Can any single hull tankers operate beyond the dates set?
The revised regulation 13G allows the Administration (flag State) to permit continued operation of category 2 or 3 tankers beyond its phase-out date in accordance with the schedule subject to satisfactory results from the CAS, but the continued operation must not go beyond the anniversary of the date of delivery of the ship in 2015 or the date on which the ship reaches 25 years of age after the date of its delivery, whichever is earlier. In the case of certain Category 2 or 3 oil tankers fitted with only double bottoms or double sides not used for the carriage of oil and extending to the entire cargo tank length or tankers fitted with double hull spaces not meeting the minimum distance protection requirements, which are not used for the carriage of oil and extend to the entire cargo tank length, the Administration may allow continued operation beyond its phase-out date in accordance with the schedule, provided that the ship was in service on 1 July 2001, the Administration is satisfied
