MARPOL Consolidated Edition 2017

MARPOL Annex II
Regulations for the control of pollution
by noxious liquid substances in bulk
Chapter 1 - General
Regulation 1
Definitions
For the purposes of this Annex:
1 Anniversary date means the day and t he month of each year which will correspond to the date of expiry
of the International Pollution Prevention Certificate for the Carriage of Noxious Liquid Substances in Bulk.
2 Associated piping means the pipelin e from the suction point in a cargo tank to the shore connection
used for unloading the cargo and includes all sh ip's piping, pumps and filters which are in open connection
w ith the cargo unloading line.
3 Ballast water
Clean ballast means ballast water carried in a tank which, since it was last used to carry a cargo containing a
substance in category X, Y or Z, has been thoroughly cleaned and the residues resulting therefrom have been
discharged and the tank emptied in accordance w ith the appropriate requirements of this Annex.
Segregated ballast means ballast water introduced into a tank permanently allocated to the carriage of ballast
or cargoes other than oil or noxious liquid substances as variously defined in the Annexes of the present
Convention, and which is completely separated from the cargo and oil fuel system.
4 Chemical Codes
Bulk Chemical Code means the Code for the Construction and Equipment of Ships carrying Dangerous
Chemicals in Bulk adopted by the Marine Environment Protection Committee of the Organization by resolution
MEPC.20(22), as amended by the O rganization, provided that such amendments are adopted and brought
into force in accordance with the provisions of article 16 of the present Convention concerning amendment
procedures applicable to an appendix to an Annex.
International Bulk Chemical Code means the International Code for the Construction and Equipment of Ships
Carrying Dangerous Chemica ls in Bulk adopted by the Marine Environment Protection Committee of the
O rganization by resolution MEPC.19(22), as amended by the Organization, provided that such amendments
are adopted and brought into force in accordance w ith the provisions of article 16 of the present Convention
concerning amendment procedures applicable to an appendix to an Annex.
5 Depth of water means the charted depth.
6 En route means that the shi p is under way at sea on a course or courses, including deviation from the
shortest direct route, which as far as practicable for navigational purposes, will cause any discharge to be
spread over as great an area of the sea as is reasonable and practicable.
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