1 Every oil
tanker of 150 gross tonnage and above and every ship other than an
oil tanker of 400 gross tonnage and above shall carry on board a shipboard
oil pollution emergency plan approved by the Administration.
2 Such a plan shall
be prepared based on guidelinesfootnote developed
by the Organization and written in the working language of the master
and officers. The plan shall consist at least of:
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.1 the procedure to be followed by the master
or other persons having charge of the ship to report an oil pollution
incident, as required in article 8 and Protocol I of the present Convention,
based on the guidelines developed by the Organization;footnote
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.2 the list of authorities or persons to be contacted
in the event of an oil pollution incident;
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.3 a detailed description of the action to be
taken immediately by persons on board to reduce or control the discharge
of oil following the incident; and
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.4 the procedures and point of contact on the
ship for co-ordinating shipboard action with national and local authorities
in combating the pollution.
3 In the case of ships
to which regulation 17 of
Annex II of the present Convention also apply, such a plan may be
combined with the shipboard marine pollution emergency plan for noxious
liquid substances required under regulation
17 of Annex II of the present Convention. In this case, the
title of such a plan shall be "Shipboard marine pollution emergency
plan".
4 All oil
tankers of 5,000 tons deadweight or more shall have prompt access
to computerised, shore-based damage stability and residual structural
strength calculation programs.