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INTERTANKOs Focus on Chemical Tankers
Captain Howard Snaith Marine Chemical
Director INTERTANKO
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• INTERTANKO - The voice of chemical tanker owners
• INTERTANKO has been the voice of the independent
  tanker owners since 1970, ensuring that the
  cargoes that keep the world turning are shipped
  safely, responsibly and competitively.
• Historically INTERTANKO has represented its
  members chemical tanker interests through an
  open forum within INTERTANKO called the Chemical
  Tanker Owners Advisory Group (CTOAG).
• Over the last few years the number of chemical
  tankers within INTERTANKOs membership has been
  steadily increasing.
• To ensure that INTERTANKO provides optimal
  support and representation for its chemical
  tanker owners, it was decided to reconsider the
  current methods of work within INTERTANKO.

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• The INTERTANKO Chemical Tanker Committee
• In 2002 the CTOAG, chaired by John Fields of
  Iverships, was elevated from an open forum to the
  full status of a committee within INTERTANKO.
• This new committee is called the Chemical Tanker
  Committee (CTC) and meets twice a year rotating
  between Europe and the Far East.
• . The aim is to further the interests of
  independent chemical tanker owners and ensure
  that chemical tanker owners' interests are best
  reflected in the chemical industrys day-to-day
  trading activities and market developments.
• The appointment of Captain Howard Snaith as
  Marine and Chemical Director and the recent
  appointment of Margaret Doyle as Chemical Manager
  continue to strengthened our presence in this
  area.

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• Chemical Tanker Subcommittee (Americas)
• To ensure that the Americas are fully
  represented, INTERTANKO inaugurated the Chemical
  Tanker Sub-committee Americas (CTSCA) in April
  2003.
• This is a Sub-committee of the CTC which aims to
  support the work of the CTC while handling
  specific regional issues that arise from both
  North and
• South America.
• Both the CTC and CTSCA provide a forum for
  INTERTANKO to promote the activities and
  priorities nationally, regionally and
  internationally, and report to the INTERTANKO
  Council.

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• Representation at IMO
• Because INTERTANKO has observer status at the
  International Maritime Organization (IMO)
  chemical tanker interests are represented via
  participation in all the IMO meetings.
• Participation at the Bulk Liquid Gases
  Subcommittee (BLG), Marine Environmental
  Pollution Committee (MEPC),
• Evaluation of Safety Pollution Hazards Working
  Group (ESPH), Marine Safety Committee (MSC)
  ensures the chemical tanker owners expert input
  to the IMO forums that stand to affect them.
• The input provided at all of these meetings
  represented the input of INTERTANKOs entire
  chemical tanker membership. All background,
  reports and meeting documents are made available
  via the INTERTANKO website and the INTERTANKO
  Weekly NEWS.

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• Regulatory Issues and the Chemical Tanker Owner
• MARPOL Annex II Revisions
• The re-categorisation of the existing pollution
  categories within MARPOL Annex II will change the
  dynamics of the chemical tanker industry.
  Currently there exist 5 categories A, B, C, D and
  an Appendix III.
• INTERTANKO believes that a new 3-category system
  would be a lot simpler for industry, and also a
  lot simpler for Port State Control to implement.
  It is in fact a prudent move to reduce the number
  of categories from 5 to 3.
• It is proposed that the categories in such a new
  3-category system would
• be called X, Y, Z. Importantly, under this new
  system there would be no Appendix III and
  therefore no unregulated noxious cargoes.

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MARPOL Annex II Revisions
Current 5 category System Re-evaluated Effects
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MARPOL Annex II Revisions
The Effects of a 3 Tier System on Pollution
Categories
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MARPOL Annex II Revisions
MEPC 49

• Decisions Made at MEPC 49
• 3 1 Category System
• (X.Y.Z O.S.)
• A fourth category of unregulated cargoes, was
  accepted, providing that the cargoes in such a
  category would be only those that can be
  genuinely shown to pose no threat to the marine
  environment.

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MARPOL Annex II Revisions

• Decisions Made at MEPC 49
• This fourth category will consist of 8
  products 
• Apple Juice 
• Clay slurry 
• Coal slurry
• Dextrose solution
• Glucose solution
• Kaolin slurry 
• Molasses 
• Water
• It was also decided that  if any products
  evaluated in the future can be proven not to
  exhibit any harmful effects on the marine
  environment, they may be added to this category. 

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MARPOL Annex II Revisions
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MARPOL Annex II Revisions
Available Chemical Tonnage to Absorb the Changes

• There have been some claims that there will be
  insufficient tonnage available to take into
  account the regulatory changes proposed within
  MARPOL Annex II.
• INTERTANKO is currently undertaking a large
  independent study of available chemical tanker
  tonnage to determine the facts. Memers will be
  kept advised accordingly

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• Indian Age Restriction Removed for Chemical
  Tankers
• In June 2003 the Indian Government issued a
  circular (SD Circular 7/2003) announcing that in
  September 2003 tankers over 25 years of age would
  be banned from Indian ports. The ruling was to
  have included gas and chemical tankers.
• INTERTANKO submitted a brief to the Indian
  Directorate General of Shipping. The document
  submitted stressed the safety record of the world
• chemical tanker fleet and the strict
  international requirements for chemical tankers.
• This submission was followed up by a number of
  meetings and discussions between INTERTANKO and
  the Indian Directorate General of Shipping. Soon
  after these meetings, Circular (SD Circular
  8/2003) was issued.
• The circular indicated that SD Circular 7/2003
  had been amended to restrict
• the ban to oil and product tankers on
  international voyages to and from Indian ports.

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• Chemical Tanker Vetting
• Both oil and chemical tankers alike are subject
  to vetting inspections. The oil companies operate
  through the OCIMF SIRE system, and the chemical
  tankers through the Chemical Distribution
  Institute (CDI).
• INTERTANKO actively supports the use of both
  these recognised industry
• inspection systems in order to reduce the
  number of multiple inspections. INTERTANKO is
  represented at the following CDI Committees-
• CDI Technical Committee.
• CDI Executive Board.
• CDI Inspection Committee.
• CDI Audit Committee.

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• US Coast Guard High Interest Vessel Boarding
• Following the September 11th attacks, the US
  Coast Guard was tasked with ensuring the safety
  and security of the US Marine Transportation
  System. Immediately after the attacks INTERTANKO
  staff worked closely with the US Coast Guard and
  Captain of the Port representatives in the
  development of a risk assessment system to
  efficiently control movement of high interest
  traffic in the ports and waterways.
• The focus on high risk vessels such as tankers
  carrying gas, oil and chemicals resulted in the
  US Coast Guard High Interest Vessels Boarding
  Program currently in use.
• The High Interest Vessels Boarding Program and
  the current matrix being used are continually
  being modified using industry input. The Program
  will be discussed at the autumn CTSCA meeting.

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• US Coast Guard Chemical Transportation Advisory
  Committee (CTAC)
• INTERTANKO is as a member of the US Coast Guard
  Chemical Transportation Advisory Committee. -
  Recent CTAC committee and subcommittee meetings
  have focused primarily on maritime security
  relative to hazardous cargo transportation.

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