2 Additional considerations

  .1 A person in charge of carrying out the plan

• .1 A person shall be designated in the VOC management plan to be responsible for implementing the plan and that person may assign appropriate personnel to carry out the relevant tasks;

  .2 Procedures for preventing or minimizing VOC emissions

• .1 Ship-specific procedures should be written or modified to address relevant VOC emissions, such as the following operations:

  • .1 Loading;

  • .2 Carriage of relevant cargo; and

  • .3 Crude oil washing;

• .2 If the ship is equipped with VOC reduction devices or equipment, the use of these devices or equipment should be incorporated into the above procedures as appropriate.

  .3 Training

• .1 The plan should describe the training programmes to facilitate best management practices for the ship to prevent or minimize VOC emissions.