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MARPOL Annex I came into force on 2 October 1983 and deals with the discharge of oil into the ocean environment. [6] It incorporates the oil discharge criteria prescribed in the 1969 amendments to the 1954 International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution of the Sea by Oil (OILPOL). It specifies tanker design features that are intended ...
The amendments raised the compensation limits by 50 percent compared to the limits set in the 1992 Protocol, as follows: For a ship not exceeding 5,000 gross tonnage, liability is limited to 4.51 million SDR (US$5.78 million) For a ship 5,000 to 140,000 gross tonnage: liability is limited to 4.51 million SDR plus 631 SDR for each additional ...
In November 2020, the Code was amended to include amendments regarding tank cofferdams, fire-extinguishing systems and tensile tests for materials under the Code. These amendments will enter into force on 1st January 2024. [12] [2] In April 2022, the IMO adopted amendments changes relating to materials for cryogenic service.
According with revised MEPC.1/Circ736/Rev.2, issued 6 October 2011, additional amendments to oil record book entries have been implemented by IMO. The first part of the oil record book deals with machinery space operations for all ships. [ 3 ]
MARPOL convinced IMO to control the average worldwide sulfur content fuels. As of 1 January 2020 the Annex states that a global cap is 0.5% m/m on the sulfur content in fuel. However, MARPOL insist on it being 0.1% m/m in some regions classified as "SOx emission control areas" (SECAs). [10]
Senate agreed to House amendment on October 1, 1980 (Agreed) Signed into law by President Jimmy E. Carter on October 21, 1980 The Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships (APPS, 33 U.S.C. §§1905-1915) is a United States law that implements the provisions of MARPOL 73/78 and the annexes of MARPOL to which the United States is a party.
Marpol 73/78 is the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973 as modified by the Protocol of 1978. ("Marpol" is short for marine pollution and 73/78 short for the years 1973 and 1978.) [11] Marpol 73/78 is one of the most important international marine environmental conventions.
International Convention on Load Lines has 8 amendments, the last one (to make the use of the III Code mandatory) is adopted on 4 December 2013 and entered into force on 28 February 2018. [ 5 ] The Protocol of 1988 relating to the LL 1966 (LL PROT 1988) has 10 amendments, the last one is from 2018, but this amendment is related only to the ...