IMO & MARPOL Requirements for Crude Oil Tanker Operation

On completion of this chapter you will have an understanding of:

• The environmental. Safety-security tasks and requirements.
• The information given in the different data sheets.
• The requirements for deployment of firefighting equipment during loading.
• The requirements for maintenance of firefighting equipment and record keeping.
• The IMO/MARPOL requirements to equipment and operation of a crude oil tanker in order to prevent Oil pollution.
• The requirements for reporting of oil spills and situations that may lead to oil spill, according to the vessel's Shipboard Oil Pollution Emergency Plan or SOPEP.