arbitration) were adopted at
the same Conference . This Convention was subsequently
modified by the Protocol of 1978 relating thereto which was
adopted by the International Conference on Tanker Safety
and Pollution Prevention (TSPP Conference) convened by
IMO from 6 to 17 February 1978. The Convention, as
modified by the 1978 Protocol , is known as the
“International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution of
Pollution from Ships , 1973 as modified by the Protocol of
1978 relating thereto”, or in short form , “MARPOL 73/78”
Regulation covering the various sources of ship-generated
pollution are contained in the five Annexes of the
Convention. The Convention has also been modified by the
Protocol of 1997, whereby a sixth Annex was added. It may
be noted that the Marine Environment Protection
Committee (MEPC), at its fifty – sixth session , decided that
when referring to the Convention and its six Annexes as a
whole , the terms “MARPOL” should be preferred to
“MARPOL 73/78” , as the latter would leave Annex VI on
Prevention of air pollution from ships , which had been
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adopted by the 1997 Protocol, outside its scope.
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MARPOL ANNEX - I
The Marine Environment Protection Committee, since its

inception in 1974, has reviewed various provisions of the
MARPOL Convention that have been found to require
clarification or have given rise to difficulties in
implementation . In order to resolved such ambiguities and
difficulties in a uniform manner the MEPC agreed that it
was desirable to develop unified interpretations . In certain
cases , the MEPC recognized that there was a need to
amend existing regulations or to introduce new regulations
with the aim of reducing even further operational and
accidental pollution from ships . These activities by the
MEPC have resulted in a number of unified interpretations
and amendments to the Convention.
The purpose of this publication is to provide an easy

reference to the up-to-date provisions and unified
interpretations of the articles, protocols and Annexes of the
MARPOL Convention, including the incorporation of all of
the amendments that have been adopted by the MEPC and
have entered into force, up to and including the 2010
amendments (as adopted by resolution MEPC190(60) and
MEPC.194(61). For legal purposes, the authentic texts of
the provisions of the MARPOL Conventions should always
be consulted.
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MARPOL ANNEX - I
In addition, amendments to Annex III adopted in 1 October

2010 by resolution MEPC.193(61) , as well as amendments
to Annexes IV, V and VI, adopted on 15 July 2011 by
resolutions MEPC.200(62) , MEPC.201(62), MEPC.202(62)
and MEPC.203(62), have been included in the Additional
Information Section. The date for tacit acceptance of
resolution MEPC.193(61) is 1 July 2013 and , since it is
accepted by that date it has entered into force on 1 January
2014. For the amendments to Annexes IV, V and VI, the date
for tacit acceptance is 1 July 2012 and, similarly since they
are accepted on that date, these annexes have entered into
forces on 1 January 2013. It was felt , however, that the
amendments might enter into force before the next revision
of the present consolidated edition . Therefore, the texts
of the above resolutions are reproduced in the Additional
Information section of this publication. Also included, for
easy of reference m are the consolidated texts of both
Annex IV and Annex VI including amendments adopted by
resolutions MEPC.200(62) and MEPC.203(62) , respectively.
For consistency in providing information guidelines which
are not made mandatory by the applicable annex, and
which are contained in another IMO publication , are
omitted from the 2011 Consolidated Edition.
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MARPOL ANNEX - I
Annex I – Regulations for the prevention of pollution by oil
Annex I entered into force on 2 October 1983 and , as

between the Parties to MARPOL 73/78, supersedes the
International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution of
the Sea by Oil, 1954 , as amended in 1962 and 1969 , which
was then in forces. A =number of amendments to Annex I
have been adopted by the MEPC and have entered into
force as a summarized below :
 1984 amendments (resolution MEPC . 14(20) ) on control

of discharge of oil ; retention of oil on board; pumping ,
piping and discharge arrangements of oil tankers ;
subdivision and stability : entered into force on 7 January
1986 ;
 1987 amendments (resolution MEPC.29 (25)) on
designation of the Gulf of Aden as a special area : entered
into force on 1 April 1989;
 1990 amendments (resolution MEPC.39(29)) on the
introduction of the harmonized system of survey and
certification ; entered into force on 3 February 2000 ;
 1990 amendments (resolution MEPC.42(30)) on
designation of the Antarctic area as a special area :
entered into force on 17 March 1992 ;
 1991 amendments (resolution MEPC.47(31)) on new
regulation 26, Shipboard Oil Pollution Emergency Plan, and
other amendments to Annex I : entered into force on 4
74 April 1993 ;
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 1992 amendments (resolution MEPC .52(32)) on new

regulations 13F and 13G and related amendments to
Annex I: entered into force on 6 July 1993 :
 2006 amendments (resolution MEPS .154(55)) on
designation of the Solution South Africa waters as a
special area : entered into force on 1 March 2008.
amendments to regulation 38 : entered into force on 1
December 2008 ;
 2009 amendments (resolution MEPC .186( 59)) on
addition of a new chapter 8 concerning transfer of oil
cargo between oil tankers at sea and amendments to the
IOPP Certificates and Oil Record Book : both entered into
force on 1 January 2011; and
 2010 amendments (resolution MEPC 189(60)) on
addition of a new chapter 9 concerning or carriage of oils
in the Antarctic area : entered into force on 1 August
2011.
The 1973 Convention maintained the oil discharge criteria

prescribed in the 1969 amendments to the 1954 Oil
Pollution Convention, namely , that operational discharges
of oil from tankers are allowed when all of the following
conditions are met :
 The total quantity of oil which a tanker may discharge in

any ballast voyage whilst under water must not exceed
75 1/15,000 if the total cargo carrying capacity of the vessel ;
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MARPOL ANNEX - I
 The rate at which oil may be discharged must not exceed
60 litres per mile travelled by the ship and
 No discharge of any oil whatsoever must be made from
the cargo spaces of a tanker within 50 miles of the nearest
land.
An oil record book is required , in which is recorded the
movement of cargo oil and its residues from loading to
discharging on a tank – to-tank basis, in the 1973
Convention , the maximum quantity of oil permitted to be
discharged on a ballast voyage of new oil tankers was
reduced from 1/15,000 of the cargo capacity to 1/30,000 of
the amount of cargo carried.
The Protocol of 1978 made a number of changes to Annex I
of the parent convention. Segregated ballast tanks (SBT) are
required on all new tankers of 20,000 dwt and above . The
Protocol also required SBTs to be protectively located that
is, they must be positioned in such a way that they will help
protect the cargo tanks in the event of a collision or
grounding.
Cargo tanks important innovation concerned crude oil
washing (COW), which had been developed by the oil
industry in the 1970s and offered major benefits. Under
COW , tanks are washed not with water but with discharge
cargo itself . COW was accepted as an
Alternative to SBTs on existing tankers and is an exclusive
requirement on new tankers. Drainage and discharge
arrangements were also altered in the MARPOL
regulations for improved stripping systems were introduced
. Some oil tankers operate solely under trades between ports
which are provided with adequate reception facilities. Some
76 others do the tanks as ballast.
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MARPOL ANNEX - II
REGULATIONS FOR THE PREVESNTION OF POLLUTION BY
NOXIOUS LIQUID SUBSTANCES IN BULK
MARPOL Annex II originally came into force in April 6, 1987

to protect the environment by controlling operational
pollution and reducing accidental pollution resulting from
groundings and collisions from vessels carrying noxious
liquid substances (NLSs) in bulk . The 2004 revisions to
MARPOL Annex II and the IBC Code significantly change
carriage requirements for NLSs in bulk. The reasons for
these changes were to make MARPOL Annex II simpler to
use and to take into account new knowledge about the
concluder on October 15, 2004 when the Marine
Environmental Protection Committee (MEPC) of the IMO
adopted the revised Annex II of MARPOL 73/78 in
Resolution MEPC.118(52)) . At the same time , the MEPC
adopted amendments to the IBC Code in Resolution
MEPC.119(52))
MARPOL amendments (resolution MEPC. 16(22)),in this

respect of pumping piping and control requirements,
contained four categories of cargoes A, B, C, and D . It also
decided that accordance with article II of the 1978n
Protocol , “ Parties shall be bound by the provisions of
Annex II of MARPOL 73/78 as amended from 6 April 1987”
(resolution MEPC.17(22)) . Subsequent amendments have
been adopted by the MEPC and have entered into force as
summarized below ;
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MARPOL ANNEX - II
 1989 amendments (resolution MEPC.34(27)) , which

updated appendices II and III to make then compatible
with chapters 17/VI and 18/VII of the IBC Code and BCH
Code , respectively entered into force on 13 October 1990

introduction of the harmonized system of survey and
certification : entered into force on 3 February 2000 ;

designation of the Antarctic area as a special area and
lists of liquid substances on appendices to Annex II :
entered into force on 1 July 1994 ;
 1994 amendments (resolution 1 adopted on 2 November

1994 by the Conference of Parties to MRPOL 73/78 )on
port state control on operational requirements; entered
into force on 8 March 1996 ;
 1999 amendments (resolution MEPC.78(43)) on addition

of new regulation 16 : entered into force on 1 January
2001 ; and

revised Annex II : entered into force on 1 January 2007.
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MARPOL ANNEX - II
In addition , Appendix III was added to include a list of

cargoes that fall outside these four main categories. Products
in this appendix do not pose an environmental threat and
thus have no discharge restrictions. As a result of the re-
evaluation process for MARPOL Annex II, existing products
are reclassified into a new category system. The new
classification system consist of four categories namely : X, Y, Z
and Other Substances (OS) . The fourth category , OS,
contains products which do not pose an environmental risk
and therefore are considered to fall outside categories X, Y,
and Z. Examples of OS products are clay slurry , molasses
and apple juice.
Cargoes carried under the revised Annex II are required to

be categorized under the new classification rates. The
reclassification of cargoes has also affected the ship type
requirements for carriage.
Intertanko had conducted a chemical tonnage impact study

taking into account the proposed caries within MARPOL
Annex II for pollution and ship type criteria .
Following commentary has been taken from intertanko site

providing certain insights into issues that are being
discussed in IMO at MEPC 51.
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MARPOL ANNEX - II
Categorization and listing of Noxious Liquid Substances and

substances :-
A. For the purpose of these rules, noxious liquid Substances shall

be divide into four categories as follows, namely:-
A. Category X : category X is the category of noxious liquid

substances which, if discharged into the sea from tank cleaning or
de-ballsting operations, are deemed to present a major hazard to
either marine resources or human health and justify its prohibition
from discharge into the marine environment:
B. Category Y : Category Y is the category of noxious liquid

de ballasting operations, are deemed to present a major hazard to
either marine resources or human health or cause harm to
amenities or other uses of the sea and justify a limitation on the
quality and quantity of its discharge into the marine environment:
C. Category Z : Category Z is the category of noxious liquid

de-ballasting operations, are deemed to present a minor hazard to
either marine resources or human health and justify less stringent
restrictions on the quality and quantity of its discharged into the
marine environment:
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MARPOL ANNEX - II
D. Other Substances :
Other substances include substances indicated as OS [Other

substances] in the pollution category column of chapter 18 of the
international bulk chemical code which has been evaluated and
found to fall outside category X, Y or Z because, at present, they
are considered to present no harm to marine resources, human
health, amenities or other legitimate uses of the sea when
discharged into the sea from tank cleaning of the de — ballasting
operations and the discharge of bilge or ballast water or other
residues or mixture containing only substances referred to as other
substance shall not be subject to any requirements of these rules.
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MARPOL ANNEX - II
The 9 Classes:
Class 1 Explosives
Class 2 Gases
Class 3 Flammable liquids
Class 4 Flammable solids
Class 5 Oxidizing substances and orcanic peroxides
Class 6 Toxic and infectious substances
Class 7 Radioactive material
Class 8 Corrosive substances
Class 9 Miscellaneous dangerous substances and
articles
These 9 hazard classes have been established internationally by a

United Nations (UN) committee to ensure that all modes of
transport (road, rail, air and sea) classify dangerous goods in the
same way.
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MARPOL ANNEX - II
Despite the findings and conclusions the vegetable oil

Industry still felt that would be insufficient tonnage to cope
with the proposed changes within MARPOL Annex II.
Chat of the main points made was that vessels below

10,000 dwt had not been taken into account in the society .
The effect of this means that the margins shown in the
conclusions would be significantly debussed, if these
smaller vessels were to be included in the study . The
reason INTERTANKO did not include vessels below 10,000
dwt is to ensure that such vessels are not counted twice
within the study due to their general coastal trade
characteristics . This means that the margins shown in the
study are innovative . To quantify this , there are 1,095
chemical tankers below 10,000 dwt equating to 5.1 dwt .
The proposal was made by some states that , assuming a

specific shortage of tonnage to transport an identified
vegetable oil, then regulation 2 (7) of the current text of
MARPOL Annex II provides a mechanism by which the
Administration may modify or delay for a specific period the
application of the certified requirements for the carriage of
that cargo .
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MARPOL ANNEX - II
Some states noted that the application of this regulation

should not be used to permit phased out single ,MARPOL
Annex I tankers to transport vegetable oils , and that the
practice of this regulation should be to IBC Code Type 3
ships meeting the dimensional requirements of IBC Type 2
ships with regard to double bottom and double side
protection. It was recognized that such an option would
only be used where it was demonstrated that there was a
shortage of tonnage available to transport an identified
vegetable oil.
The issue concerning the precise meaning of the definition

“en route”.
As per article 3.1 of Unified Interpretation of the Annex II of

the Marpol Convention , the “en route “ instruction is as
below :
It is interesting to note that as per German Authorities , the

notion of “en route” imposes that the vessel has to trade /
navigate between at least two different ports. Failing such ,
any dumping operations made by a vessel even in strict
compliance with the Marpol technical requirements ,
should be considered an infringement of the Marpol
regulations.
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MARPOL ANNEX - II
Apparently Spain has adopted a similar approach as the

German one . As per research done by a ,local
correspondent in Harmburg , other European countries
such as Belgium , England, the Netherlands and Italy have a
different interpretations.
The German position is understandable bearing in mind

that German ports invest in equipment permitting vessels
to discharge oil and waste residues under attractive
financial conditions . A port worth mentioning that the
sanctions for violation of the Marpol regulations, which
qualifies as a criminal offence , is usually the payment of a
fine by the vessel and the officer in charge at the time of
the violation . The fine’s amount is usually three times the
monthly earning if the Master and the Officer. It should be
remembered that liability in respect of fine for pollution is
not covered if such pollution does not result from an
accident cause.
Therefore , due to this variety of interpretations of the “en

route” definition, it is highly advisable those before taking
any ship’s action which may be linked to the Marpol
Convention, the Master should obtain precise information
from the agent about the interpretation of the Marpol
regulations made by the local authorities of the next port(s)
of call . Indian Administration can take a view on
implementing / revisiting this aspect of Law .
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MARPOL ANNEX - II
Guidance on implementation for foreign-flagged vessels

operating in US waters
This exercise seeks to clarify any apparent inconsistencies

between the revised Annex II and U.S. law regulations.
Foreign –flagged vessels operating in the United states must
comply with existing U. S. law which may be more stringent
than required by the revised Annex II . For example ,
existing U. S. statutory and regulations require vessels
transporting oils, including the OPA 90 materials, oil-like
substances carried as an oil, vegetable oils, or animal fats in
bulk , to use double – hulled tankers that meet strict design
and construction standards contained in the revised Annex
II .
Procedures and Arrangements (P&A) Manual
All foreign –flagged vessels authorized to carry NLSs are

required to have a P&A Manual onboard and approved by
their flag administration. For foreign – flagged vessels of
nations not signatory to annex II. P&A Manual ‘s are
conditionally approved by the Marine safety Centre. Vessels
operating under area exemption from annex II for the
carriage of vegetable .
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MARPOL ANNEX - II
oils must have a P&A Manual The P&A Manual must be

written in the language of the crew’s officers with a
translation into English , French, or Spanish and must be
approved by the flag administration or its designated
representatives. A P&A Manual incorporating the changes
of the revised annex must be approved and on board the
vessel prior to conducting cargo operations . After June 30,
2007 , the P&A Manual bearing the approval stamp of the
flag administration , along with the original copy of the
approval letter must be onboard.
 Description of the ships equipment and arrangements

including cargo heating and temperature control ,
discharge arrangements , schematic of cargo pumping and
stripping systems , control equipment, and cargo pump
information ;
 Cargo unloading and tank stripping procedures including
any restrictions such as list or trim ;
 Detailed procedures relating to the cleaning of cargo tanks
, residue discharge , ballasting and deballasting ;
 A table of cargo tank information including the tank
designation , capacity , and stripping quantity ;
 Procedures to be followed when a cargo tank cannot be
unloaded in accordance with required procedures ;
 The applicable portions of the flow diagrams contained in
Addendum a of Appendix 4 of Annex II which address tank
cleaning and disposal procedures for NLS residue ;
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MARPOL ANNEX - II
Prewash procedures which include the following :

(i) Cleaning machines positions to be used ;
(ii) Slops pumping out procedures ;
(iii) Requirements for hot washing ;
(iv) Number of cycles of cleaning machine (or time)
(v) Minimum operating pressure and
(vi) Instructions for any cleaning agents that are used
Vessels carrying NLS cargoes in bulk loaded on or after

January 1, 2007 , must have updated certificates onboard .
There is no intent to required vessels to submit these
updated certificates to the Coast Guard prior to arrival in
the U. S. but Coast Guard personnel may review these
certificates in the course of their formal activates . Through
February 1, 2007, the Coast Guard will accept copies of
certificates , after which original certificates must be
onboard.
As cargoes continue to be reclassified , the authority for

carriage may not be incorporated or annotated to the
proper certificates . Some flexibility and leniency will be
ensure commerce may continue to move while the
paperwork is updated. If cargos are not listed on the
appropriate certificates official documentation of the
cargo’s new carriage requirements must be onboard. This
includes documentation from IMO (e.g. IBC code , MEPC .2
Circular,
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MARPOL ANNEX - II
IMO Circulars) or documentation from the flag

administration responsible for completing the tripartite
agreement.
All foreign-flagged vessels trading in U.S. waters with NLS
cargoes onboard must have valid the certificates and a COC
issued by the U.S. Coast Guard . The COC must be endorsed
to allow carriage specified NLS cargoes . The U. S. Coast
Guard endorsement is requested directly from the Officer in
Charge , Marine Inspection (OCMI) . Once the application
for an endorsement is received by the OCMI the vessel must
schedule a COC examination . After a successful
examination , the signature of the OCMI on the COC serves
as the cargo endorsement required by 46 CER
153.900(a)(3). Vessels whose flag administrations do not
issue IMO certificates for the carriage of NLSs must follow
the plan review process and undergo an inspection as
detailed for U. S. vessels.
The IMO Secretariat issued an advisory Circular letter in July

2006 summarizing the principal points the revised Annex II
and the amended IBC Code , including provisions for NLS
tankers operating under Regulation 4.1.3. Vessels
authorized to carry vegetable oils in U. S. waters under
Regulation 4.1.3 (footnote (k) of column (e) in Chapter 17 of
the revised IBC Code) include ship type 3 chemical tankers
with double bottom and double sides meeting the
specifications in regulation 4.1.3.
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MARPOL ANNEX - III
REGULATIONS FOR THE PREVENTION OF POLLUTION BY
HARMFUL SUBSTANCES CARRIED BY SEA IN PACKED FORM
Annex III entered into force on 1 July 1992. However , long

before this entry into force date, the MEPC, with the
concurrence of the Maritime Safety Committee (MSC),
agreed that the Annex should be implemented through the
IMDG Code . The IMDG Code had amendments were
implements from 1 January 1991. Subsequent amendments
have been adopted by the MEPC and have entered into force
as summarized below ;
1992 amendments (resolution MEPC. 58(33)) , which totally

revised Annex III as a clarification of the requirements in the
original version of Annex III rather than a change of
substance , and incorporated the reference to the IMDG
Code : entered into force on 28 February 1994 ;
1994 amendments (resolution 2 adopted on 2 November
1994 by the Conference of parties to MARPOL 73/78 ) on
port state control on operational requirements entered into
force on 3 March 1996 ;
2000 amendments (MEPC .84(44)) deleting a clause relating
to tainting of seafood entered into force on 1 January 2002 ;
2006 amendments (resolution MEPC.156(55)) on the revised
Annex III entered into force on 1 January 2010 ; and
2010 amendments (resolution MEPC. 193(61)) on the revised
Annex III : entered into force on 1 January 2010 ; if they are
accepted by 1 July 2013 ,they will enter into force on 1
January 2014 .
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MARPOL ANNEX – IV
Introduction :
Regulations for the prevention of pollution by sewage

from Ships.-
Sewage System-
Every ship required to comply with the provision of this
annex shall be equip with on of the following system:
1. A sewage treatment plant which shall be of the type

approved by the Administration, taking into account the
standards and test methods developed by the Organization,
OR
2. A sewage communication and disinfecting system
approved by the Administration. Such system shall befitted
with facilities to the satisfaction of the Administration for the
temporary storage of sewage when the ship is less than 3
nautical miles from the nearest land.
OR
3. A holding tank of the capacity to the satisfaction of the
Administration for the retention of all sewage, having regard
to the operation of the ship, the number of the person on
board and other relevant.
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MARPOL ANNEX - IV
To enable pipes of reception facilities to be connected with
the ship's discharge pipeline, both lines shall be fitted with a
standard discharge connection in accordance with the
following table:
Discharge of Sewage:
1) Subject to the provision of regulation 3 of this annex, the

discharge of sewage into the sea is prohibited ,except
when: 1.The ship is discharging comminuted and
disinfected sewage using a system approved by the
administration in accordance with regulation 9.12 of this
Annex at a distance of-more than 3 nautical miles-from
the nearest land, or sewage which is not comminuted or
disinfected , at a distance of more than 12 nautical miles
from the nearest land provided that, in any case, the
sewage that has been stored in holding tanks, or sewage
originating from spaces containing leaving animals, shall
not be discharged instant but at the moderate rate when
the ship is en route and proceeding at not less than 4
knots. The rate of discharge shall be approved by the
administrator based upon standards developed by the
organization,
2) The ship has in operation an approved sewage treatment
plant which has been certified by the administration to
meet the operational requirements referred to in
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MARPOL ANNEX – IV
2.1 The test result of the plant are laid down in the ships
International Sewage Pollution Prevention Certificate: and
2.2 Additionally, the effluent shall not produce visible

floating solids nor cause discoloration of the surrounding
water.
2) The Provision of paragraph 1 shall not apply to ships

operating in the waters under the jurisdiction of state and
visiting ships from other state while they are in these waters
and are discharging sewage in accordance with such less
stringent requirement as may be imposed by such State.
3) When the sewage is mixed with wastes or waste water

covered by other Annexes of Marpol, the requirements of
those Annexes shall be complied with in addition to the
requirement of this Annex.
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MARPOL ANNEX - IV
Introduction :
Regulations
MARPOL IV, Regulation 15.6 & 15.7
A tanker carrying crude oil shall have on board & implement

a VOC Management Plan approved by the Administration.
Such a plan shall be prepared taken into account the guide
lines developed by the Organization.
The Plan shall be specific to each ship and shall at least:

Provide written procedures for minimizing VOV emissions
during the loading, sea passage and discharge of cargo;
Give consideration to the additional VOC generated by crude
oil washing;
Identify a person responsible for implementing the plan ; and
For ships on international voyages, be written in the working
language of the Master and Officers and if the working
language of the Master and Officers is not English, French or
Spanish, include a translation into one of these languages
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MARPOL ANNEX - V
Introduction :
Regulations
Definitions
For the purposes of this Annex:
(1) Garbage means all kinds of victual, domestic and

operational waste excluding fresh fish and parts thereof,
generated during the normal operation of the ship and liable
to be disposed of continuously or periodically except those
substances which are defined or listed in other Annexes to
the present Convention.
(2) Nearest land. The term "from the nearest land" means
from the baseline from which the territorial sea of the
territory in question is established in accordance with
international law, except that, for the purposes of the
present Convention,
(3) Special area means a sea area where for recognized

technical reasons in relation to its oceanographical and
ecological condition and to the particular character of its
traffic the adoption of special mandatory methods for the
prevention of sea pollution by garbage is required. Special
areas shall include those listed in regulation 5 of this Annex.
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MARPOL ANNEX - V
Introduction :
Regulations for prevention of the pollution by Garbage from

Ships –
Definitions For the purposes of this Annex:
Garbage means all kinds of victual, domestic and operational

waste excluding fresh fish and parts thereof, generated
during the normal operation of the ship and liable to be
disposed of continuously or periodically except those
substances which are defined or listed in other Annexes to
the present Convention.
Disposal of garbage outside special areas —
1.Subject to the provision of regulations 4,5 and 6 of this

Annex
a. The disposal into the sea of all plastics, including but not
limited to synthetic ropes, synthetic fishing nets, plastic
garbage bags and incinerator ashes from plastic products
which may contain toxic or heavy metal residues, is
prohibited;
.
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MARPOL ANNEX - V
b. The disposal into the sea of the following garbage shall be

made as far as practicable from the nearest land but in any
case is prohibited if the distance from the nearest land is less
than:
i) 25 nautical miles for dunnage, lining and packing

material which will float ;
ii) 12 nautical miles for food wastes and all other garbage
including pape, products, rags, glass, metal Bottles,
crockery and similar refuse.
c. Disposal into the sea of garbage specified in sub paragraph

(b) (II) of this regulations may be permitted when it has
passed through a commenter or grinder and made as far as
practicable from the nearest land but in any case its
prohibited if the distance from the nearest land is less than 3
nautical miles. Such comminuted or ground garbage shall be
capable of passing through a sereen with openings no
greater than 25mm.
2. When the garbage is mixed with other discharged having

different disposal or discharge requirement the more
stringent requirement shall apply.
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MARPOL ANNEX – V
Regulation 5:
Disposal of garbage within special areas prohibited.
Regulation 9:
As per placards, garbage management plans and garbage

record keeping ( Garbage record book) to be maintained.
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MARPOL ANNEX - VI
ANNEX VI – REGULATIONS FOR THE PREVENTION OF AIR

POLLUTION FROM SHIPS
Entered into force on 19 May 2005. Revised text adopted on

10th October 2008.
Annex VI is appended to the Protocol on 1997 to amend the

International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from
Ships, 1973 , as modified by the Protocol of 1978 relating
thereto , which was adopted by the International Conference
of Parties to the MARPOL Convention in September 1997.
Annex VI entered into force on 19 May 2005 . Subsequent
amendments have been adopted by the MEPC as
summarized below :
2005 amendments (resolution MEPC132(53)) on introducing

the Harmonized system of survey and Certification to the
Annex and on designation of the North Sea as a new SOx
emission control area (SECA) : entered into force 22
November 2006 ;
2008 amendments (resolution MEPC176(58)) on the revised

Annex VI : entered into force on 1 July 2010 :
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2010 amendments (resolution MEPC.190(60)) on the
North American emission control area : entered into
force on 1 August 2011;
2010 amendments (resolution MEPC.194(61)) on

revised from supplement to the IAPP Certificate : will
entered into force on 1 February 2012 ; and
2011 amendments (resolution MEPC. 202(62)) on

amendments to resolution 13 & 14 of Annex VI : if
there are accepted by 1 July 2012 , they will entered
into force on 1 January 2013 ; and resolution MEPC.
203 (62) on resolution on energy efficiency for ships : if
they are accepted by 1 July 2012, they will entered into
force on 1 January 2013.
The adoption of MARPOL Annex VI has followed some

years of debate within organizations .
The Technical code on the control of Emissions of

Nitrogen Oxides from Marine Diesel Engine was
adopted at the same time. MARPOL Annex VI and the
Technical code have retroactive requirements for the
following .
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This Annex applies to all ships , fix and floating drilling
rigs and other platforms , but the Certification
requirements are depending on size of the vessel and
when it is constructed . Ships of 400 gross tons and
above engaged in International voyages involving
countries that have ratified the conventions, or ships
flying the flag of those countries, are required to
heaven International Air Pollution Prevention
Certificate (IAPP Certificate).
The IAPP certificate will be issued following an initial

survey carried out by the Flag Administration or by a
recognized organization (e.g. Indian Register of
Shipping ) on behalf of the Flag Administration,
conforming compliance with MARPOL Annex VI.
Ozone depleting substances

All the ships subject to the requirements of Annex VI ,
shall maintain a list of equipment containing Ozone
depleting substances and in case a ship will have
rechargeable systems containing ozone depleting
substances , an Ozone depleting Substances Record
Book shall be maintained on board.
The use of Halon in fire extinguishing systems and

equipment is prohibited for new building. For new
buildings, this requirements in Annex VI will therefore
always be complied with . More restrictive
requirements
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for ozone depleting substances are in place regionally ,
e.g. in the European Union (EU). (E.s. EC 2037/2000)
However, the refrigerant system can utilize reclaimed

HCFCs is prohibited .
Nitrogen Oxides (NOx)
Regulation 13 of Annex VI concerns NOx- emission

from diesel engines and shall apply to :
Each diesel engine with a power output of more than

130 KW which is installed on a ship constructed on or
after 1 January 2000.

130 KW which undergoes a measure conversion on or
after 1 January 2000.
5000KW and a per cylinder displacement at or above
90 liters which is install on a ship constructed on or
after 1 January 1990 but prior to 1 January 2000.
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A marine diesel engine referred to in paragraph 2.1.2 or
2.1.3 of this regulation shall meet the following standards:
Tier I
Subject to regulation 3 of this Annex, the operation of

marine diesel that is installed on a ship constructed on or
after 1 January 2000 and prior to 1 January 2011 is
prohibited , except when the emission of nitrogen oxides (
calculated as the total weighted emission of NO2) from the
engine is within the following limits, where n= rates engine
speed ( crankshaft revolutions per minute):
1. 17.0 g/kWh when n is less than 130 rpm;

2. 45.n(-0.2) g /k Wh when n is130 or more but less than
2,000 rpm; 3. 9.8 g/k Wh when n is 2000 rpm or more.
Tier II

marine diesel that is installed on a ship constructed on or
after 1 January 2011, except when the emission of nitrogen
oxides ( calculated as the total weighted emission of NO2)
from the engine is within the following limits, where n=
rates engine speed (crankshaft revolutions per minute):
1. 14.4 g/kWh when n is less than 130rpm;

2. 44.n(-0.23) g/kWh when n is 130 or more but less than
2000 rpm:
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3. 7.7 g/k Wh when n is 2000 rpm or more.
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Tier III

marine diesel that is installed on a ship constructed on
or after 1 January 2016;
is prohibited , except when the emission of nitrogen

oxides (calculated as the total weighted emission of
NO2) from the engine is within the following limits,
where n= rates engine speed (crankshaft revolutions
per minute):
1.1 3.4 g/k Wh when n is 130 ;
1.2 9. n(-0.2) Wh when n is 130 or more but less than

2000 rpm;
2.0 g/k Wh when n is 2000 rpm or more;
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This regulation does not apply to:
Emergency diesel engines , engines installed in life

boats or for any equipment intended to be used solely
in case of emergency.
Engines used solely to drive machinery dedicated to

exploration , exploitation ad associated offshore
processed of seabed mineral resources.
The Sulphur Oxide (SOx) and Particulate Matter

emission from ships will in general be controlled by
setting a limit on the Sulphur content of marine fuel
oils as follows. The Sulphur content of any fuel oil used
on board ships shall not exceed the following limits:
4.50% m/m prior to 1 January 2012

3.50 % m/m on and after 1 January 2012
0.50 % m/m on and after 1 January 2020
For the purpose of the regulation , Emission, Control

Areas shall include:
The Baltic sea area as defined in regulation 1.11.2 of

Annex 1, the north Sea as defined in regulation 5(1)(f)
of Annex V
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Sulphur Oxides (SOx) and Particulate Matter
Any other sea area , including port areas, designated

by the organization in accordance with criteria and
procedure set forth in appendix III to this Annex While
ships are operating within an Emission Control Area ,
the Sulphur content of fuel oil used on board ships
shall not exceed the following limits:
1.50% m/m prior to 1 July 2010

1.00% m/m on after 1 January 2012
0.10% m/m on and after 1 January 2015
It is generally acknowledged that the above will lead to

increased prices for low sulphur fuel oils depending on
method of production and market availability /
demand . Although it has been indicated that the total
world wide Availability of low sulphur fuel is adequate
with low sulphur limit (1.50%), it is highly uncertain as
to whether the ability will be adequate in world wide
ports . It should further be noted that currently , low
Sulphur fuel is in general only available to operators
with contract agreements with oil Majors. Further spot
ability is thus depend on the developments in market
demand and price after entry into force.
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Thus an as alternative to using marine fuel oil with no
sulphur content in Emission Control Areas an exhaust
gas cleanings system or other equivalent system may
be allowed to be used.
It has been indicated that conventional scrubber

technology may be struggling to meet the emission
criteria at high exhaust gas discharge flows .
Considering the differences in cost , some owners are

installing and additional set of service and settling
tanks for low sulphur fuel oils . Additional bunker
tanks are considered installed for the same reasons .
Such measures would also simplify changeover
procedures and bunker management . Inadequate
availability of low sulphur heavy few oils may force
owners to increase the consumption if low sulphur
diesel oils within ECA’s . Owners will therefore have to
assess whether the diesel oil tank capacity needs to be
upgraded.
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SUB-MODULE GROUP – B
PART - A
Chapter VII
Carriage of dangerous goods
Part A – Carriage of dangerous goods in packaged form or in

solid form in bulk
Application .....................................................................
Classification ..................................................................
Packaging .....................................................................
Marking, labelling and placarding .................................
Documents ....................................................................
Stowage requirements.................................................
Explosives in passenger ships ........................................
Part B – Construction and equipment of ships carrying

dangerous liquid chemicals in bulk
Definitions .....................................................................
Application to chemical tankers ........................................
Requirements for chemicals tankers ....................................
Part C - Construction and equipments of ships carrying

liquefied gases in bulk
Definitions ..............................................................................
Application to gas carriers .....................................................
Requirements for gas carriers ...............................................
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Part A
Carriage of dangerous goods in packaged form
or in solid form in bulk
Regulation 1
Application
Unless expressly provided otherwise , this part applies to

dangerous goods classified under regulation 2 which are
carried in packaged form or in solid form in bulk (hereinafter
referred to as “dangerous goods”) , in all ships to which the
present regulations applied and in cargo ships of less than
500 tons gross tonnage.
The provisions of this part do not applied to ships stores and

equipment.
The carriage of dangerous goods is provided except in

accordance with the provisions of this part.
To supplement the provision of this part , each Contracting

Government shall issue, or cause to be issued, detailed
instructions all safe packaging and stowage of dangerous
goods which shall include the precautions necessary in
relation to other cargo.
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Part A
Regulation 2
Classification
Dangerous goods shall be divided into the following classes :
Class 1 - Explosives
Class 2 - Gases : compressed , liquefied or dissolved under
pressure
Class 3 - Flammable liquids
*See also MSC/Circ. 559: Form for reporting incidents
involving dangerous goods and marine pollutants in
packaged form on board ships and in port areas.
** Refer to the International Maritime Dangerous Goods
Code (IMDG Code)and to the relevant sections and the
related parts of appendix B of the Code of Safe Practice for
Solid Bulk Cargoes (BC Code) as may be amended by the
Maritime Safety Committee.
Class 4.1 - Flammable solids
Class 4.2 - Substances liable to spontaneous combustion
Class 4.3 - Substances which in contact with water, emit
flammable gases
Class 5.1 - Oxidizing substances
Class 5.2 - Organic peroxides
Class 6.1 - Poisonous (toxic) substances
Class 6.2 - Infectious substances
Class 7 - Radioactive materials
Class 8 - Corrosives
Class 9 - Miscellaneous dangerous substances, that is any
other substance which experience has shown , or may show
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to be of such a dangerous character that the provisions of
this part shall apply to it. SRIMST 110
Part A
Regulation 3
Packaging
The packaging of dangerous goods shall be :
.i well made and in good condition;
.ii of such a character that may interior surface with which
the contents may come in contact is not dangerously
affected by the substance being conveyed; and
.iii capable of withstanding the ordinary risks of handling
and carriage by sea.
Where the use of absorbent or cushioning material is
customary in the packaging of liquids in receptacles , that
material shall be :
.i capable of minimizing the dangers to which the liquid may
give rise ;
.ii so disposed as to prevent movement and ensure that the
receptacle remains surrounded ; and
.iii where reasonably possible , of sufficient quantity to
absorb the liquid in the event of breakage of the receptacle.
Receptacles containing dangerous liquids shall have an
ullage at the filling temperature sufficient to allow for the
highest temperature during the course of normal carriage .
Cylinders or receptacles for gases under pressure shall be
adequately constructed tested, maintained and correctly
filled.
Empty uncleaned receptacles which have been used
previously for the carriage of dangerous goods shall be
subject to the provisions of this part for filled receptacles,
unless adequate measures have been taken to nullify any
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hazard.
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Part A
Regulation 4
Marking , labelling and placarding
Packages containing dangerous goods shall be durably
marked with the correct technical name ; trade name alone
shall be used.
Packages containing dangerous goods shall be provided with
distinctive labels or stencils of the labels , or placards , as
appropriate , so as to make clear the dangerous properties of
the goods contained therein.
The method of marking the correct technical name and of
affixing labels or applying stencils of labels , or of affixing
placards on packages containing dangerous goods, shall be
such that this information will still be identifiable on
packages surviving at least three months immersion in the
Sea . In considering suitable marking , labelling and
placarding methods, account shall be taken of the durability
of the materials used and of the surface of the package.
Packages containing dangerous goods shall be so marked
and labelled except that :
Packages containing dangerous goods of a low degree of

hazard or packed in limited quantities ; or
When special circumstances permit. Packages that are

stowed and handled in units that are identified by labels or
placards ;
may be exempted from labelling requirements .

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Part A
Regulation 5
Documents
In all documents relating to the carriage of dangerous goods

by sea where the goods are named, the correct technical
name of the goods shall be used ( trade name alone shall be
used) and the correct description given in accordance with
the classification set out in regulation 2.
__________________
*Refer to the specific exemptions provided for in the IMDG
Code
The shipping documents prepared by the shipper shall

include, or be accompanied by, a signed certificate or
declaration that the shipment offered for carriage is properly
packaged and marked , labelled or placarded, as appropriate,
and in proper condition for carriage .
Each ship carrying dangerous goods shall be have a special

list or manifest setting forth , in accordance with the
classification set out in regulation 2, the dangerous goods on
board and the location thereof. A detailed stowage plan
which identifies by class and sets out the location of all
dangerous goods on board may be used in place of such
special list of manifest.
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Part A
Regulation 6
Stowage requirements
Dangerous goods shall be stowed safely and appropriately in

accordance with the nature of the goods . Incompatible
goods shall be segregated from one another.
Explosives (except ammunition) which present a serious risk

shall be stowed in a magazine which shall be kept securely
closed while at sea . Such explosives shall be segregated from
detonators . Electrical apparatus and cables in any
compartment in which explosives are carried shall be so
designed and used as to minimize the risk of fire or
explosion.
Dangerous goods in packaged form which give off dangerous

vapours shall be stowed in an mechanically ventilated space
or on deck. Dangerous goods in solid form in bulk which give
off dangerous vapours shall be stowed in a well ventilated
space.
In ships carrying flammable liquids or gases, special

precautions shall be taken where necessary against fire or
explosion.
Substances which are liable to spontaneous heating or

combustion shall not be carried unless adequate precautions
have been taken to minimize the likelihood of the outbreak
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of fire.
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Part A
Regulation 7
Explosives in passenger ships**
Explosives in division 1.4 , compatibility group S, may be

carried in any amount in passenger ships .No other
explosives may be carried except any one of the following.
Explosive articles for the life-saving purposes , if the total net

explosives mass of such articles does not exceed 50kg per
ship ; or
Explosives in compatibility groups C, D and E, if the total net

explosives mass does not exceed 10kg per ship ; or
Explosive articles in compatibility groups G other than those

requiring special stowage , if the total net explosives mass
does not exceed 10 kg per ship ; or
Explosive articles in compatibility group B, if the total net
explosives mass does not exceed 5 kg per ship.
Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph 1, additional

quantities or types of explosives may be carried in passenger
ships in which special safety measures approved by the
Administration are taken.
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Part B
Construction and equipment of ships carrying dangerous
liquid chemicals in bulk
Regulation 8
Definitions
For the purpose of this part, unless expressly provided

otherwise :
International Bulk Chemical Code ( IBC Code) means the
International Code for the Construction and Equipment of
Ships Carrying Dangerous Chemicals in Bulk adopted by the
Maritime Safety Committee of the Organization by resolution
MSC. 4 (48) , as may be amended by the Organization,
provided that such amendments are adopted, brought into
force and take effect in accordance with the provisions of
article VIII of the present Convention concerning the
amendment procedures applicable to the annex other than
chapter I.
Chemical tanker means a cargo ship constructed or adapted
and used for the carriage in bulk of any liquid product listed
in chapter 17 of the International Bulk Chemical Code .
For the purpose of regulation 9, ship constructed means a

ship the keel of which is laid or which is at a similar stage of
construction .
At a similar stage of construction means the stage at which :
Construction identifiable with a specific ship begins ; and

Assembly of that ship has commenced comprising at least 50
tonnes or 1% of the estimated mass of all structural material,
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whichever is less.
SRIMST 116
Part B
Regulation 9
Application to chemical tankers
Unless expressly provided otherwise , this part applies to

chemical tankers constructed on or after 1 July 1986
including those of less than 500 tons gross tonnage. Such
tankers shall comply with the requirements of this part in
addition to any other applicable requirements of the present
regulations .
Any chemical tanker , irrespective of the date of construction

, which undergoes repairs, alternations, modifications and
outfitting related thereto shall continue to comply with at
least the requirements previously applicable to the ship.
Such a ship, if constructed before 1 July 1986, shall, as a rule,
comply with the requirements for a ship constructed on or
after that date to at least the same extent as before
undergoing such repairs, alternations, modifications or
outfitting . Repairs, alternations and modifications of a major
character, and outfitting related thereto, shall meet the
requirements for a ship constructed on or after 1 July 1986 in
so far as the Administration deems reasonable and
practicable.
A ship, irrespective of the date of construction, which is

converted to a chemical taker shall be treated as a chemical
tanker constructed on the date on which such conversion
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commenced.
SRIMST 117
Part B
Regulation 10
Requirements for chemical tankers
A chemical tanker shall comply with the requirements of the

International Bulk Chemical Code and shall, in addition to the
requirements of regulation I/8, I/9 and I/10, as applicable, be
surveyed and certified as provided for in that Code . For the
purpose of this regulation, the requirements of the Code
shall be treated as mandatory.
A chemical tanker holding a certificate issued pursuant to the

provisions of paragraph 1 shall be subject to the control
established in regulation I/19. For this purpose such
certificate shall be treated as a certificate issued under
regulation I/12 or I/13.
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Part C
Construction and equipment of ships carrying liquefied gases
in bulk
Regulation 11
Definitions
For the purpose of this part, unless expressly provided
otherwise :
International Gas Carrier Code ( IGC Code) means the
Ships Carrying Liquefied Gases in Bulk as adopted by the
Maritime Safety Committee of the Organization by resolution
MSC. 5 (48) , as may be amended by the Organization,
provided that such amendments are adopted, brought into
force and take effect in accordance with the provisions of
article VIII of the present Convention concerning the
amendment procedures applicable to the annex other than
chapter I.
Gas carrier means a cargo ship constructed or adapted and

used for the carriage in bulk of any liquefied gas or other
product listed in chapter 19 of the International Gas Carrier
Code.
For the purpose of regulation 12, ship constructed means a

ship the keel of which is laid or which is at a similar stage of
construction.
At a similar stage of construction means the stage at which :

Construction identifiable with a specific ship begins ; and
Assembly of that ship has commenced comprising at least 50
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tonnes or 1% of the estimated mass of all structural material
SRIMST 119
, whichever is less.
Part C
in bulk
Regulation 12
Application to gas carriers
Unless expressly provided otherwise , this part applies to gas

carriers constructed on or after 1 July 1986 including those
of less than 500 tons gross tonnage. Such gas carriers shall
comply with the requirements of this part in addition to any
other applicable requirements of the present regulations .
Any gas carrier , irrespective of the date of construction ,

which undergoes repairs, alternations, modifications and
outfitting related thereto shall continue to comply with at
least the requirements previously applicable to the ship.
Such a ship, if constructed before 1 July 1986, shall, as a rule,
comply with the requirements for a ship constructed on or
after that date to at least the same extent as before
undergoing such repairs, alternations, modifications or
outfitting . Repairs, alternations and modifications of a major
character, and outfitting related thereto, shall meet the
requirements for a ship constructed on or after 1 July 1986 in
so far as the Administration deems reasonable and
practicable.
A ship, irrespective of the date of construction, which is

converted to a gas carrier shall be treated as a gas carrier
constructed on the date on which such conversion
commenced.
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Part C
in bulk
Regulation 13
Requirements for gas carriers
A gas carrier shall comply with the requirements of the

International Gas Carrier Code and shall, in addition to the
requirements of regulation I/8, I/9 and I/10, as applicable ,
be surveyed and certified as provided for in that Code. For
the purpose of this regulation, the requirements of the Code
shall be treated as mandatory.
A gas Carrier holding a certificate issued pursuant to the

provisions of paragraph 1 shall be subject to the control
established in regulation I/19 . For this purpose such
certificate shall be treated as a certificate issued under
regulation I/12 or I/13.
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SUB-MODULE GROUP – C
Definitions
The following definitions apply to MARPOL & International

Safety System.
i. International Safety Management (ISM) Code means the
International Management Code for the Safe Operation
of Ships and for pollution prevention as adopted by the
Assembly as may be amended by the Organization.
II. Company means the owner of ship or any other
organization or person such as the manager or the
bareboat charterer, who has assumed the responsibility
for operation of the ship from the ship owner and who,
on assuming such responsibility, has agreed to take over
all duties and responsibility imposed by the Code.
iii. Administration means the Government of the State

whose flag the ship is entitled to fly.
iv. Safety Management System means a structure and

documented system enabling Company personnel to
implement effectively the Company safety and
environmental protection policy.
v. Document of Compliance means a document issued to

a Company which complies with the requirement of this
Code.
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vi. Safety Management Certificate means a
document issued to a ship which signifies that
the Company and its shipboard management
operate in accordance with the approved
safety management system.
vii. Objective evidence means quantitative or
qualitative information, records or statements
of fact pertaining to safety or to the existence
and implementation of a safety management
system element, which is based on
observation, measurement or test and wh.ich
can be verified.
viii. Observation means a statement of fact made
during a safety management audit and
substantiated by objective evidence.
ix. Non-conformity means an observed situation
which objective evidence indicates the non-
fulfillment of a specified requirement.
x. Manor non-conformity means an identifiable
deviation that poses a serious threat to the
safety of personnel or the ship or a serious risk
to the environment that requires immediate
corrective action or the lack of effective and
systematic implementation of a requirement of
this Code.
xi. Anniversary date means the day and month of
each year that corresponds to the date of
expiry of the relevant document or certificate.
xii. Convention means the International
Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974,
as amended.
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ISM is
Safety of all crew on board

Safety of the vessel, and
Prevention of (any kind) of pollution
SAFETY ENVIRONMENTAL - PROTECTION POLICY

1 The Company should establish a safety and environmental-
protection policy which describes how the objectives will
be achieved.
2. The Company should ensure that the policy is
implemented and maintained at all levels of the
organization, both ship–based and shore-based.
The Company must put in writing its policy on the safety

and the protection of the marine environment.
COMPANY RESPONSIBILITIES AND AUTHORITY
1. If the entity who is responsible for the operation of the

ship is than the owner,
the owner must report the full name and details of such
entity to the Administration.
2. The Company should define and document the
responsibility, authority and interrelation of all personnel
who manage, perform and verify work relating to and
affecting safety and pollution prevention .
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3 The Company is responsible for ensuring that adequate
resources and shore- based support are provided to
enable the designated person or persons to carry out
their functions.
Both in the office and on board, all personnel must have

clearly defined roles and responsibility.
DESIGNATED PERSON(S)
To ensure the safe operation of each ship and to provide a

link between the Company and those on board, every
Company, as appropriate, should designate a person or
persons ashore having direct access to the highest level of
management. The responsibility and authority of the
designated person or persons should include monitoring the
safety and pollution-prevention aspects of the operation of
each ship and ensuring that adequate resources and shore-
based support are applied, as required .
Designated Persons Ashore responsible for monitoring and

following all safety and pollution prevention aspects of the
operation is to be appointed by the company.
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MASTER’S RESPONSIBILITY AND AUTHORITY
The Company should clearly define and document the

master’s responsibility with regard to:
Implementing the safety and environmental-protection
policy of the Company;
Motivating the crew in the observation of that policy;
Issuing appropriate orders and instructions in a clear and
simple manner;
Verifying that specified requirements are observed; and
Periodically reviewing the safety management system and
reporting its deficiencies to the shore-based management.
The master is responsible to make the system work on board.

He must help the crew in following the instructions and
giving them instructions whenever necessary ; However the
master is the .boss. on board his ship and he can and must
overrule the Company instructions on. Safety. And . pollution
prevention. Matters as may be deemed necessary.
RESOURCES AND PERSONNEL
1 The Company should ensure that the master is:

Properly qualified for command;
Fully conversant with the Company’s safety management
system; and Given the necessary support so that the
master’s duties can be safety
performed
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2 The Company should ensure that each ship is manned
with qualified, certificated and medically fit seafarers in
accordance with national and international requirements.
3. The Company should establish procedures to ensure that
new personnel and personnel transferred to new
assignments related to safety and protection of the
environment are given proper familiarization with their
duties. Instructions which are essential to be provided
prior to sailing should be identified, documented and
given.
4. The Company should ensure that all personnel involved
in the Company’s safety management system have an
adequate understanding of relevant rules, regulations,
codes and guidelines.
5. The Company should establish and maintain procedures
for identifying any training which may be required in
support of the safety management system and ensure
that such training is provided for all personnel concerned.
6. The Company should establish procedures by which the
ship’s personnel receive relevant information on the
safety management system in a working language or
languages understood by them.
7. The Company should ensure that the ship’s personnel are
able to communicate effectively in the execution of their
duties related to the safety management system.
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SHIPBOARD OPERATIONS – EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS
1 The Company should identify potential emergency

shipboard situation, and establish procedures to respond
to them.
2 The Company should establish programmes for drills and
exercises to prepare for emergency actions.
3 The safety management system should provide for
measures ensuring that the company’s organization can
respond at any time to hazards, accidents and emergency
situations involving its ships.
REPORTS AND ANALYSIS OF NON-CONFORMITIES,

ACCIDENTS AND HAZARDSNESS OCCURRENCES
1 The safety management system should include

procedures ensuring that non- conformities accidents
and hazardous situations are reported to the company,
investigated and analyzed with the objective including
safety and pollution prevention.
2 The Company should establish procedures for the

implementation of corrective action, including measures
intended to prevent recurrence .
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MAINTENANCE OF THE SHIP AMD EQUIPMENT
1 The Company should establish procedures to ensure that

the ship is maintained in conformity with the provisions
the relevant rules and regulations and with any
additional requirements which may be established by the
Company.
2 In meeting these requirements, the Company should
ensure that : inspections are held at appropriate
intervals any non-conformity is reported , with its
possible cause , if known ; appropriate corrective action
is taken ; and records of these activities are maintained.
3 The Company should identify equipment and technical

systems the sudden operational failure of which may
result in hazardous situations . The safety management
system should provide for specific measures aimed at
promoting the reliability of such equipment or systems .
These measures should include the regular testing of
stand – by arrangements and equipment or technical
systems that are not in continuous use.
DOCUMENTATION
1 The Company should establish and maintain procedures

to control all documents and data which are relevant to
the safety management system.
2 The Company should ensure that :
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Valid documents are a-vailable at all relevant locations;
changes to documents are reviewed and approved by
authorized personnel ; and
Obsolete documents are promptly removed
COMPANY VERIFICATION, REVIEW AND EVALUTION
1 The Company should periodically evaluate the

effectiveness of the safety management system in
accordance with procedures established by the company.
2 The audits and possible corrective actions should be

carried out in accordance with documented procedures.
3 Personnel carrying out audits should be independent of

the areas being audited unless this is impracticable due
to the size and the nature of the Company .
4 The results of the audits and the reviews should be

brought to the attention of the personnel having
responsibilities in the area involved.
5 The management personnel responsible for the area

involved should take timely corrective action on
deficiencies found.
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SUB-MODULE GROUP – D
CERTIFICATION AND PERIODICAL VERIFICATION
1 The ship should be operated by a Company which has

been issued with a Document of Compliance or with an
Interim Document of Compliance in accordance with
paragraph 13.1, relevant to the ship.
2 The Document of Compliance should be issued by the

Administration, by an organization recognized by the
Administration or, at the request of the Administration,
by another Contracting Government to the Convention to
any Company complying with the requirements of this
Code for a period specified by the Administration which
should not exceed five years. Such a document should be
accepted as evidence that the Company is capable of
complying with the requirements of this Code.
3 The validity of a Document of Compliance should be

subject to annual verification by the Administration or by
an organization recognized by the Administration or, at
the request of the Administration, by another contracting
government with three months before or after the
anniversary date .
4 The documents of compliance should be withdrawn by

the administration or
at its request , by the contracting government which
issued the document when the annual verification
required .
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5 A copy of the documents of compliance should be please
on board in order that the master of the ship , if so
requested, may produce it for verification by the
Administration or by an organization recognized by the
administration or for the purposes of the control referred
in regulation IX/6.2 of the convention. The copy of the
document is not required to be authenticated or certified
.
6 The safety management certificate should be issued to a

ship for a period which should not exceed five years by
the Administration or an organization recognized by the
Administration or , at the request of the Administration,
by another contracting government . The safety
management certificate should be issued after verifying
that the company and its shipboard management
operate on accordance with the approved safety
management system .Such a certificate should be
accepted as evidence that the ship is compiling with the
requirements of this Code.
7 The validity of the safety management certificate should

be the subject to at least one intermediate verification by
the Administration or an organization recognized by the
Administration , or at the request of the Administration ,
by another Contracting Government . If only one
intermediate verification is to be carried out and the
period of validity of the Safety Management Certificate is
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five years , it should take place between the second &
third anniversary dates of the Safety Management
Certificate.
8. When the renewal verification is completed more than

three months before the expiry date of the existing
Document of Compliance or Safety Management
Certificate, the new Document of Compliance or the new
Safety Management Certificate should be valid from the
date of completion of the renewal verification for a
period not exceeding five years from the date of
completion of the renewal verification.
9 When the renewal verification is completed after the

expiry date of the existing Safety Management
Certificate, the new Safety management Certificate
should be valid from the date of completion of the
renewal verification to a date not exceeding five years
from the date of expiry of the existing Safety
Management Certificate.
10 If a ship at the time when a Safety Management

Certificate expires is not in a port in which it is to be
verified , the Administration may extend period of
validity of the Safety Management Certificate, but this
extension should be granted only for the purpose of
allowing the ship to complete its voyage to the port in
which it is to be verified, and then only in cases where its
appears proper and reasonable to do so. No Safety
Management Certificate should be extended for a period
of longer than three months , and the ship to which an
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extension is granted should not , on its arrival in the port
in which it is to be verified , be entitled by virtue of such
extension to leave that port without having a new Safety
Management Certificate. When the renewal verification
is completed the new Safety Management Certificate
should be valid to a date not exceeding five years from
the expiry date of the existing Safety Management
Certificate before the extension was granted.
INTERIM CERTIFICATION
1 An Interim Document of Compliance may be issued to

facilitate initial implementation of this Code when.
A Company is newly established or New ship types are
to be added an existing Document of Compliance,
2 An interim Safety Management Certificate may be issued

:
To new ships on delivery
When a Company takes on responsibility for the
operation of a ship which is new to the Company or
When a ship changes flag Such an interim Safety
Management Certificate should be issued for a period
not exceeding six months by the Administration or an
organization recognized by the Administration or, at the
request of the Administration, by another
Contracting Government.
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FORMS OF CERTIFICATES
1. The Document of Compliance, the Safety Management

Certificate, the Interim Document of Compliance and the
Interim Safety Management Certificate should be drawn
up in a form corresponding to the models given in the
appendix to this Code. If the language used is neither
English nor French , the text should include a translation
into one of these languages.
2 In addition to the above requirements, the ship types

indicated on the Document of Compliance and the
interim Document of Compliance may be endorsed to
reflect any limitations in the operations of the ships
described in the safety management system.
1 The ship should be operated by the company which is

issued a Document Of Compliance (DOC) relevant to
that ship .
2. The DOC should be issued to every company complying
with the requirement of the ISM Code by the
administration
3. A copy is kept on board with the master , if so asked
may produce it for certification of the administration or
organizations received by it and a SMC should be issued
to the ship by the ISM administration after making sure
that the ship and the company operate in accordance
with the approved SMS
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i. Government authorized organization to issue a DOC to
company , copy of this DOC to be on vessel.
ii. The DOC is issued after verification by authority that

SMS is functional in view of documentation + audit
reports for at least three months.
iii. DOC + SMC’s are valid for five years subject to annual
verification three months + the anniversary date + 1
intermediate verification for the SMC.
iv. Interim DOC valid for 12 months , SMC for 6 months .
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Change-over between heavy fuel oil grades in standard
practice and so is change-over from heavy fuel oil to
marine diesel oil in connection with e. g. dry-dockings .
Change-over from heavy fuel oil to marine gas oil is
however completely different and clearly not common
standard .If gas oil is mixed in while the fuel
temperature is still very high , there is a high
probability of gassing in the fuel oil service system with
over may increase and become far more essential
upon entry into force of ECA’s and the EU proposed
amendments additionally , the time , ship’s positions at
the start and completion of change – over to and from
compliant Low Sulphur fuel oil must be recorded in a
logbook (e.g. ER log.book) , together with details of the
tank involved and fuel used. It can be anticipated that
the same will be applicable with respect to EU
proposal upon entry into force
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SUB-MODULE GROUP – E
Government of India
Ministry of Shipping
Department of Shipping
New Delhi, the 16th April 2010
GENERAL
1A. Definition- In these rules, on less the contest

otherwise requires :-
(1) Act means the Merchant shipping Act, 1958 (44 of
1958)
(2) Amidships means at the middle of the length of
the ship
(3) Anniversary date means, the day and the month of
each year, which corresponds to the date of
expiry of the International Oil Pollution Prevention
Certificate or the Indian Pollution Prevention
Certificate.
(4) Areas means in the relation to a ship, the area
calculated in all cases to moulded lines .
(5) Breadth means the maximum breadth of the ship,
measured amidships to the moulded line of the
frame in a ship with a metal shell and to the outer
surface of the hull in a ship with a shell of any
other metrical, measured in meters.
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(6) Center tank means any tank inboard of a
longitudinal bulk head.
(7) Certificate means the International Oil Pollution
Prevention Certificate or , as the case maybe, the
Indian Oil Pollution Prevention Certificate, issued
under the rule 7
(8) Certifying authority means the Central
Government
(9) Chemical tanker means a ship constructed or
adapted primarily to carry a Cargo of noxious
liquid substance in bulk.
(10) “ Clean ballast “ means the ballast in a tank which,
since oil was last carried therein, has been so
cleaned that the effluent therein, if it were
discharged from a ship which is stationary into
clean calm water on a clear day would not
produce visible traces of oil on the surface of the
water or on adjoining shorelines or cause a sludge
or emulsion to be deposited beneath the surface
of the water or upon adjoining shoreline and if the
ballast is discharged through a specified oil
discharge monitoring and control system,
evidence based on such system to the effect that
the oil content of the effluent did not exceed
fifteen parts per million shall be determinative
that the ballast was clean, notwithstanding the
presence of visible traces referred to above;
(11) “combination carrier” means a ship designed to
carry either oil or solid cargoes in bulk;
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(12) “convention” shall have the same meaning
assigned to it in clause (e) of section 356B;
(13 “convention country” means a country which is a
party to the convention and also referred to as
the State Party;
(14) “crude oil” means any liquid hydrocarbon mixture
occurring naturally in the earth, whether or not
treated to render it suitable for transportation,
and includes crude oil-
(i) from which certain distillate fractions may
have been removed; and
(ii) to which certain distillate fractions may
have been added;
(15) “crude oil tanker” means an oil tanker engaged in
the trade of carrying crude oil;
(16) “deadweight” Means the difference in metric
tons between the displacement of a ship in
water of a specific gravity of 1.025 at the
load waterline corresponding to the assigned
summer freeboard and the lightweight of the
ship;
(17) “discharge”, in relation to harmful substances or
effluents containing such substance, means any
release howsoever caused, from a ship and
includes any escape, spilling, leaking, pumping ,
emitting or emptying aforesaid substances, but
does not include –
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(i) Dumping of wastes the meaning of the
convention on the prevention of Marine
Pollution by dumping of wastes and other
Matter signed in London on the 13th
November,1972;
(ii) Release of harmful substances directly arising
from the exploration, exfoliation and associate
off-shore processing of seabed mineral
resources; or
(iii) Release of harmful substances for the purpose
of legitimate scientific research into pollution
abatement or control, and the term to
discharge shall be constructed accordingly.
(18) filtering equipment means filters or any
combination of separators and filters which are
designed to produce effluent containing not
more than fifteen parts per million of oil .
(19) Flag state means the state whose flag a ship is
entitled to fly
(20) forward and after perpendiculars means to be
taken at the forward and the after ends of the
length and the forward perpendicular shall
coincide of the stern on the waterline on which
the length is measured.
(21) Government ship means the ship owned by the
central government or the state government.
(22) incident means an event involving the actual or
probable discharge into sea of oil or oily
mixture.
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(23) Indian controlled waters means the inland waters,
territorial sea and exclusive economic zone
controlled by India.
(24) instantaneous rate of discharges of oil content
means the rate of discharge of oil in liters for hour
at any instant divided by the speed of the ship in
knots at the same instant.
(25) International bulk chemical code means the
International code for the construction and
equipment of ship carrying Dangerous chemicals
in Bulk adopted by the International Maritime
Organization .
(26) length means 96% of the total length on a
waterline at 85% of the least moulded depth
measured from on the top of the keel, or the
length from the foreside of the stern to the axis of
the rudder stock on that waterline , whichever is
greater, but in ships designed with a rake of keel,
the waterline on which this length is measured
shall be parallel to the designed waterline, the
length shall be measured in meters.
(27) light weight means the displacement of a ship in
metric tons without cargo, fuel, lubricating oil ,
ballast water, fresh water and feed water
and feed water in tanks, consumable stores,
passengers, crew and their effects .
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(28) ”major conversion” means a conversion of a ship.-
(i) Which substantially alters the dimensions or
carrying capacity of the ship; or
(ii) Which changes the type of the ship;or
(iii) The intent of which, in the opinion of the Director
General, is substantially to prolong its life ; or
(iv) Which otherwise so alters the ship that, it would
have been subjected to the provisions of these
rules applicable to ship delivered after the 31st
December, 1979, as defined in clause (45)
and not to existing ships delivered on or before
31st December 1979, as defined in clause (46); But
does not include-
(i) Conversion of an oil tanker of twenty thousand
tons deadweight and above delivered on or
before the 1st june,1982, as defined in clause
(33), to meet the requirements of rule 18; and
ii) Conversion of an oil tanker delivered before the 6th
July 1996, as defined in clause (35), to meet the
requirement of rules 19 and 20 .
(29) ”Maritime Environmental and protection
Committee” means the Marine Environmental
Protection Committee of the International
Maritime Organization;
(30) ”Merchant shipping notice” means a notice issued by
the Director General as such;
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SUB-MODULE GROUP – F
(31) “ Nearest land” means the nearest base-line from
which the territorial sea of any territory is
established in accordance with the United Nations
Convention on the Law of the Sea;
(32) “oil fuel” means any oil used as fuel in connection
with the propulsion and auxiliary machinery of the
ship in which such oil is carried ;
(33) “oil tanker delivered on or before 1st June, 1982”
means an oil tanker .-
(a) for which the building contract is placed on or
before 1st June, 1979 ; or
(b) in the absence of a building contract , the keel of
which is laid or which is at a similar stage of
construction on or before the 1st January 1980; or
(c) the delivery of which is on or before 1st June , 1982;
(d) which has undergone a major conversion._
(i) for which the contract is placed on or before the 1st
June, 1979; or
(ii) in the absence of a contract, the construction work
of which is begun on or before the 1st January
1980; or
(iii) which is completed on or before the 1st June, 1982.
(34) “oil tanker delivered after 1st June , 1982” means an
oil tanker._
(a) for which the building contract is placed after 1st
June, 1979; or
(b) in the absence of a building contract, the keel of
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construction after the 1st January 1980 ; or
(c) the delivery of which is after the 1st June, 1982: or
(d) which has undergone a major conversion. _
(i) for which the contract is placed after the 1st June,
1979 or
of which begun after the 1st January, 1980; or
(iii) which is completed after 1st June 1982.
(35) “oil tanker delivered before 6th July , 1996” means an
oil tanker._
(a) for which the building contract is placed before the
6th July , 1993; or
construction before 6th January, 1994; or
(c) the delivery of which is before 6th July, 1996; or
(d) which is undergone a major conversion.-
(i) for which the contract is placed before 6th July,
1993; or
(ii) in the absence of contract , the construction work of
which is begun before 6th January, 1994; or
(iii) which completed before 6th July, 1993.
(36) “oil tanker delivered on or after the 6th July, 1996”
means an oil tanker._
(a) for which the building contract is placed on or after
6th July, 1993; or
construction on or after the 6th January, 1994; or
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(c) the delivery of which is on or after the 6th July , 1996;
(i) for which the contract is placed on or after the 6th
July, 1993; or
of which begun on or after the 6th January, 1994; or
(iii) which completed on or after the 6th July, 1996.
(37) “oil tanker delivered after 1st February , 2002”
means an oil tanker._
1st February, 1999; or
construction on or after the 1st August, 1999; or
(c) the delivery of which is on or after the 1st February ,
2002 ; or
(i) for which the contract is placed on or after the 1st
February, 1999; or
of which begun on or after the 1st August, 1999; or
(iii) which completed on or after the 1st February, 2002.
(38) “oil tanker delivered on or after 1st January , 2010”
means an oil tanker.
1st January, 2007; or
construction on or after the 1st July, 2007; or
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(c) the delivery of which is on or after the 1st January ,
2010 ; or
(i) for which the contract is placed on or after the 1st
January, 2007; or
of which begun on or after the 1st July, 2007; or
(iii) which completed on or after the 1st January, 2010
(39) “Organization” means the International Maritime
Organization;
(40) “permeability of a space” means the radio of the
volume within that space , which is assumed to be
occupied by water to the total volume of that
space
(41) “parts per million “ means parts of oil per million
parts of water by volume
(42) “produce carrier "means an oil tanker engaged in the
trade of carring oil other than crude oil
(43) ” sea” includes any estuary or arm of the sea
(44) “segregated ballast” means the ballast water
introduce into a tank which is completely
separated from the cargo oil and oil fuel system and
which is permanently allocated to the carriage of
ballast or to the carriage of ballast or cargoes
other than oil noxious liquid substances.
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SUB-MODULE GROUP – G
(45) “Ship delivered after the 31st December, 1979”
means a ship.-
(a) for which the building contract is placed after the
31st December , 1975
construction after the 30th June, 1976 ; or
(c) the delivery of which is after the 31st December,
1979; or
(d) which has undergone a major conversion –
(i) for which the contract is placed after the 31st
December, 1975; or
(ii) in the absence of a contract , the construction work
of which is begun after the 30th June, 1976; or
(iii) which is completed on or before the 31st December,
1979.
(46) “Ship delivered on or before the 31st December,
1979” means a ship.-
(a) for which the building contract is placed on or
before 31st December , 1975 ; or
construction on or before the 30th June, 1976 ; or
(c) the delivery of which is on or before the 31st
December, 1979; or
(i) for which the contract is placed on or before the 31st
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of which is begun on or before the 30th June, 1976;
(iii) which is completed on or before the 31st December,
1979.
(47) “Ship delivered on or after the 1st August, 2010”
means a ship.-
(a) for which the building contract is placed after the 1st
August , 2007 ; or
construction on or after the 1st February , 2008 ;
(c) the delivery of which is on or after the 1st August,
2010 ; or
(i) for which the contract is placed after the 1st August,
2007; or
of which is begun after the 1st February, 2008; or
(iii) which is completed after the 1st August, 2010.
(48) “slop tank” means a tank specifically designed for
the collection of tank draining, tank washing and
other oily mixtures;
(49) “special area” , means a sea area where , for
recognized technical reasons in relation to its
oceanographical and ecological conditions , and
to the particular character of its traffic , adoption of
special mandatory methods for prevention of sea
pollution by oil are required and includes
special areas specified below, namely :-
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(i) The Mediterranean Sea area which means the
Mediterranean Sea proper including the gulfs and
seas therein with the boundary between the
Mediterranean and the black Sea constituted by the
41*N parallel and bounded to the west by the straits
of Gibraltar at the meridian of 5*36’W;
(ii) The Baltic Sea area which means the Baltic Sea
proper with the Gulf the Bothnia, the Gulf of
Finland and the entrance to the Baltic Sea bounded
by the parallel of the skew in the Skagerrak at
57*44.8’N;
(iii) The Black Sea area which means the Black Sea
proper with the boundary between the
Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea constituted by
the parallel 41deg N;
(iv) The Red Sea area which means the Red Sea proper
including Gulfs of Suez and Aqaba bounded at the
South by the rhomb line between Raps si Ane
(12deg 28.5’N, 43deg19.6’E) and Husn Murad
(12deg40.4’N, 43deg30.2’E);
(v) The Gulf area which means the Sea area located
north-west of the rhumb line between Ras al Hadd
(22deg30’ N,59deg48’E) and Ras al Fasteh
(25deg04’N, 61deg 25’E);
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(vi) The North West European waters include the North
Sea and its approaches , the Irish Sea and its
approaches, the Celtic Sea , the English Channel and
its approaches and part of the North East Atlantic
immediately to the West of Ireland and is bounded
by lines joining the following points .-
48deg27’ N on the French Coast;

48deg27’ N ; 6deg25’ W;
49deg52’ N ; 7deg45’W;
50deg30’N;12deg W;
56deg30’ N; 12deg W;
62deg N; 3deg W;
62 deg N on the Norwegien coast;
57deg 44.8’N on the Danish and Swedish coasts
;
The Oman area of the Arabian Sea which
means the Sea area enclosed by the following
coordinates.-
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22deg30’N; 59deg48’ E;
23deg47.27’ N; 60 deg35.73’ E;
22deg40.62’N; 62deg25.29’E;
21deg47.40’N;63deg 22.22’E;
20deg 30.37’N;62deg 52.41’E;
19deg45.90’N;62deg.25.97’ E;
18deg49.92’ N;62deg 02.94’E;
17deg44.36’N;61deg 05.53’E;
16deg43.71’N;60deg25.62’E;
16deg03.90’N;59deg32.24’E;
15deg15.20’N;58deg58.52’E;
14deg36.93’N;58deg10.23’E;
14deg18.93’N;57deg27.03’E;
14deg11.53’N;56deg53.75’E;
(vii) Such other area which may specified, by notification

by organization, as the special area for the purpose
of these rules.
(50) “Specification” means Specifications passed by

resolution s of the Organization which are specified
and listed in the Second Schedule;
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(51) “ State Party” means a Convention Country;
(52) “ Tank “ means an enclosed space which is formed by

the permanent structure of a ship and designed for
the carriage of liquid in bulk;
(53) “ Volume “ , in relation to a ship, means volume

calculated in all cases to molded lines;
(54) “ wing tank” means any tank adjacent to the side
shell plating..
2. Obligations of ships to prevent pollution of sea by oil.-
(i) Every ship, unless expressly provided otherwise,

shall be under an obligation to comply with the
provisions of these rules relating to prevention of
pollution of sea by oil from ships.
(ii) In ships other than oil tankers fitted with cargo
spaces which are constructed and use to carry oil in
bulk, of an aggregate capacity of 200 cubic mtrs. Or
more, the provisions of rules 16, sub-rule (4) of rules
26 and rules 29, 30, 31,32,34 & 36 shall be
applicable for the construction and operation of
cargo spaces in such ships; Provided that where such
aggregate capacity is less than on 1000 cubic mtrs. ,
the provisions of sub-rule (6) of rule 34 may apply
instead of rules 29,31 & 32.
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(iii) Where noxious liquid substances are carried in bulk
in a cargo space of an oil tanker, the provision of the
Merchant Shipping (Control of Pollution by Noxious
Liquid Substances in Bulk) Rules, 2009 shall also
apply.
(iv) The provision of rules 29.31 & 32 shall not apply to
oil tankers carrying asphalt or other products which
are subject to the provision of these rules and
which, through their physical properties, inhibit
effective product / water separation and monitoring
and for which the control of discharge under rule 34
shall be effected by the retention of residues on
board with the discharge of all contaminated
washings to reception facilities.
(v) Subject to the provision of sub-rule (6), the
provision of sub-rules (6) & (8) of rule 18 shall not
apply to oil tanker delivered on or before the 1st
June, 1982 as defined in clause (33) of the rule 1A
which is solely engaged in specific trades between –
(a) Ports of terminal within India ;
(b) Ports of terminal of state parties to the convention
where –
(i) The voyage entirely within a special area;
(ii) The voyage is entirely within other limits
designated by the organization.
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IMO Solas and Marpol amendments come into force
1 January 2015: Code for Recognized Organizations Code

for recognized organizations (RO Code) becomes
mandatory under SOLAS, MARPOL and Protocol of 1988
relating to the International Convention on Load Lines,
1966.
1 January 2015: Entry into force of 2013 May SOLAS

amendments Amendments to the following: - SOLAS
regulation III/19 to require musters of newly embarked
passengers prior to or immediately upon departure; -
SOLAS regulation III/19, on emergency training and drills,
to mandate enclosed-space entry and rescue drills, which
will require crew members with enclosed-space entry or
rescue responsibilities to participate in an enclosed-space
entry and rescue drill at least once every two months.
Related amendments also to the International Code of
Safety for High-Speed Craft (HSC Code), the Code for the
Construction and Equipment of Mobile Offshore Drilling
Units (MODU Code) and the Code of Safety for
Dynamically Supported Craft (DSC Code).
1 January 2015: 0.10% fuel oil sulphur limit in ECAS The

limit for fuel oil sulphur levels falls to 0.10% m/m in
emission control areas established to limit SOx and
particulate matter emissions. The ECAS concerned are:
Baltic Sea area; North Sea area; North American area;
United States Caribbean Sea area.
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14 April 2015: Nairobi Wreck Removal Convention The
Nairobi International Convention on the Removal Wrecks
enters into force.
8 June 2015: Amendments to 1996 LLMC Protocol

Amendments to increase the limits of liability in the 1996
Protocol to the Convention on Limitation of Liability for
Maritime Claims adopted in April 2012 enter into force.
1 September 2015: Amendments to MARPOL Annex VI,

regulation 13 (NOx) Amendments concerning the date
for the implementation of “Tier III” standards within
emission control areas (ECAs). The amendments provide
for the Tier III NOx standards to be applied to a marine
diesel engine that is installed on a ship constructed on or
after 1 January 2016 and which operates in the North
American Emission Control Area or the U.S. Caribbean
Sea Emission Control Area that are designated for the
control of NOx emissions. In addition, the Tier III
requirements would apply to installed marine diesel
engines when operated in other emission control areas
which might be designated in the future for Tier III NOx
control. The Tier III requirements do not apply to a
marine diesel engine installed on a ship constructed prior
to 1 January 2021 of less than 500 gross tonnage, of 24 m
or over in length, which has been specifically designed
and is used solely, for recreational purposes.
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1 September 2015: extension of EEDI Amendments to
MARPOL Annex VI concerning the extension of the
application of the Energy Efficiency Design Index (EEDI) to
LNG carriers, ro-ro cargo ships (vehicle carriers), ro-ro
cargo ships, ro-ro passenger ships and cruise passenger
ships with non-conventional propulsion; and to exempt of
ships not propelled by mechanical means and
independently operating cargo ships with ice-breaking
capability.
1 January 2016: Mandatory audit scheme Amendments

to number of treaties to make the use of the IMO
Instruments Implementation Code (III Code)
mandatory. The treaties amended are: - SOLAS, 1974, as
amended; - STCW Convention, 1978, as amended and
STCW Code; - MARPOL Annexes I through to VI; MARPOL
Annexes I through to VI; - Protocol of 1988 relating to the
International Convention on Load Lines, 1966 (1988 Load
Lines Protocol), as amended; - International Convention
on Load Lines, 1966; - International Convention on
Tonnage Measurement of Ships, 1969; - Convention on
the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at
Sea, 1972, as amended. 1
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January 2016: SOLAS amendments, steering gear, inert
gas Entry into force of:- amendments to SOLAS regulation
II-1/29 on steering gear, to update the requirements
relating to sea trials. - amendments to SOLAS regulations
II-2/4, II-2/3, II-2/9.7 and II-2/16.3.3, to introduce
mandatory requirements for inert gas systems on board
new oil and chemical tankers of 8,000 dwt and above,
and for ventilation systems on board new ships; related
amendments to the International Code for Fire Safety
Systems (FSS Code) on inert gas systems.- amendments to
SOLAS regulation II-2/10, concerning fire protection
requirements for new ships designed to carry containers
on or above the weather deck. - amendments to SOLAS
regulation II-2/13.4, mandating additional means of
escape from machinery spaces. - new SOLAS regulation II-
2/20-1 Requirement for vehicle carriers carrying motor
vehicles with compressed hydrogen or natural gas for
their own propulsion, which sets additional requirements
for ships with vehicle and ro-ro spaces intended for the
carriage of motor vehicles with compressed hydrogen or
compressed natural gas in their tanks as fuel. -
amendment 37-14 to the International Maritime
Dangerous Goods (IMDG) Code. - amendments to the
International Life-Saving Appliance (LSA) Code related to
the testing of lifejackets.
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1 January 2016: MARPOL - carriage of stability
instruments Amendments to MARPOL Annex I, the Code
for the Construction and Equipment of Ships carrying.
Dangerous Chemicals in Bulk (BCH Code) and the
Ships Carrying Dangerous Chemicals in Bulk (IBC Code),
on mandatory carriage requirements for a stability
instrument for oil tankers and chemical tankers.
1 March 2016: MARPOL - heavy fuel oil as ballast

AntarcticAmendments to:•MARPOL Annex I regulation 43
concerning special requirements for the use or carriage of
oils in the Antarctic area, to prohibit ships from carrying
heavy grade oil on board as ballast; •MARPOL Annex III,
concerning the appendix on criteria for the identification
of harmful substances in packaged form; and•MARPOL
Annex VI, concerning regulation 2 (Definitions),
regulation 13 (Nitrogen Oxides (NOx) and the Supplement
to the International Air Pollution Prevention Certificate
(IAPP Certificate), in order to include reference to gas as
fuel and to gas-fuelled engines.
1 July 2016 - SOLAS - container weight verification

Amendments to SOLAS chapter VI to require mandatory
verification of the gross mass of containers, either by
weighing the packed container; or weighing all packages
and cargo items, using a certified method approved by
the competent authority of the State in which packing of
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SRIMST 159
1 July 2016 - SOLAS -atmosphere testing
Amendments to add a new SOLAS regulation XI-1/7 on
Atmosphere testing instrument for enclosed spaces, to
require ships to carry an appropriate portable
atmosphere testing instrument or instruments, capable
of measuring concentrations of oxygen, flammable gases
or vapours, hydrogen sulphide and carbon monoxide,
prior to entry into enclosed spaces. Consequential
amendments to the Code for the Construction and
Equipment of Mobile Offshore Drilling Units (1979, 1989
and 2009 MODU Codes) were also adopted. The MSC also
approved a related MSC Circular on Early implementation
of SOLAS regulation XI-1/7 on Atmosphere testing
instrument for enclosed spaces; and
1 January 2017 – Polar Code

The International Code for Ships Operating in Polar
Waters (Polar Code)and related amendments to make it
mandatory under both SOLAS and MARPOL enter into
force.
The Polar Code will apply to new ships constructed after 1
January 2017. Ships constructed before 1 January 2017
will be required to meet the relevant requirements of the
Polar Code by the first intermediate or renewal survey,
whichever occurs first, after 1 January 2018
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1 January 2017 - MARPOL Annex I - oil residues
Amendments to regulation 12 of MARPOL Annex I,
concerning tanks for oil residues (sludge). The
amendments update and revise the regulation, expanding
on the requirements for discharge connections and piping
to ensure oil residues are properly disposed of.
1 January 2017 – SOLAS – IGF Code

International Code of Safety for Ships using Gases or
other Low-flashpoint Fuels (IGF Code), along with
amendments to make the Code mandatory under SOLAS
enter into force.
The amendments to SOLAS chapter II-1 (Construction –
Structure, subdivision and stability, machinery and
electrical installations), include amendments to Part F
Alternative design and arrangements, to provide a
methodology for alternative design and arrangements for
machinery, electrical installations and low-flashpoint fuel
storage and distribution systems; and a new Part G Ships
using low-flashpoint fuels, to add new regulations to
require ships constructed after the expected date of entry
into force of 1 January 2017 to comply with the
requirements of the IGF Code, together with related
amendments to chapter II-2 and Appendix (Certificates).
The IGF Code contains mandatory provisions for the
arrangement, installation, control and monitoring of
machinery, equipment and systems using low-flashpoint
fuels, focusing initially on LNG.
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The Code addresses all areas that need special
consideration for the usage of low-flashpoint fuels, taking
a goal-based approach, with goals and functional
requirements specified for each section forming the basis
for the design, construction and operation of ships using
this type of fuel.
1 January 2017 – SOLAS - venting

Amendments to SOLAS regulations II-2/4.5 and II-2/11.6,
clarifying the provisions related to the secondary means
of venting cargo tanks in order to ensure adequate safety
against over- and under-pressure in the event of a cargo
tank isolation valve being damaged or inadvertently
closed, and SOLAS regulation.
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PROTOCOL OF SAFETY OF LIFE AT SEA AS

THE PARTIES TO THE PRESENT PROTOCOL .

BEING PARTIES to the International Convention for the

RECOGNIZING the significant contribution which can

RECOGNIZING ALSO the need to improve further the

CONSIDERING that this objective may best be achieve

HAVE AGREED as follows :

The parties to the present protocol undertake to give

1. The provisions of articles II, III ( other than paragraph

2. Any ship to which the present protocol applies shall

The parties to the present protocol undertake to

1. The present protocol shall be open for signature at the

(a) Signature without reservation as to rectification, acceptance

2. Ratification, acceptance , approval or accession shall be

3. The present protocol may be signed without reservation

Entry into force

After the date on which an amendment to the present

The present protocol may be denounced by any party at

Denunciation shall be effected by the deposit of any

A denunciation shall take effect one year , Or such longer

1. The present Protocol shall be deposited with the

2. The Depositary shall:

(a) Inform all States which have signed the present

(i) each new signature or deposit of an instrument of

(ii) The date of entry into force of the present Protocol ;

(iii) The deposit of any instrument of denunciation of the

3. As soon as present Protocol enters into force , a

The present Protocol is established in a single original in the

IN WITNESS WHEREOF the undersigned* being duly

DONE AT LONDON this seventeenth day of February one thousand nine

2. Damages for personal injury :

5. Collision to be entered in official log:

8. Definitions : In this Part, unless the context

(i) the raising , removal , destruction or the rendering a

9. Limitation of liability for damages in respect of certain

(a) Claims arising from loss of life of or personal injury to,

(b) Claims arising out of other loss resulting from delay in

(c) Claims arising out of other loss resulting from

PROVEDED that claims set out in clause (d) of sub-section (1)

III. Nothing in this section shall apply to _

(a) Claims for salvage or contribution in general average ;

(b) Claims for oil pollution damage within the meaning of

10. Limitation of liability :

The amount to which any person referred to in sub-

11. Limitation Fund and consolidation of claims :

(a) Where any liability is alleged to have been incurred by a

(c) After the fund has been constitute , no person entitled

(e) When the person referred to in sub-section (1) or this

12. Release of ship, etc. :

(d) In this section –

(i) ”convention country “ means a country in which the

(e) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-sections (1)

(f) The provisions of sub-section (6) shall apply only if the

13. Scope of application :

(1) The provisions of this Part shall apply whenever any

14. Application of this Part to charterer , manager , etc. Of

PROVIDED that where the master or a member of the

15. Power to make rules ;

The Central Government may make rules to carry out the

CIVIL LIABILITY FOR OIL POLLUTION DAMAGE

352G. This Part applies to