These Regulations amend the Merchant Shipping (Ship-to-Ship Transfers) Regulations 2010 in relation with ship-to-ship tansfers of oil. They, among other things, implement the new Chapter 8 of Annex I to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973, as modified by the Protocol of 1978, which provides that ships of 150 gross tons or more must not carry out ship-to-ship cargo transfers of oil in the Pollution Control Zone. They also designate a permit area in United Kingdom waters within which the Secretary of State may permit ship-to-ship cargo transfers of oil.
المملكة المتحدة لبريطانيا العظمى وآيرلندا الشمالية · 2012-03-05