MARPOL ANNEXE 1- PREVENTION OF POLLUTION BY OIL.

IMPORTANT DEFINITIONS:

1. Crude oil tanker is an oil tanker engaged in the trade of carrying crude oil.
2. Product tanker is an oil tanker engaged in the trade of carrying oil other than crude oil.
3. Combination carrier is a ship designed to carry either oil or solid cargoes in bulk.
4. Special areas:
a) The Mediterranean sea area.
b) The Baltic sea area.
c) The Black sea area.
d) The Red sea area.
e) The Gulfs area.
f) Gulf of Aden area.
g) The Antarctic area.
h) The North-West European waters.
i) The Oman area.
1. Instantaneous rate of discharge means the rate of discharge of oil in litres per hour at any instant
divided by the speed of the ship in knots at the same instant.
2. Wing tanks mean any tank adjacent to the side shell plating.
3. Centre tank means any tank inboard of a longitudinal bulkhead.
4. Slop tank means a tank specifically designated for the collection of tank drainings, tank washings
and other oily mixtures.
5. Clean ballast means the ballast in a tank which, since oil was last carried has been so cleaned that
effluent from the tank if discharged when ship is stationary into clean calm water would not
produce visible traces of oil on the surface of water or on adjoining shorelines. If the ballast was
discharged through a certified oil discharge monitoring system and suitably recorded, and proved
that the oil content did not exceed 15 ppm, shall be considered as clean ballast in spite of visible
traces.
6. Segregated ballast means ballast water introduced into a tank completely separated from the
cargo oil and fuel oil system and permanently carries only ballast water or cargoes other than oil
or noxious substances.

SURVEYS AND CERTIFICATION:

• All ships of 400 gross tonnage and above and all tankers of 150 gross tonnage and above will be
subjected to and initial survey, before the ship is put into service of its structure, equipments,
systems, and fittings. An International Oil Pollution Prevention (IOPP) certificate is issued on
satisfactory completion of the survey. The validity of this certificate is 5 years. A renewal survey
has to be carried out on the expiry of the above mentioned period. An intermediate survey is
carried out to ensure that the associated machineries, the Oily Water Separator, incinerator, oil
discharge monitor, other filtering equipments and all the associated pipelines are in good working
order.

REGULATIONS FOR MACHINERY SPACES IN ALL SHIPS:

• Every ship of 400 gross tonnage and above shall be provided with tanks of adequate capacity to
receive and store oil residues and sludge generated from purification of fuel and lubricating oils
and leakages in the machinery spaces.
• Piping to and from sludge tanks shall have no direct connection overboard except the standard
connection for shore discharge.
• Any ship of 10,000 gross tonnage and above shall be fitted with an oil filtering equipment whose
design is approved by the administration and will ensure that the discharge has an oil content less
than 15 ppm. In addition, it will be provided with and alarm if the oil content exceeds 15 ppm and
will automatically stop discharge
• The discharge of oily mixture is allowed only when the following conditions are satisfied:
1. The ship is proceeding en route.
2. Oily mixture is processed through an oil filtering equipment approved by the administration.
3. The oil content does not exceed 15 ppm.
4. The oily mixture does not originate from cargo pump room (for tankers) and is not mixed
with oil cargo residues.
• Every ship of 400 gross tonnage and above shall be provided with an Oil Record Book Part 1
which will have entries regarding:
a. Ballasting and cleaning of fuel tanks.
b. Discharge of dirty ballast or cleaning water from oil fuel tanks.
c. Collection and disposal of oil residues.
d. Discharge overboard or to shore facilities of bilge water accumulated in the engine room.
e. Bunkering of fuel or lubricating oil in bulk.

REGULATIONS FOR CARGO AREA OF OIL TANKERS:

• Every crude oil carrier above 20,000 tonnes deadweight and every product carrier above 30,000
tonnes deadweight will have segregated ballast tanks with sufficient capacity for carrying ballast
water, and will be located as per regulations.
• All oil tankers, of 600 tonnes deadweight and above shall be of double hull construction. Single
hull tankers will not be allowed to sail after 2010.
• All tankers to have slop tanks, the total capacity of which should not be less than 3% of oil
carrying capacity of the ship. These tanks will be used to retain the slop generated by tank
washing, oil residues and dirty ballast residues.
• All tankers will have an oil discharge monitoring and control system (ODMCS), which will come
into operation when any discharge of effluent into the sea occurs. It will prevent discharge
automatically when any of the following condition occurs:
1. Instantaneous rate of discharge of oil content does not exceed 30 ltrs per nautical mile.
2. The total quantity of oil discharged will not exceed 1/30,000 of the total quantity of the cargo
of which the residue formed a part.
• Every oil tanker of 150 gross tonnage and above will be provided with an Oil Record Book Part
II wherein all operations regarding loading, discharging, internal transfer, ballasting and de
ballasting operations are recorded.