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U.S. Coast Guard (USCG ) requirements for Non-Tank Vessels

Ship Emergency Response Service (SERS)

Summary of USCG requirements

Ships affected

Any self-propelled vessel other than oil tanker > 400 gt, carrying oil as

fuel, entering U.S. waters.

Requirements of 33CFR parts 151, 155, 160:

1. Owners /operators to submit Non-Tank Vessel Response Plans (NTVRP).

2. Vessels > 340 m3 FO capacity: NTVRP to name contracted provider of damage stability and strength assessment services

3. Timeframe given for damaged stability / strength assessments:

• 3 hours to start calculations

• 12 /18 hours to complete, for near / offshore areas.

Time line: comparison of pre-modelled and not pre-modelled

Are all plans available, as needed to create model? Lines plan may not be: most yards will only give hull data to Class.

All plans instantly available for response

Model from plans to industry standards. Pre-modelling of complex or high FO

capacity ships benefit most.

Salvor / resource provider may not have model

MODEL PLANS

INCIDENT e.g.

collision with oil

spill

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Time line: comparison of pre-modelled and not pre-modelled

Stability / strength

calculations require to be started.

Stability critical and many oil spill situations can not be calculated

+24 hours

Optimal remedial actions investigated, shown live via web conference.

SERS independent advice to support the client only.

SERS results well advanced or completed, including oil spill which often needs very rapid

response.

+12 +18 +3

Calculations required to

completed- ‘near shore’ Calculations required to completed- ‘offshore’

From experience, salvor /

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basic model ready after this

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Achieve quickest recovery from incident, minimise

risk of loss.

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