- (a) that the ship meets extra stability requirements and
- (b) that its International Prevention of Oil Pollution Certificate is endorsed to indicate the ship’s conformity with relevant requirements of these Regulations (regulation 18).
All ships are required to carry Procedures and Arrangements Manual complying with the Standards for Procedures and Arrangements adopted by the MEPC (regulation 19), and to be provided with the equipment and arrangements specified in that manual (regulation 22). They are also required to carry a Cargo
Record Book in which operations involving cargoes of noxious liquid substances have to be recorded (regulation 20).
Every tank designated to carry a Category B or C substance is required to have a pumping system capable of emptying the tank so that the residues remaining after unloading is complete do not exceed, in the case of a new ship, 0.1m3 for a Category B and 0.3m3 for a Category C substance and, in the case of an existing ship, 0.3m3 for a Category B and 0.9m3 for a Category C substance (regulation 21).
Ships are required to be surveyed for the purposes of the regulations, to carry an International Pollution Prevention Certificate for the Carriage of Noxious Liquid Substances in Bulk and to be maintained in accordance with that certificate (regulations 23—25).
Carriage of noxious or unassessed liquid substances in bulk is prohibited except where the ship has the appropriate certificate (regulation 28).
Penalties are prescribed for breaches of the regulations and provision is made for ships to be detained where a breach occurs (regulations 29 and 30).
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