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Safety At Sea World Single Hull Tanker Phase-Out Is Coming More than a decade after the U.S. enacted OPA '90, much to the consternation of the vessel design and owning community, the International Maritime Organiza- tion (IMO) has taken the first formal step towards a global phase-out of sin- gle hull tankers. The similarities between the action taken by the U.S. — action that was roundly panned outside of the States due to the fact that it was not undertak- en under the auspices of the interna- tional community — and the recent action at IMO are uncannily familiar; both actions coming in the wake of a high-profile oil spill disaster. The action at IMO was pushed forward vig- ilantly by the European Union in a determined effort to ensure that acci- dents such as the Erika, which broke in two and sullied the south of France last December, is unlikely to happen again. While market factors such as increased ship sales is obviously not the primary concern in matters of pro- tecting the environment, ships and crews, it is impossible to escape the fact that a phase out of single hull tankers, combined with the current overall poor sentiment towards fixing older tankers, will have a tremendous effect on the demand for vessels employed to move oil products. A recent Japan Ministry of Transport report showed that the current proposals for phasing out single hull tankers may induce additional tanker newbuilding demand of 30 million- dwt in 2003, and 80 million-dwt in 2008 (or 2010) for replacements of phased out tankers. In the interim, there would be a tightened shipping market and resultant higher freight rates. The IMO Rules The formal approval of the first phase of a single hull tanker phase out came with the approval by the 45th session of its Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC 45) of a working group report on proposed amendments to MARPOL 73/78. The approval thus 22 paves the way for the adoption of a revised regulation 13G of MARPOL at MEPC 46, the timing of which has already been brought forward to April 2001 to expedite the process. For pur- poses of classification, single hull tankers are separated into three cate- gories: Category 1 Oil Tanker Oil tankers of 20.000-dwt and above carrying crude oil, fuel oil, heavy diesel oil or lubricating oil as cargo, and of 30,000- dwt and above carrying other oils, which do not comply with the require- ments for protectively located segre- gated ballast tanks. Category 2 Oil Tanker Oil tankers of 20,000-dwt and above carrying crude oil, fuel oil, heavy diesel oil or lubricating oil as cargo, and of 30,000- dwt and above carrying other oils, which do comply with the protectively located segregated ballast tank require- ment. Category 3 Oil Tanker Oil tankers of 5,000-dwt and above but less than the tonnage specified for Category 1 and 2 tankers. • SAILOR SALES AND SERVICE AGENTS A Japan Ministry of Transport report shows that the current proposals for phasing out single hull tankers may induce additional tanker newbuilding demand of 30 million-dwt in 2003, and 80 million-dwt in 2008 (or 2010) According to the Japanese Ministry of Transport report, the major part of Category 1 tankers' age is around 23 to 24 years old (dis- tributed in 1975 or 1976) as in the year 1999, and most will be over 30 by 2005. Hence, a good deal of these category tankers will be scrapped under current requirements, without the accelera- tion scheme. However, the age limit of 23 years old to Category 1 tankers by the acceleration scheme will cause, according to the report, an impact to demand and supply of the tankers when it takes effect on January 1, 2003. The draft revision envisions two alternative plans — A and B — for phasing out single hull tankers. Both plans call for Category 1 ships to be phased out between January 1, 2003 ANTILLES (NETHERLANDS) Radio-Holland Caribbean N.V. Curacao N.A. Phone: +599 94 612577 Fax: +599 94 612723 ARGENTINA SEN S R.L. • Buenos Aires Phone .54114 36" 1496 Fax. .54 114 361 2606 AUSTRALIA Rubin Group Pty Limited • Arlarmon NSW Phone: -61 2 94392333 Fax -61 2 94392278 AMI sales O'Connor. Western Australia Phone: -61 89 337 3266 • Fax: +61 89 314 2929 BAHRAIN Aeradio Technical Services Mina Salman Port Phone: +973 727790 • Fax: +973 727811 BELGIUM Antwerp Marine Radio Company N V. Antwerp Phone: .32 3 202 0499 Fax: t32 3 202 0493 BRAZIL O.L. Naval Ltda. 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