MARPOL Annex I definition

MARPOL Annex I means the annex to the International Convention for Prevention of Pollution from Ships, concerned with the regulation of oil, which entered into force on the 2nd day of October, 1983;

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MARPOL Annex I means Annex I to the MARPOL Convention including all amendments made to that Annex up to and including those adopted by IMO Resolution MEPC.238 (65) on 17 May 2013 and which came into force on 1 January 2015;

MARPOL Annex I means Annex I to the MARPOL Convention including all amendments made to that Annex up to and including those adopted by IMO Resolution MEPC.276(70) on 28 October 2016 and which came in to force on 1 March 2018;

Examples of MARPOL Annex I in a sentence

• MARPOL Certificates (Conformance to MARPOL Annex I, II, IV, and VI-Oil, NLS, Sewage and Air by USCG/EPA).

• Vessels that were delivered after 1 August 2010 are not compliant with 12A, however the American Bureau of Shipping may conduct periodic inspections and issue a Statement of Voluntary Compliance for MARPOL Annex I notwithstanding the lack of compliance with regulation 12A.

• Notwithstanding this lack of a MARPOL Annex I SOVC, they may continue to be certificated by the USCG using the procedures described in this agreement for an Alternate Compliance Program specific to MSC.

• Changes to US and International pollution prevention regulations require the final four vessels of the T-AKE class, delivered after 1 Aug 2010, to meet oil fuel protection regulations (regulation 12A of MARPOL Annex I).

• MARPOL Annex I Chapter 8, Regulation 40 (5) provides: “The regulations contained in this chapter shall not apply to STS operations where either of the ships involved is a warship, naval auxiliary or other ship owned or operated by a State and used, for the time being, only on government non-commercial service.

• MSC’s T-AO Class single-hull oilers and T-AK, T-AKE and T-AOE Class comply in all other respects with MARPOL, Annex I and are exempt from the double hull requirements under Article 3, paragraph 3, of MARPOL 73 as amended.

• The Committee adopted amendments to MARPOL Annex I related to Form B of the IOPP (see MEPC.276(70) The Committee adopted draft amendments to ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇ (MEPC.227(70) related to substances Harmful to the Marine Environment (HME) and the Form of the Garbage Record Book with an effective date of 1 September 2017.

• Note that a MSC vessel’s compliance with the International Ship and Port Facility (ISPS) Code, Maritime Labor Convention (MLC), Maritime Pollution (MARPOL) Annex I (for single hull T-AO tankers, T-AOEs and T-AKEs as notated in paragraphs 15, 16, 19 and 25 in this MOA, Annex III) Annex VI (for Bunker Delivery Notices, see this MOA Annex III paragraph 26), and/or Ballast Water Management (BWM) Convention are neither a prerequisite for enrollment into or required for continued participation in the MSC-ACP.

• Every ship of 400 GT or more must be provided with a tank or tanks of adequate capacity, in regard to type of machinery and length of voyage, to receive the oil residues (sludge) that cannot be dealt with otherwise in accordance with MARPOL Annex I.

More Definitions of MARPOL Annex I

MARPOL Annex I means Annex I to the MARPOL Convention including all amendments made to that Annex up to and including those adopted by IMO Resolution MEPC.314(74) on 17 May 2019 which came in to force on 1 October 2020;2

MARPOL Annex I means the revised Annex I to the MARPOL Convention containing Regulations for the Prevention of Pollution by Oil adopted by Resolution 117 (52) of the Maritime Environment Protection Committee (“MEPC”) of the IMO at its fifty–second session on the 15 October 2004, coming into force 1 January 2007 and includes appendices and unified interpretations to that Annex;

MARPOL Annex I or “Annex I” means Annex I to the MARPOL Convention: “Regulations for the the Prevention of Pollution by Oil”, including any other amendment related thereto, as may from time to time be ratified, acceded to or accepted by the Government of Malta and other instruments, standards and specifications of a mandatory nature related thereto, adopted or developed by the International Maritime Organization;