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1 Every oil tanker
of 150 gross tonnage and above and every ship other than an oil
tanker of 400 gross tonnage and above shall carry on board a shipboard
oil pollution emergency plan approved by the Administration.
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2 Such a plan shall
be prepared based on guidelines* developed by the Organization and
written in the working language of the master and officers. The
plan shall consist at least of:
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the procedure to be followed by the master
or other persons having charge of the ship to report an oil
pollution incident, as required in article 8 and Protocol I
of the present Convention, based on the guidelines developed
by the Organization;† |
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the list of authorities or persons to be contacted
in the event of an oil pollution incident; |
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a detailed description of the action to be
taken immediately by persons on board to reduce or control the
discharge of oil following the incident; and |
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the procedures and point of contact on the
ship for coordinating shipboard action with national and local
authorities in combating the pollution. |
3 In the case of ships
to which regulation 17 of Annex
II of the present Convention also applies, such a plan may be combined
with the shipboard marine pollution emergency plan for noxious liquid
substances required under regulation 17
of Annex II of the present Convention. In this case, the title of
such a plan shall be ''Shipboard marine pollution emergency plan''.
4 All oil tankers
of 5,000 tonnes deadweight or more shall have prompt access to computerized
shore-based damage stability and residual structural strength calculation
programs.
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