MOST IMPORTANT DEFINITIONS

12 Instantaneous rate of discharge of oil content means the rate of discharge of oil in litres
per hour at any instant divided by the speed of the ship in knots at the same instant.

13 Tank means an enclosed space which is formed by the permanent structure of a ship and
which is designed for the carriage of liquid in bulk.

14 Wing tank means any tank adjacent to the side shell plating.

15 Centre tank means any tank inboard of a longitudinal bulkhead.

16 Slop tank means a tank specifically designated for the collection of tank drainings, tank
washings and other oily mixtures.

17 Clean ballast means the ballast in a tank which since oil was last carried therein, has been
so cleaned that effluent therefrom if it were discharged from a ship which is stationary into clean
calm water on a clear day would not produce visible traces of oil on the surface of the water or on
adjoining shorelines or cause a sludge or emulsion to be deposited beneath the surface of the
water or upon adjoining shorelines. If the ballast is discharged through an oil discharge
monitoring and control system approved by the Administration, evidence based on such a system
to the effect that the oil content of the effluent did not exceed 15 parts per million shall be
determinative that the ballast was clean, notwithstanding the presence of visible traces.

18 Segregated ballast means the ballast water introduced into a tank which is completely
separated from the cargo oil and oil fuel system and which is permanently allocated to the
carriage of ballast or to the carriage of ballast or cargoes other than oil or noxious liquid
substances as variously defined in the Annexes of the present Convention.
19 Length (L) means 96 per cent of the total length on a waterline at 85 per cent of the least
moulded depth measured from the top of the keel, or the length from the foreside of the stem to
the axis of the rudder stock on that waterline, if that be greater. In ships designed with a rake of
keel the waterline on which this length is measured shall be parallel to the designed waterline.
The length (L) shall be measured in metres.
20 Forward and after perpendiculars shall be taken at the forward and after ends of the
length (L). The forward perpendicular shall coincide with the foreside of the stem on the
waterline on which the length is measured.

21 Amidships is at the middle of the length (L

22 Breadth (B) means the maximum breadth of the ship, measured amidships to the moulded
line of the frame in a ship with a metal shell and to the outer surface of the hull in a ship with a
shell of any other material. The breadth (B) shall be measured in metres.

23 Deadweight (DW) means the difference in tonnes between the displacement of a ship in
water of a relative density of 1.025 at the load waterline corresponding to the assigned summer
freeboard and the lightweight of the ship.

24 Lightweight means the displacement of a ship in metric tons without cargo, fuel,
lubricating oil, ballast water, fresh water and feed water in tanks, consumable stores, and
passengers and crew and their effects.

25 Permeability of a space means the ratio of the volume within that space which is assumed
to be occupied by water to the total volume of that space.

26 Volumes and areas in a ship shall be calculated in all cases to moulded lines.

27 Anniversary date means the day and the month of each year, which will correspond to the
date of expiry of the International Oil Pollution Prevention Certificate.

28.1 ship delivered on or before 31 December 1979 means a ship:
.1 for which the building contract is placed on or before 31 December 1975; or
.2 in the absence of a building contract, the keel of which is laid or which is at a
similar stage of construction on or before 30 June 1976; or
.3 the delivery of which is on or before 31 December 1979; or
.4 which has undergone a major conversion:
.1 for which the contract is placed on or before 31 December 1975; or
.2 in the absence of a contract, the construction work of which is begun on or
before 30 June 1976; or
.3 which is completed on or before 31 December 1979.

28.2 ship delivered after 31 December 1979 means a ship:
.1 for which the building contract is placed after 31 December 1975; or
.2 in the absence of a building contract, the keel of which is laid or which is at a
similar stage of construction after 30 June 1976; or
.3 the delivery of which is after 31 December 1979; or
.4 which has undergone a major conversion:
.1 for which the contract is placed after 31 December 1975; or
.2 in the absence of a contract, the construction work of which is begun after
30 June 1976; or
.3 which is completed after 31 December 1979.

28.3 oil tanker delivered on or before 1 June 1982 means an oil tanker:
.1 for which the building contract is placed on or before 1 June 1979; or
.2 in the absence of a building contract, the keel of which is laid or which is at a
similar stage of construction on or before 1 January 1980; or
.3 the delivery of which is on or before 1 June 1982; or
.4 which has undergone a major conversion:
.1 for which the contract is placed on or before 1 June 1979; or
.2 in the absence of a contract, the construction work of which is begun on or
before 1 January 1980; or
.3 which is completed on or before 1 June 1982

28.4 oil tanker delivered after 1 June 1982 means an oil tanker:
.1 for which the building contract is placed after 1 June 1979; or
.2 in the absence of a building contract, the keel of which is laid or which is at a
similar stage of construction after 1 January 1980; or
.3 the delivery of which is after 1 June 1982; or
.4 which has undergone a major conversion:
.1 for which the contract is placed after 1 June 1979; or
.2 in the absence of a contract, the construction work of which is begun after
1 January 1980; or
.3 which is completed after 1 June 1982.

28.5 oil tanker delivered before 6 July 1996 means an oil tanker:
.1 for which the building contract is placed before 6 July 1993; or
.2 in the absence of a building contract, the keel of which is laid or which is at a
similar stage of construction before 6 January 1994; or
.3 the delivery of which is before 6 July 1996; or
.4 which has undergone a major conversion:
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.1 for which the contract is placed before 6 July 1993; or
.2 in the absence of a contract, the construction work of which is begun
before 6 January 1994; or
.3 which is completed before 6 July 1996.
28.6 oil tanker delivered on or after 6 July 1996 means an oil tanker:
.1 for which the building contract is placed on or after 6 July 1993; or
.2 in the absence of a building contract, the keel of which is laid or which is at a
similar stage of construction on or after 6 January 1994; or
.3 the delivery of which is on or after 6 July 1996; or
.4 which has undergone a major conversion:
.1 for which the contract is placed on or after 6 July 1993; or
.2 in the absence of a contract, the construction work of which is begun on or
after 6 January 1994; or
.3 which is completed on or after 6 July 1996.

28.7 oil tanker delivered on or after 1 February 2002 means an oil tanker:
.1 for which the building contract is placed on or after 1 February 1999; or
.2 in the absence of a building contract, the keel of which is laid or which is at a
similar stage of construction on or after 1 August 1999; or
.3 the delivery of which is on or after 1 February 2002; or
.4 which has undergone a major conversion:
.1 for which the contract is placed on or after 1 February 1999; or
.2 in the absence of a contract, the construction work of which is begun on or
after 1 August 1999; or
.3 which is completed on or after 1 February 2002.

28.8 oil tanker delivered on or after 1 January 2010 means an oil tanker:
.1 for which the building contract is placed on or after 1 January 2007; or
.2 in the absence of a building contract, the keel of which is laid or which is at a
similar stage of construction on or after 1 July 2007; or
.3 the delivery of which is on or after 1 January 2010; or
.4 which has undergone a major conversion:
.1 for which the contract is placed on or after 1 January 2007; or
.2 in the absence of a contract, the construction work of which is begun on or
after 1 July 2007; or
.3 which is completed on or after 1 January 2010.

29 Parts per million (ppm) means parts of oil per million parts of water by volume.

30 Constructed means a ship the keel of which is laid or which is at a similar stage of
construction.

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