Loadicator Requirement As Per Marpol
Loadicator Requirement As Per Marpol
Loadicator Requirement As Per Marpol
248(66)
Adopted on 4 April 2014
AMENDMENTS TO THE ANNEX OF THE PROTOCOL OF 1978 RELATING TO
THE INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION FOR THE PREVENTION OF POLLUTION FROM SHIPS, 1973
RESOLUTION MEPC.248(66)
Adopted on 4 April 2014
AMENDMENTS TO THE ANNEX OF THE PROTOCOL OF 1978 RELATING TO
THE INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION FOR THE PREVENTION OF POLLUTION FROM SHIPS, 1973
RESOLUTION MEPC.248(66)
Adopted on 4 April 2014
NOTING article 16 of the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from
Ships, 1973 (hereinafter referred to as the "1973 Convention") and article VI of the
Protocol of 1978 relating to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from
Ships, 1973 (hereinafter referred to as the "1978 Protocol") which together specify the
amendment procedure of the 1978 Protocol and confer upon the appropriate body of the
Organization the function of considering and adopting amendments to the 1973 Convention,
as modified by the 1978 Protocol (MARPOL),
ANNEX
Chapter 1 – General
"6 The Administration may waive the requirements of regulation 28(6) for the
following oil tankers if loaded in accordance with the conditions approved by the
Administration taking into account the guidelines developed by the Organization:
Regulation 19 – Double hull and double bottom requirements for oil tanker delivered
on or after 6 July 1996
Regulation 20 – Double hull and double bottom requirements for oil tanker delivered
before 6 July 1996
3 In paragraphs 20.1.2 and 20.4, the references to "paragraph 28.6" are replaced with
the references to "paragraph 28.7".
"6 All oil tankers shall be fitted with a stability instrument, capable of verifying
compliance with intact and damage stability requirements approved by the
Administration having regard to the performance standards recommended by the
Organization:
5.7.6 The requirements of regulation 28(6) are waived in respect of the ship in
accordance with regulation 3.6. Stability is verified by one or more of the
following means: