STS Transfer Operations Plan For compliance with MARPOL Annex I, Chapter 8, Revision 3 - ABS [201x, PDF]

STS Transfer Operations Plan For compliance with MARPOL Annex I, Chapter 8, Revision 3

Year: 201x
Language: english
Author: ABS
Genre: Methodological guide
Format: PDF
Quality: eBook
Pages count: 181
Description: This document is a template to assist the shipowner/operator/designer in preparing ship-specific Ship-to-Ship Transfer Operation Plan (STS plan), demonstrating compliance with the requirements of MARPOL Annex I, Chapter 8: “Prevention of Pollution during Transfer of Oil Cargo between Oil Tankers at Sea”, Regulations 40, 41 and 42.
Furthermore, this STS Plan template and format has been developed taking into account the guidance contained in the best practice guidelines for STS operations as identified by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) in the following two documents:
• © IMO’s “Manual on Oil Pollution, Section I, Prevention” as amended (IMO Manual), and
• © CDI/ICS/OCIMF/SIGTTO “Ship-to-Ship Transfer Guide for Petroleum, Chemicals and Liquefied Gases”, 2013 (STS Guide).