Key Issues for Chemical Tanker

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KeyIssues

for

the

Chemical

TankerIndustryChemicalandProductTankerConference

London

10March2009


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Founded1987

AttainedconsultativestatusatIMO1997

ProjectleaderonIMOWorkshopsworldwideonMARPOL

AnnexII

19yearsonFOSFAOilsandFatsandTechnicalCommittees

CooperationwithNIOP(USA)

SettingupofCDI

CooperationwithUSCGandEuropeanCommission

EQUASISEditorialBoard

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Briefresume

of

developments

in

respect

of:

Chemical/ProductTankerrelatedissues:

Useof

Inert

gas

Carriageofbiofuelsandbiofuelblends

ShiptoShipTransferOperations

Devicestopreventthepassageofflameintocargotanks

MSDSfor

Annex

ICargoes

Generalissues AirPollution

BallastWater

Convention

ShipRecyclingConvention

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IIG

Conclusions Failuretofollowprocedures(atboth

shipboard

and

management

level)

was

most

significantcontributingfactor

Manningissuesnotconsideredsignificant

Spraying,steaming

etc.

contributory

factors

in

someincidents

Establishingand

maintaining

known

tank

atmospheresproblematicinsomecases

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Remedies? HumanfactorsTaskGroupsetuptoattempt

toidentify

ways

of

dealing

with

failure

to

followprocedures

IIGsuggeststoIMOthatthatasanadditional

failsafemeasure

considerationbegiven to

extendingtheinertgasrequirementstonew

chemicaltankersandnewproducttankers

under20,000DWT,withexistingshipstobe

subjecttoFSAandcost/benefitanalysis

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SubCommitteeonFireProtectioncharged

withdevelopingmeasurestoprevent

explosionson

oil

and

chemical

tankers

transportinglowflashcargoes

Firstfornewships,thenpossibly

considerationtobegiventoexistingships

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Concludesthatmoreinfoneeded,particularly

on: humanelementissuessuchasmaintenance

procedures,tankcleaningetc.andhowinerting

wouldaffect

them

lowflashcargoes whatproductswouldbe

affectedandtypeandnumberofshipsengaged

intransport

of

low

flash

cargoes

intankcasualties

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FP 52 January 2008


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FP53

February

2009

AgreementtoprincipleofIGbeingappliedtonewoiltankersofbelow20,000dwtandnewchemicaltankers

Furtherdiscussionnecessaryonquestionoflowersizelimit

SubCommittee

recognised

that

operational

requirementsofchemicaltankersmeanthatmaybenecessarytodevelopseparaterequirementsunderSOLAS

SubCommittee

to

ask

MSC

to

progress

work

on

the

issuethrough2011


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CARRIAGEOF

BIOFUELSAND

BIOFUEL

BLENDS

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Biofuelscurrentlycarriedinbulk:

Biodiesel(Fatty

Acid

Methyl

Ester)

Bioethanol

CarriedunderprovisionsofMARPOLAnnexII


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www.ipta.org.uk 13

Ethanol

IBCCode

Chapter

18

PollutionCategoryZ

Thereforecarriageonchemicaltankernot

required,butdischargerequirementsfor

categoryZmust

be

adhered

to


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14

FattyAcid

Methyl

Ester

IBCCodeChapter17 ShipType2

o PollutionCategory

Y

IBC Codeentries:

o Palmoil

fatty

acid

methyl

ester

o Coconutoilfattyacidmethylester

o Rapeseedoilfattyacidmethylester

o Fatty

acid

methyl

esters

(m)

(m) FromvegetableoilsspecifiedintheIBCCode


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15

JatrophaOil

NodatapresentedonJatrophaoil

NoTripartiteAgreementsconcluded

Jatrophaoilandjatrophaoilderivatives(e.g.

JatrophaoilFAME)havethereforenotbeen

evaluatedby

the

IMO

and

cannot

be

carried

in

bulk

bysea


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BIOFUELBLENDS

EthanolandGasoline

FAMEand

Mineral

diesel

2006 BLG10agreestointerimmeasuresforthecarriageofblends proposedbyIPTA,theUnited

Kingdomand

Sweden

:

SuchblendscanbecarriedundertheprovisionsofMARPOLAnnexIprovidingtheproportionof

biodieselor

bioalcohol

does

not

exceed

15

%

(B15/E15).

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17

Subsequentdiscussions:

15%cutoffpointforAnnexIIproductblendedinAnnexI

producthasnobasisinscience

Concernsaboutabilityofoildischargemonitoringequipment

(ODME)tocopewiththeseproducts

InterimguidancetoremainvaliduntilJuly2009

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BLG13 March2009

Agreestorecommenddevelopmentofa

3band

system:

Band1: 85%

or

more

petroleum

producttobecarriedasAnnexI

ODMEtobeapproved/certifiedforrangeofblends

carried;or

Cargoresidues/tankwashingstobepumpedashore

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Band2: more

than

1%

but

less

than

85%

petroleum

tobecarriedasAnnexII

mixturecalculation

to

be

carried

out

in

order

to

include

productinList3ofMEPC.2/Circ.

Initiallyastripartiteagreement,withmanufacturerto

provide

information

on

petroleum

product

used

in

blendinorderforpermanententryinIBCCode

Band3: 1%orlesspetroleum

tobe

carried

under

the

requirements

of

the

Annex

IIproductintheblend

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Interimguidancetoremaininplaceuntil

July

2011

Onlypreblendedproductsorblendscarried

outin

port

BLENDINGAT

SEA

TO

BE

PROHIBITED

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21

Renewable

Diesel FinlandsubmitspapertoBLG11(April2007)in

respectofaproducttheyproducefrom

vegetableoil

with

the

aid

of

hydrogen

(rather

thanthroughtransesterification)

Suggeststhat

this

product

is

more

similar

to

mineraldieselthanFAMEandshouldtherefore

becarriedundertheprovisionsofAnnexI

ratherthan

Annex

II


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BLGSubcommitteeconcludesthat:

thecomponentsareproductsthathave

longbeencarriedundertheprovisionsof

MARPOL

Annex

II

and

the

IBC

Code

topickindividualproductsatrandomout

ofAnnexIIandtransferthemtoAnnexI

wouldcall

into

question

the

very

basis

of

MARPOLAnnexII


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Finlandinvited

to

submit

data

on

renewabledieseltotheGESAMP/EHS

workinggroup

GESAMP/EHShassincestudiedthe

productandproducedahazardprofile

NofurtherprogressuntilFinlandmake

formalsubmissiontoESPH


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SHIPTOSHIPTRANSFER

OPERATIONS

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Newchapter

8to

MARPOL

Annex

I

PREVENTIONOFPOLLUTIONDURINGTRANSFEROFOIL

CARGOBETWEENOILTANKERSATSEA

Willapply

to

oil

tankers

of

150

gt

and

above

engaged

intransferofoilcargoatsea

Willapplytooperationscarriedoutonorafter

[15monthsafter

date

of

entry

into

force]

Entryintoforce:January2011?

willnotapplytobunkeringoperations

Willnot

apply

to

transfer

of

Annex

IIcargoes

(for

the

present)

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Shipsinvolved

must

have

STS

Plan

primarilyprovisionsalreadyinICS/OCIMFSTSGuide

PlantobeapprovedinconjunctionwithSMS

documentation

Firstsurveyafterentryintoforce

Notificationtocoastalstateinwhoseterritorial

waters[or

economic

zone]

the

transfer

will

take

placeatleast48hoursinadvanceofwhenthe

operationisduetotakeplace

Recordsofoperationstobekeptonboardfor3

years

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DevicestoPrevent

the

PassageofFlame

into

CargoTanks


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IBC

Code

Reg

8.3.6Controlledtankventingsystemsfittedto

tankstobeusedforcargoeshavinga

flashpointnot

exceeding

600C

shall

be

providedwithdevicestopreventthepassage

of

flame

into

the

cargo

tanks.

The

design,

testingandlocatingofthedevicesshall

complywiththerequirementsofthe

Administration,which

shall

contain

at

least

thestandardsadoptedbytheOrganization.


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MSC/Circ.677 REVISEDSTANDARDSFORTHEDESIGN,TESTING

AND

LOCATING

OF

DEVICES

TO

PREVENT

THE

PASSAGEOFFLAMEINTOCARGOTANKSINTANKERS

Para1.2.3

Thesestandardsareintendedfordevicesprotecting

cargotankscontainingcrudeoil,petroleumproducts

andflammable

chemicals.

In

the

case

of

flammable

chemicals,thetestmediareferredtoinsection3can

beused. However,devicesforchemicaltankersdedicatedtothecarriageofproductswithMESGlessthan0.9mmshouldbetestedwithappropriatemedia


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IACSinterpret

dedicatedtothecarriage

literally wherevesselscarryavarietyof

cargoeshavenotcheckedthatvalveshave

beentested

with

media

corresponding

to

lowestMESG

Denmark

expresses

concern

that

cargoes

with

MESGbelow0.9arebeingcarriedintanks

wherevalveshavenotbeensufficientlytested

Proposesthat

dedicatedtothecarriage

shouldbeamendedtocertifiedtocarry


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IACSpoint

out

that

if

this

to

be

pursued,

then

asourceofinformationonMESGvaluesof

productsisnecessary

Suggestthatcouldbebyreferencetocolumni inchapter17ofIBCCode,whereelectrical

apparatusgroups

are

assigned

by

reference

to

MESGvalues

GroupIIA MESG> 0.9

GroupIIB 0.5

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