Title: Oil Pollution Act of 1973 - Wikipedia
Headings: Oil Pollution Act of 1973
Oil Pollution Act of 1973
Contents
History of OILPOL
Provisions of the Act
Definitions
Tank Ship Construction Standards
Zone Prohibitions
Oil Record Book
Repeal of Oil Pollution Act of 1973
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References
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Content: The 1971 OILPOL amendments imposed irrevocable oceanic jurisdictions for the Great Barrier Reef located in the Coral Sea. The international convention amendments introduced design control provisions for sea-going vessels which specified tank formation arrangement and tank size limitations for nautical transport ships . Provisions of the Act
The 1973 amendments accentuated the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution of the Sea by Oil, 1954 by complying with the 1969 and 1971 international convention agreement amendments. Definitions
Oily mixture means a mixture with any oil content. Discharge in relation to instantaneous rate of discharge of oil content means the rate of discharge of oil in liters per hour at any instant divided by the speed of the ship in knots at the same instant. Discharge of oil or oily mixture from a ship is prohibited unless
I.) ship is proceeding en route
II.) the instantaneous rate of discharge of oil content does not exceed 60 litres (13 imp gal; 16 US gal) per 1 mile (1.6 km)
Discharge of oil or oily mixture from a ship, other than tankers is prohibited unless
I.) oil content of the discharge is less than one hundred parts per one million parts of the mixture
II.) oil content of the discharge is made as far as practicable from the nearest land
Discharge of oil or oily mixture from tankers is prohibited unless
I.) Discharges from machinery space bilges shall be governed by the above provisions for ships other than tankers
II.) Total quantity of oil discharge on a ballast voyage does not exceed 1/15000 of the total cargo carrying capacity
III.)