THE EFFECT OF THE NEW REGULATIONS ON EXISTING SHIPS

The 1978 IMCO Conference on Tanker Safety and Pollution Prevention has proposed a number of major new measures for oil tankers. These measures can be grouped under three main "functional" headings, i.e. Minimization of Operational Pollution, Improvement of Ship Safety and Maintenance of Standards. To assist the Shipowner in the selection of alternative solutions, the required extent of application of these measures is discussed in relation to the size and status of the ships comprising a mixed fleet of tankers of varying age. The various conversion options are considered under the following headings; (a) Retrofit of Clean Ballast Tanks (CBT)/Segregated Ballast Tanks (SBT), (b) CBT Conversion, (c) SBT Conversion, (d) Pumping and Piping System, (e) Corrosion Control, (f) Retrofit of Crude Oil Washing (COW) and Inert Gas (IGS) Systems, (g) Installation of COW and (h) Installation of IGS.

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Paper presented at Joint Conference with the Royal Institution of Naval Architects, 7 December 1978.
• Corporate Authors:

  Institute of Marine Engineers

  Memorial Building, 76 Mark Lane
  London EC3R 7JN,   England 
• Authors:
  • Brereton, A F
  • Evans, W H
• Publication Date: 1978

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 51
• Serial:
  • Institute of Marine Engineers Transactions
  • Volume: 91
  • ISSN: 0309-3948

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Cleaning; Marine safety; Noble gases; Petroleum refining; Piping systems; Pollution; Pollution control; Regulation; Regulations; Ship ballast; Storage tanks; Tankers; Water quality management
• Identifier Terms: International Maritime Consultative organization
• Uncontrolled Terms: Inert gas systems
• Old TRIS Terms: Clean ballast operation; Crude washing; Imco pollution regulations; Segregated ballast tankers; Tank cleaning; Tanker piping systems; Tanker pollution prevention; Tanker pollution regulation; Tanker safety; Water pollution prevention
• Subject Areas: Environment; Law; Maintenance and Preservation; Marine Transportation; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00317465
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: British Ship Research Association
• Report/Paper Numbers: Paper No. C19
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 8 1980 12:00AM