FPSO Definition by Wikipedia A floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) unit is a floating vessel used by the offshore

industry for the processing of hydrocarbons and for storage of oil. A FPSO vessel is designed to receive hydrocarbons produced from nearby platforms or subsea template, process them, and store oil until it can be offloaded onto a tanker or transported through a pipeline. FPSOs are preferred in frontier offshore regions as they are easy to install, and do not require a local pipeline infrastructure to export oil. FPSOs can be a conversion of an oil tanker or can be a vessel built specially for the application. A vessel used only to store oil (without processing it) is referred to as a floating storageand offloading vessel (FSO).

Ships/Oil Tankers MARPOL 73/78 means a ship constructed or adapted primarily to carry oil in bulk in its cargo spaces and includes combination carriers, any "NLS tanker" as defined in Annex II of the present Convention and any gas carrier as defined in regulation 3.20 of chapter II-1 of SOLAS 74 (as amended), when carrying a cargo or part cargo of oil in bulk.

FPSO/FSU/FSO Definitions

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Requirements Annex I: Reg. 39 Art. 2(3)(b)(ii) Only the discharge of machinery space drainage and
contaminated ballast should be subject to MARPOL 73/78

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