Marine Protection Rules Part 143 - Shipboard Marine Pollution Emergency Plans for Noxious Liquid Substances

What Part 143 applies to

This rule applies to:

• ships of 150 gross tons or more that carry noxious liquid substances in bulk as cargo.

Key aspects of Part 143

Part 143 prescribes requirements for shipboard marine pollution emergency plans for noxious liquid substances including plans contents; approval, maintenance, testing and review.

Part 143 will gives effect to Regulation 17 of Annex II of the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships 1973/78 (MARPOL).

Materials incorporated by reference in Part 143

The Minister of Transport signed this rule on 20 May 1998, which came into effect on 20 August 1998.

Shipboard Marine Pollution Emergency Plans for Noxious Liquid Substances

• international Code for Ships Operating in Polar Waters (the Polar Code), the environment-related provisions in the Introduction and all of Part II-A, adopted by the Marine Environment Protection Committee of the IMO by Resolution MEPC.264(68).

Getting copies of material incorporated by reference

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