Transport Operations (Marine Pollution) Regulation 2018
sch.1-sec.2Cargo or ballast operations
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sch.1-sec.2 Cargo or ballast operations
Each of the following operations is a recordable operation— a loading of oil cargo, including by transfer operation; an internal transfer of oil cargo during a voyage; an unloading of oil cargo, including by transfer operation; a ballasting of cargo tanks and dedicated clean ballast tanks; a cleaning of cargo tanks, including crude oil washing; a discharge of ballast, other than from segregated ballast tanks; a discharge of water from slop tanks; a closure of all applicable valves or similar devices after slop tank discharge operations; a closure of valves necessary for isolation of dedicated clean ballast tanks from cargo and stripping lines after slop tank discharge operations; a disposal of residues after an operation mentioned in any of paragraphs (a) to (i). In this section— transfer operation see section 59 of the Act . (sch.1-sec.2-ssec.1) Each of the following operations is a recordable operation— a loading of oil cargo, including by transfer operation; an internal transfer of oil cargo during a voyage; an unloading of oil cargo, including by transfer operation; a ballasting of cargo tanks and dedicated clean ballast tanks; a cleaning of cargo tanks, including crude oil washing; a discharge of ballast, other than from segregated ballast tanks; a discharge of water from slop tanks; a closure of all applicable valves or similar devices after slop tank discharge operations; a closure of valves necessary for isolation of dedicated clean ballast tanks from cargo and stripping lines after slop tank discharge operations; a disposal of residues after an operation mentioned in any of paragraphs (a) to (i). (sch.1-sec.2-ssec.2) In this section— transfer operation see section 59 of the Act .
- (a) a loading of oil cargo, including by transfer operation;
- (b) an internal transfer of oil cargo during a voyage;
- (c) an unloading of oil cargo, including by transfer operation;
- (d) a ballasting of cargo tanks and dedicated clean ballast tanks;
- (e) a cleaning of cargo tanks, including crude oil washing;
- (f) a discharge of ballast, other than from segregated ballast tanks;
- (g) a discharge of water from slop tanks;
- (h) a closure of all applicable valves or similar devices after slop tank discharge operations;
- (i) a closure of valves necessary for isolation of dedicated clean ballast tanks from cargo and stripping lines after slop tank discharge operations;
- (j) a disposal of residues after an operation mentioned in any of paragraphs (a) to (i).