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Thursday, February 23, 2012

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Bunkers

Visit this page for various bunkers articles. Here you will also find information on Avoiding bad bunkers; Bunker non-compliance - IMO reports; IMO bunker sampling guidelines; Hydrogen sulphide in bunkers and crude oil; Bunker Deviation Clause; Protection of bunker tanks; and Bunker alerts.

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Chemical

INTERTANKO continues to represent over 80% of the world’s parcel tanker and chemical tanker fleet. The Chemical Tanker Committee has continued is work by holding meetings at various strategic locations throughout the year. Membership of the Committee has continued to grow over the past year. Inert Gas Inert Gas and its application has continued to remain on the top of the Committee’s work...

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Environment

The main challenge for INTERTANKO’s Environmental Committee going forward is the continued proliferation of local, national and regional legislation. See below to view the variety of issue headings within the Environment topic area.

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Technical

The Technical topic page houses a myriad features including technical articles as published in Weekly NEWS as well as a number of sub-headings including Annex VI, INTERTANKO Model Clauses and IMO meeting papers to name but a few.

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Navigation

INTERTANKO's Navigation Working Group is a working group within the INTERTANKO Safety, Technical and Environmental Committee (ISTEC). This section is where you can find information pertaining to this important area.

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Marine safety

In this section you can find the latest artices on Marine safety, as well as sections on Ship-to-Ship Operations; Need for effective BMP implementation re GoA piracy - and crew training; COSPAS-SARSAT; North American Issues; Casualties; Pilotage and Lifeboats.

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Security

This is where you will find the latest security bulletins. For more specific areas, please use the drop down menu below and choose from the list.

 

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Vetting & Port State Control

Vetting Committee Key issues: SMART Vetting Whilst affecting all members, this issue particularly impacts the chemical parcel trade where, on one voyage, a ship with more than one cargo and more than one customer the vessel could be required to have more than one inspection, potentially with one inspection company accepting the vessel and another not accepting the vessel; aspects regarding...

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Ports and Terminals

This section is where you will find the latest Ports and Terminals articles as published in Weekly NEWS, as well as other articles on the subjects detailed in the drop-down menu below.

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Legal and Documentary

The Legal and Documentary topic page is where you can find the latest articles in this important area. You can access more specific areas within the Legal and documentary section by accessing the drop-down menu below.

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Insurance

The International Oil Pollution Compensation Funds (IOPC) meetings last week 14-16 March in London included the 36 th session of the 1992 Fund Executive Committee and the second meeting of the 4 th Intersessional Working Group of the 1992 Fund. The Executive Committee discussed inter alia STOPIA and liability; the Working Group promoting quality shipping covered information exchange, incidence ...

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Human Element

INTERTANKO’s Council established a new committee in 2005 focusing on the human element in recognition of the crucial importance of this aspect to the tanker industry and to all aspects of the Association’s technical and operational work. This committee is called the Human Element in Shipping Committee (HEiSC). In addition to considering the attraction, training and retention of seafarers, this...

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