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1 Every ship of 150 gross tonnage and above certified to carry noxious liquid substances in bulk shall carry on board a shipboard marine pollution emergency plan for noxious liquid substances approved by the Administration.
2 Such a plan shall be based on the Guidelines* developed by the Organization and written in a working language or languages understood by 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 a noxious liquid substances 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 a noxious liquid substances 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 noxious liquid substances 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 37 of Annex I of the Convention also applies, such a plan may be combined with the shipboard oil pollution emergency plan required under regulation 37 of Annex I of the Convention. In this case, the title of such a plan shall be ‘‘Shipboard marine pollution emergency plan’’.
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