- In every oil tanker, a discharge manifold for dirty ballast water or oil contaminated water shall be located on both sides of the open deck of the ship.
- Every tanker with a segregated ballast system must satisfy the following:
- It shall be equipped with oil piping designed so that oil retention in the lines is kept to a minimum.
- Means shall be provided to drain all cargo pumps and all oil lines on completion of cargo discharge.
- Discharge of ballast water or oil contaminated water must be discharged above the waterline except:
- Existing oil tankers that are not capable of doing so without modification
- Existing Oil tankers operating with dedicated clean ballast tanks.
- Discharge may be by method of gravity if the ship is at SEA.
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