REVISED
GUIDELINES FOR THE
TRANSPORT OF VEGETABLE OILS IN DEEPTANKS OR IN INDEPENDENT
TANKS SPECIALLY DESIGNED FOR THE
CARRIAGE OF SUCH
VEGETABLE OILS IN GENERAL DRY CARGO SHIPS
THE
MARINE
ENVIRONMENTPROTECTION COMMITTEE,
RECALLINGarticle38(a)oftheConventionontheInternationalMaritimeOrganization
concerningthefunctionoftheCommitteeconferreduponitbyinternationalconventionsforthe prevention and
controlofmarinepollution,
RECALLINGALSOresolutionMEPC.118(52)bywhichitadoptedtherevisedAnnexII
oftheInternationalConventionforthePreventionofPollutionfromShips,1973,asmodifiedby the Protocol of 1978
relatingthereto
(hereinafter referred
to as `MARPOL 73/78’),
RECALLINGFURTHERresolutionMEPC.119(52)bywhichitadoptedamendmentsto
the
International Code for the Construction
and Equipment of Ships Carrying
Dangerous
Chemicals in Bulk (IBC
Code),
CONSIDERING that the Maritime Safety Committee,
at its seventy-second session,
considered and approved the proposed amendments
to the IBC Code with a view to adoption
under the provisions of the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974 (1974 SOLAS Convention),
RECOGNIZINGthecurrentpracticesforthetransportofvegetableoilsindeeptanksin general dry cargo
ships,
RECOGNIZING ALSO the current practices of the transport of vegetable oils in
independenttanksspeciallydesignedtocarrythesevegetableoilsonboardofgeneraldrycargo ships,
NOTINGtheneedforthecontinuationofthecurrentmodeoftransportofthesevegetable oils on
specifically identified trades, where
the lack of
availability of
NLS tankers is demonstrated,
BEINGCONVINCEDthatadequateprecautionisneededtoprovidetheprotectionofthe marine environment at the level as
required by Annex II of MARPOL 73/78,
as amended,
1. ADOPTS the revised Guidelines for the transport of vegetable oils in deeptanks or in
independenttanksspeciallydesignedforthecarriageofsuchvegetableoilsingeneraldrycargo ships, the text of
which is set out in the Annex to this resolution;
2. INVITESthePartiestonotethattherevisedGuidelinessupersedetheGuidelinesadopted
by
resolution MEPC.120(52) on 15 October 2004; and
3. INVITES ALSO the Parties to note that the revised
Guidelines shall take effect on 1
January 2007.