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BUNKERS IMO Sampling Guidelines BUNKERS BUNKER QUALITY REPORT Protection of Bunker Tanks INTERTANKO Model Clauses
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Hydrogen Sulphide in Bunkers and Crude Oil Avoiding bad bunkers
Freight rates, ship values, bunker prices
Bunker prices
Bunker Alerts
Chemical
AMSA revised Chemical Response Plan Best management practices for the control and reduction of “inadvertent” cargo vapour emissions from tankers Carbon monoxide levels during tank entry with coconut and veg oils CDI
CDI - Marine Inspection - inspection requests
Chemical Contact Bulletins Chemical Tanker brochure Chemical Tanker Review Damage Stability Verification of Oil, Chemical and Gas Tankers - joint submission update EU acceptable previous cargo list Freight rates, ship values, bunker prices
Easy chemicals freight rates
IMO updates Inert Gas debate & INTERTANKO Position MARPOL Annex II The Revisions
Implementation of the revised MARPOL ANNEX II and the AMENDED IBC CODE 3000 m3 Issue under 4.1.3 BLG 11 - IMO Working Group on the Evaluation of Safety and Pollution Hazards (ESPH) Meets During BLG 11 The International Code For The Construction And Equipment Of Ships Carrying Dangerous Chemicals In Bulk (IBC Code), 2007 Edition INTERTANKO MARPOL Annex II A Practical Guide MARPOL Annex II Reception Survey Report P&A Manual Templates Product evaluation and cargo classification by 12th Session of ESPH 12 Working Group Evaluation of new products Products ommitted from the Revised IBC Code Biofuels – an update U.S. Coast Guard issues NVIC on MARPOL Annex II implementation MEPC.2/Circ.14 - Provisional Categorisation of Liquid Substances Pyrolysis Gasoline US Coast Guard Chemical Transportation Advisory Committee Revised IBC Code & MARPOL Annex II
OPRC-HNS Protocol Re-evaluation of cleaning chemical additives for cleaning cargo tanks Request for Line Draining Information (Survey) Tanker supply
Environment
Seventh annual shipping industry Tripartite meeting in Beijing IMO acts on marine noise pollution and ship strikes on whales Whale and Cetacean Conservation USCG
USCG – new oil pollution limits on liability USCG Oil Spill Database
Environmental Awareness Sewage Regulations VECS (Vapour Control) Environmental Projects
GloBallast ROPME & MEMAC MARTOB
Environmental Organisations
Sea Alarm Foundation
IMO Meeting Papers Environmental Bulletins North American Issues
U.S. NOAA – East Coast right whale speed restrictions Update on new U.S. EPA NPDES discharge requirements Right Whale protection measures require mandatory slow steaming on U.S. East Coast US Reception Facilities Reporting Format Average Most Probable Discharge (AMPD) Ballast Water Management
Pollution Prevention
SMPEP & SOPEP LOF 2000 (SCOPIC) Oil Spill Response Organisations ITOPF Country Profiles SOPEP-National Contacts
Air Emission
Best Management Practices for the control and reduction of “inadvertent” cargo vapour emissions from tankers Vapour Emission Control Systems Standards EU Amendments to Directive 1999/32 - Sulphur Emissions Emission Trading Regional developments MARPOL Annex VI Impact of Low Sulphur fuel on Marine engines
Antifouling paints
Paint Database IMO Legislation
Reception Facilities
Inadequacy Reporting: Why and How United States Reporting Format Industry Reception Facilities Forum Inadequacy Feedback and Reports
Ballast water
Ballast Water Treatment Technology BLG 11 - ballast water working group report Ballast Water Legislation
Klaipeda, Butinge Oil Terminal USA Ukraine Georgia Novorossiysk Peru Panama Israel Chile Argentina
Buenos Aires, Argentina
New Zealand Australia
Victoria, Australia
Canada Brazil
Ballast Water Guidelines
Human Element
Update on ongoing revision process for STCW Convention and Code Seafarer Welfare HEiSC STW WG ILO 180 MSC 2006 Guidance Book Hours of Work & Rest IMO Stowaway Focal Point IMO GUIDELINES - Fair treatment of seafarers in the event of a maritime accident Best Practise - Cadet Berths Human Element Contact Bulletins Alert! Fatigue Operational/Safe Manning
Insurance
Bunkers Convention HNS Convention Oil Spill Liability and Compensation
IOPC Funds Working Group meeting 14-16 March 2007 IOPC's new intersessional Working Group IOPC Fund Assembly October 2005 IOPC Funds Working Group meeting – March 2005 IOPC Fund Working Group to continue deliberations on possible revision of CLC & FC Regime IOPC Fund – CLC/FC revision talks continue - interest in industry proposals IMO Diplomatic Conference, further enhancing protection of oil pollution victims IOPC - Important Oil Spill Liability Discussions at the IOPC Fund Working Group 3-7 February 2003. Review of the International Compensation Regime - joint submission by ICS and INTERTANKO IOPC Fund Third Intersessional Working Group - May 2002 IOPC Funds Assembly 16-19 October 2001
Overview of the 1992 CLC & Fund Regime Useful links War Risk Cover
Joint War Risk Committee meets INTERTANKO and ICS on 22 March 2007 INTERTANKO and ICS meet with representatives of the Joint War Committee of the London market Joint War Committee revises list of areas of perceived enhanced risk Joint War Committee (JWC) Shelltime 4, Clause 34 - Recovery of additional war risk premiums Report from Meeting with Underwriters 25 April 2002 Report from Meeting with Underwriters 29 January 2002 Report from Meeting with Underwriters 13 November 2001 Report from Meeting with Underwriters 25 September 2001 INTERTANKO and ICS Position Paper VOYWAR 1993 CONWARTIME 1993
Wreck Removal Convention
Legal and Documentary
Anti-trust/Competition Law
Briefing note from Watson Farley & Williams updated January 2007 INTERTANKO Workshop on Competition Law - 15.11.06
Case Summaries
Acina - Shelltime 4 Afrapearl – Court of Appeal reverses first instance decision Alaska - New York Arbitration Alsternstern - The more hazardous the cargo, the more difficult to show seaworthiness Ambor/Once (the) - time charter - last voyage - Shelltime 4, Clause 19 considered Aniara - Charterers may cancel if tendering improper Archimidis – decision of the English High Court and Court of Appeal Asbatankvoy clause 8 - New York arbitration Cape Horn - guarantee on behalf of charterers’ holding company Count (the) - High Court - safe port warranty Diamond Park and Emerald Park – vetting issues discussed Doric Pride – vessel detained by U.S. authorities Elli and Frixos – decision of the English High Court Front Commander - Court of Appeal decision Golden Victory - House of Lords - assessment of damages Halki - Arbitration Clause - Construction - Application for stay of proceedings Halki - Case law update - Court of Appeal decision Happy Day - Allows owners' appeal and restores the award of the arbitrators Happy Day - Glencore Grain Limited v Flacker Shipping Limited Happy Day - NOR Hill Harmony - Court of Appeal upholds High Court decision on masters right to choose the route Hill Harmony - House of Lords - Master cannot ignore charterer's order on to the route to be taken - Court of Appeal Kriti Akti – Court of Appeal affirms High Court decision – Shelltime 3 – length of charter Li Hai – withdrawal from hire Liepaya - Recent English case law: Failure to give adequate notice of redelivery Loss not in parties’ contemplation Marika M - Whether vessel off-hire during period of repair Masters can decide route – recent decision of the English High Court Motis Exports - Court of Appeal upholder High Court decision - forged Bill of Lading New York arbitration decision – Asbatankvoy – foreseeability Nikmary - English Court of Appeal decision Obo Venture - Claims Clause Panalpine - What if English law had applied ? Peter Schmidt - Asbtatankvoy - Validity of NOR Peter Schmidt - Demurrage/laytime recent case law English Commercial Court Protank Orinoco - Cargo Retention Clause Ruhr Ore - Recent New York Arbitration decision - lightering/crew rest periods Seaflower - High Court - Rights of cancellation under vetting clause Stolt Spur - Vessel under multiple charters Voltaz - Whether demurrage claim time barred
Charter Party Advice
Asbatankvoy, Clauses 6,7,8 & 9 Blending Clause Calculation of freight: mass or weight Claims of Affiliates and under Bills of Lading clause – P&I cover prejudiced Delay in port - is demurrage the only remedy Early Loading Clauses Interim Ports Clause New Agency Clause Security clauses - protection for owners in voyage charters Shelltime 4, Clause 19 - The Ambor/Once Shelltime 4, Clause 24 - speed and consumption US - Automated Manifest System (AMS) Venezuelan strike December 2002 - charterparty consequences
Charter Party forms Charterers Clause
ChevronTexaco charterparty security clause Standard Tankers Bahamas Ltd.’s new Demurrage Payment Clause
EU Ship Source Pollution Directive litigation
Advocate General's Opinion - 20 November 2007 Background note to these proceedings English High Court Judgment - 30 June 2006 European Court rules that the validity of the EU Directive 2005/35/EU on ship source pollution cannot be assessed by reference to the international conventions MARPOL 73/78 and UNCLOS 1982 Judgment of the ECJ dated 3 June 2008 Legal analysis of Judgment of Hodge. J Press releases
Background note to these proceedings Industry coalition statement on ECJ ruling on EU SSP Directive EU Ship Source Pollution Directive - High Court Ruling INTERTANKO & others v. The Secretary of State for the Department for Transport
INTERTANKO Chartering Publications
New Publications
INTERTANKO Model Clauses
Agency Clause Ballast Water Management Clauses Basrah Oil Terminal Clause Bunker Deviation Clause Bunker Emission Clause for time charters Bunkering whilst waiting to berth clause for voyage charters Canal Transit Clause Charterparty river ports clause Completion/rotation clause Danish Straits Clause for Time Charters Danish Straits Clause for Voyage Charters Demurrage Payment Clause Hazardous Material Inventory Clause INTERTANKO Piracy Clause – Time Charterparties INTERTANKO Piracy Clause – Voyage Charterparties Maritime security - Voyage Charters Maritime security clause for time charters MARPOL Annex II Pre-Wash Clause
MARPOL Annex II Pre-wash Clause
Marpol Annex VI clause for bunker supply contracts MSDS Clause Oil Pollution Clause Open Sea Berth Clause Port Costs – Worldscale clause Puerto Miranda (Lake Maracaibo) Clause Pumping Clause Quality Management Clause ROB Clause STOPIA 2006 Charterparty Clause (for tankers of 29,548gt or less) Tank Preparation Clauses TOPIA 2006 charterparty clause (for all tankers) Turkish Straits Clause US Diesel Fuel Product Transfer Documentation Clause
INTERTANKO’s Freight and Demurrage Information Pool Law of the Sea: the challenge of unilateral measures v. uniform rules London Arbitration
Asbatankvoy – half demurrage provision, whether leak in cargo arm was “breakdown” of machinery/equipment. Hull fouling Portable pumps for discharging palmoil – for who’s account? Shelltime 4 – off-hire Short time charter - measure of damages Speed and performance warranties Validity of NOR Whether laytime to count during periods of bad weather
Questions & Answers - various charterparties
Asbatankvoy Clause 6 - Amended BPVOY4 BPVOY4 – Clause 6 – NOR COA - Damages or repudiation available to owners? Dirty ballast facilities not available Exxon Early Clause Force Majeure - Riot Frustration? Messina Strait - Worldscale Mobilvoy 96 – clause 21 - reloading Pumping – shore restriction Pumping – Terminal restrictions Pumping warranty Pumping Warranty – two discharge ports Shelltime 3 – point of redelivery after an off-hire event Shelltime 4 - Clause 21 Texacovoy – delays due to strike? Time-charter trip Turkish earthquake – force majeure Velavoy 94 - Laytime - Use of tug from another port Waiting time at Quingdao
Tanker Chartering Seminars
Athens 14 April 2005 Houston 29 March 2007 Istanbul 22 April 2008 Mumbai 3 October 2006 Singapore 27 March 2006
Useful links Washington State litigation
Review of the proceedings
Marine safety
COSPAS-SARSAT SLF 51 - Statutory Damage Stability Submission supporting documentation Winch Brake Settings North American Issues
U.S. Coast Guard issues 2009-2014 Marine Safety Performance Plan California – advisory on emission from auxiliary diesel engines Salvage & firefighting requirements
Casualties
U.S. pollution casualties - USCG Accidental pollution Tanker incidents
Pilotage
Pilotage in the Danish Strait Pilotage Working Group Pilot Ladder Safety Satisfaction at the increase in number of ships using pilot through the entrances to the Baltic Sea. Danish Pilotage & Model Clauses Co-operation with pilot associations Singapore Russia
Lifeboats
Lifeboat Feedback Forum Lifeboat Working Group MSC 1206 - Best Practice IMO Circular MSC.1/Circ.1206
INTERTANKO Oil Company Aide-Memoir
Navigation
AIS - Automatic Identification Systems BRM, MRM and BTM Electronic Charts
SOLAS Carriage requirement
INTERTANKO Model Clauses
Turkish Straits Clause
Navigation Working Group North American Issues
Salvage & firefighting requirements Tug escorts
Under Keel Clearance (UKC) Guidelines
BP UKC clause amendment Singapore & Malacca Straits
USCG
Deepwater Ports Act - Temporary Interim Rule
Vessel Data Recorders (VDR, Black boxes)
Phase out
Single-hull tanker phase-out calculator Phase out stats Regulations
MEPC 111(50) MARPOL 13 H MARPOL 13 G The EU regulation no. 417/2002
Regulatory schedules
OPA90 MARPOL 13 G Phase out calculator
Implementation policies MARPOL (non)-signatories Statistics Phase out booklet April 2005 Crude oil densities Commercial age limitations
Ports and Terminals
INTERTANKO attends the FONASBA Annual meeting Iraq - Payment of port disbursements at Mina al Bakr/Al Basrah is no longer illegal Charterers Agents Various graphs and information
Suez Canal transits
Segregated Ballast Tanks (SBT)
Implementation of IMO RESOLUTION A.747(18)
Trading requlations/sailing restrictions Charges and dues on SBT tankers
Research and Projects
Indicative key figures Phase out statistics
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WS to TC equivalents 2005
OPEC basket price Port State Control Oil supply and demand
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Record US gasoline import - EIA
Ordering and prices Suez Canal transits Tanker supply
Deliveries Phase out stats Scrapping Tanker and combined fleet development
VLCC fixtures Period chartering Freight rates, ship values, bunker prices
Bunker prices Easy chemicals freight rates Economical speed Indicative key rates Second hand tanker values and sales TC equivalents for selected trades
Casualties
Tanker incidents U.S. pollution casualties - USCG Accidental pollution
SECA
SECA Entry Guide INTERTANKO Bunkering Guide Guidelines for PSC officers SECA and Worldscale Time Charterparty Clause Members Feedback - Questionnaire MARPOL Annex VI regulations
Security
Abbreviations related to security Access of public authorities, emergency response and pilots AIS - Automatic Identification Systems Common approach by Round Table partners Company Security Officers (CSOs) – guidelines on training and certification Compliance on 1 July 2004 Continuous synopsis record (CSR) Crew Visas Declaration of Security (Dos) European Union Excessive terminal and crew restrictions Global integrated shipping information (GISIS) database IMO guidance for implementation of the ISPS Code Interface with FPSO/FSUs Interim certification INTERTANKO Model Clauses
Maritime security clause for time charters Maritime security - Voyage Charters
INTERTANKO Security Bulletin INTERTANKO to share security information with U.S. Coast Guard ISPS Code requirements for exercises Joint industry feedback form on maritime security Joint industry submissions to MSC79 Long Range Identification and Tracking (LRIT) Maritime Security into STCW Minimum requirements for the issue of certificates of proficiency for SSOs Navigation and vessel circulars (NVICS) North American Issues
Anti-terrorist legislation - shipowners' liability Maritime Security
Obligation to notify flag states when exercising control and compliance measures Piracy
INTERTANKO's Piracy Precautions & Guidance Document Security/Piracy Bulletin Service IMB Piracy Reports
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Seafarers’ Identity Documents (SIDS) Security cost reflected in the 2006 Worldscale schedule Security included in STCW Convention Ship Security Alert System (SSAS) Ship security officer (SSO)
Dispensations to perform duties of SSOs
Shore leave and access to ships Special Purpose Ships (SPS) Submission of vessel/facility security plan under MTSA Suppression of Unlawful Acts (SUA) – new protocols adopted The final rule Timely compliance U.S. standardises ID requirements for officials accessing vessels or facilities US ports - security status USCG
New Maritime Security NVICs Released
Voluntary self-assessment by SOLAS Contracting Governments and port facilities Voluntary self-assessment checklist for Companies and CSOs
Technical
IACS CSR tracking database goes on line Protective coatings of dedicated seawater ballast tanks required in all types of ships and double-sided skin spaces of bulk carriers Newbuilding Standards: Extended guarantee/net-scantlings/corrosion margins Generic vs. ship specific corrosion allowances for existing ships Coating on cargo tanks Means of Access INTERTANKO Model Clauses
ROB Clause Pumping Clause
FPSOs and FSUs - MARPOL Annex I Requirements Technical Projects
Multiphase guidelines A Guideline to Crude Oil Washing criteria CRUCLEAN CRUMECON
Goal Based Standards IMO Meeting Papers USCG
USCG PSC targeting and boarding policy USCG Oil Spill Database Guidance re U.S. maritime security Vessel Tonnage regulations interpretations New Maritime Security NVICs Released Deepwater Ports Act - Temporary Interim Rule USCG guidelines re oily water monitor and separator systems – revision
INTERTANKO/OCIMF/Class Discussions Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS)
BLG 11 believes that the standard MSDS format still needs be reviewed
Protection of Bunker Tanks North American Issues
USCG campaign on oily water separators Salvage & firefighting requirements Massachusetts Marine Safety and Oil Spill Legislation (Buzzards Bay Commission) Ballast Water Management Tug escorts Maritime Security Category 3 Engine Regulations Average Most Probable Discharge (AMPD) Anti-terrorist legislation - shipowners' liability Exclusionary terminal contracts
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Avoiding bad bunkers Hydrogen Sulphide in Bunkers and Crude Oil
Bunker Alerts Air Emission
Air emissions legislation - timeline for enforcement INTERTANKO VOCON Operational Procedure GHG Indexing of Ships - an INTERTANKO Model EU Amendments to Directive 1999/32 - Sulphur Emissions Vapour Emission Control Systems Standards Emission Trading Regional developments Impact of Low Sulphur fuel on Marine engines MARPOL Annex VI - Update
MEPC 57 – Outline agreement reached on revisions to Annex VI
Tank Level and Pressure Monitoring (TLPM) Tanker Specification Awareness Guide Transparency
Vetting & port state control
Tanker Officer Training Standards (TOTS) SIRE (Ship Inspection Reporting System) CDI (Chemical Distribution Institute) Vetting Contact Bulletins USCG
USCG PSC targeting and boarding policy
EQUASIS Vetting/Ship Inspections
INTERTANKO launches Version 3 of its Questionnaire 88 NEW Repsol YPF Vetting Procedures 2007 TMSA
TMSA 1/2 Gap Analysis Document TMSA Benchmarking INTERTANKO Database Officer Retention Calculator TMSA Liability Clause Change Management Definitions
Questionnaire 88 New Building Vetting PETRONAS vetting requirements McKenzie Ratings CEPSA vetting Requirements NAVION new building policy USCG Qualship 21 BP - CAPII and Fatigue Analysis Singapore - Terminal Vetting SHELL - Measures for Ship Quality Assurance Multiple Inspections Inspection Feedback Form
Port state control
Med' MoU Detention review Procedures Naming The Charterer USCG & Oily water separator inspections USCG QUALSHIP 21 Vina Del Mar - Latin American agreement on Port State Control Paris MoU Tokyo MoU Paris MoU Detention appeals procedures Tokyo MoU detention review panel procedures
Worldscale
SECA and Worldscale Worldscale
 
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Asia
INTERTANKO's Asian Panel meets in Hong Kong Hong Kong Singapore South Korea Japan Malaysia China - 中文
World Shipping (China) Summit, Shenzhen 2006
Europe
EU single hull regulation: CAS clarification and alignment with MARPOL
European Union Transport Council adopts changes to double-hull regulation Proposed amendment of Regulation (EC) No 417/2002 EU single hull Regulation, consolidated text Summary of EU single hull regulations
European Union Activities
Marco Polo Programme Maritime Cabotage Directive on Port State Control EMSA - European Maritime Safety Agency Monitoring, Reporting and Information System Report on European Transport Policy White Paper
Places of Refuge
North America
USCG
U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Chemical Transportation Advisory Committee Held USCG Oil Spill Database Guidance re U.S. maritime security USCG PSC targeting and boarding policy Deepwater Ports Act - Temporary Interim Rule New Maritime Security NVICs Released
VECS (Vapour Control) North American Issues
Industry coalition sues Michigan over ballast water law U.S. House adopts measure to implement MARPOL Annex VI Massachusetts Marine Safety and Oil Spill Legislation (Buzzards Bay Commission) Category 3 Engine Regulations Average Most Probable Discharge (AMPD) Salvage & firefighting requirements Exclusionary terminal contracts Tug escorts Anti-terrorist legislation - shipowners' liability USCG campaign on oily water separators Ballast Water Management Maritime Security
Chemical matters
US Coast Guard Chemical Transportation Advisory Committee
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INTERTANKO welcomes bail for Hebei Spirit officers
Published: 10 December 2008 08:51
Updated: 15 January 2009 18:33

 

 

INTERTANKO welcomes today’s news that the two officers from the Hebei Spirit  have been granted bail (set at around USD10,000 per man) and that they will be released from prison today.

 

 

However they are not allowed to leave Korea pending the final decision of the Supreme Court which will be made in the next few months.

 

 

The task remains to ensure that the “Hebei Two” are exonerated from all blame and are allowed to  return home.

 

The Hebei Two reunited with their families (click HERE for the full size picture).

 

23 Jan rally called off

 
In view of today’s bail announcement for the Hebei Spirit Two, the trade associations and unions involved in the planned action – V.Ships, the ITF, INTERTANKO, Intercargo and IMEC - have agreed to call off the rally scheduled for January 23 in London.
 

 

Background news - from 10 December

 

INTERTANKO has expressed its extreme dismay and disappointment with the Judgment of the Appellate Division of the Daejeon District Court announced today (10 December) in Korea.

 

See related article and Open Letter from INTERTANKO to Korea's President by clicking link below.

 

To see statement 10.12.2008 by Hebei Spirit's Manager V.Ships click here

 
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