The Assembly,
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Statutory Documents - IMO Publications and Documents - Specifications and Manuals - Dedicated Clean Ballast Tanks - Revised Specifications for Oil Tankers with Dedicated Clean Ballast Tanks – (Resolution A.495(XII) adopted on 19 November 1981 by the Assembly of the International Maritime Organization at its twelfth session) - The Assembly,

The Assembly,

 RECALLING resolution A.297(VIII) by which it established the Marine Environment Protection Committee and specified the functions and responsibilities of that Committee,

 NOTING Regulation 13A of Annex I of the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973, as modified by the Protocol of 1978 relating thereto (MARPOL 73/78), concerning requirements for dedicated clean ballast tanks and resolution 14 of the International Conference on Tanker Safety and Pollution Prevention, 1978, which contains the Specifications for Oil Tankers with Dedicated Clean Ballast Tanks,

 NOTING ALSO that by the same resolution the Conference requested the International Maritime Organization to review and revise, as necessary, the Specifications,

 NOTING FURTHER that Regulation 13A(4) of Annex I of MARPOL 73/78 provides that every tanker operating with dedicated clean ballast tanks shall be provided with a Dedicated Clean Ballast Tank Operation Manual detailing the system and specifying operational procedures,

 RECOGNIZING that the said Manual is not only to provide guidance to the crew of the ship for proper operation of the system, but also to provide information on the system and its operational procedures for the inspectors going on board for inspection in ports,

 HAVING CONSIDERED the recommendation made by the Marine Environment Protection Committee at its fourteenth session,

  1. ADOPTS:

  • (a) The revised Specifications for Oil Tankers with Dedicated Clean Ballast Tanks, the text of which is set out in Annex 1 to the present resolution, to supersede the Specifications for Oil Tankers with Dedicated Clean Ballast Tanks contained in resolution 14 of the International Conference on Tanker Safety and Pollution Prevention,1978;

  • (b) Agreed interpretations of certain of the provisions of the revised Specifications as shown in Appendix 2 to the revised Specifications;

  • (c) The standard format for the Dedicated Clean Ballast Tank Operation Manual appearing in Annex 2 to the present resolution;

  2. URGES Governments to establish, in time for the entry into force of MARPOL 73/78, requirements for the dedicated clean ballast tank arrangements based on the revised Specifications;

  3. URGES FURTHER that the requirements to be established by Administrations should not impose requirements over and above those as laid down in the revised Specifications;

  4. INVITES Governments:

  • (a) To use the standard format for the Dedicated Clean Ballast Tank Operation Manual as called for by Regulation 13A of MARPOL 73/78;

  • (b) To ensure that if the language of the Manual is neither English nor French, the Manual shall include a translation into one of these languages.

Parent topic: Revised Specifications for Oil Tankers with Dedicated Clean Ballast Tanks – (Resolution A.495(XII) adopted on 19 November 1981 by the Assembly of the International Maritime Organization at its twelfth session)
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