SCHEDULEAMENDMENTS OF MERCHANT SHIPPING (PREVENTION OF OIL POLLUTION) REGULATIONS 1983

Regulation 28

8.  For paragraph (4) of regulation 28 there shall be substituted the following paragraph—

“(4) The length of each cargo tank shall not exceed 10 metres or one of the following values, whichever is the greater—

(a)where no longitudinal bulkhead is provided inside the cargo tanks, the lesser of—

(i)

(ii)0.2L;

(b)where a centreline longitudinal bulkhead is provided inside the cargo tanks—

(c)where two or more longitudinal bulkheads are provided inside the cargo tanks—

(i)for wing cargo tanks—

0.2L;

(ii)for centre cargo tanks—

(A)if

is equal to or greater than one fifth—

• 0.2L;

(B)if

is less than one fifth

• where no centreline longitudinal bulkhead is provided—

  

• where a centreline longitudinal bulkhead is provided—

  

and in this paragraph “bi” is the minimum distance from the ship’s side to the outer longitudinal bulkhead of the tank in question measured inboard at right angles to the centreline at the level corresponding to the assigned summer freeboard.”.