HELSINKI COMMISSION

     
Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission

     
     
HELCOM RECOMMENDATION 24/6
     
GUIDELINES ON BUNKERING OPERATIONS AND SHIP TO SHIP CARGO TRANSFER
OF OILS, SUBJECT TO ANNEX I OF MARPOL 73/78, IN THE BALTIC SEA AREA
     

Adopted 25 June 2003
having regard to Article 20, Paragraph 1 b)
of the Helsinki Convention

THE COMMISSION,

RECALLING Article 8 of the Convention on the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Baltic Sea Area, 1992 (the Helsinki Convention), in which the Contracting Parties undertake to take measures in order to protect the Baltic Sea Area from pollution from ships,

RECALLING ALSO Article 14 of the Helsinki Convention, in which the Contracting Parties undertake individually and jointly to maintain adequate ability and to respond to pollution incidents,

NOTING that bunkering operations and ship to ship cargo transfer of oils, subject to Annex I of MARPOL 73/78, take place in the Baltic Sea Area,