Marine order 91—Marine pollution prevention—oil

Marine order 91 sets out the requirements of the prevention of pollution of the environment by oil for regulated Australian vessels, domestic commercial vessels and Australian recreation vessels including:

• certificates required to be held by vessels
• reporting requirements
• operational requirements for transfer of oil between vessels
• when a vessel is not permitted to enter a port.

Legislation and incorporated material

• Navigation Act 2012
• Protection of the sea conventions and legislation

Related content

• Assessment of the risk of pollution for marine oil spills in Australian ports and waters
• Effects of oil and dispersed oil on temperate seagrass
• General marine pollution reporting
• How to register an oil spill control agent
• How we respond to marine pollution incidents
• Identification of oil on water
• Intergovernmental agreement on the National Plan to Combat Pollution of the Sea by Oil and other Noxious and Hazardous Substances
• Mandatory MARPOL pollution reporting
• Marine environment
• Marine pollution
• MARPOL and its implementation in Australia
• Oil spill monitoring
• Pollution from fishing vessels
• Pollution response
• Register of oil spill control agents
• What is an oil spill control agent?
• Oil record book
• Guidelines for exemption of unmanned non-self-propelled (UNSP) barges from certain survey and certification requirements under the MARPOL convention (MEPC.1/Circ892).
• Guidance For The Recording Of Operations In The Oil Record Book Part I – Machinery Space Operations (All Ships) (MEPC.1/Circ.736/Rev.2 PDF222.83 KB)

Applications

• Notice of alteration or damage to an Australian vessel – oil (AMSA 192)
• Harmful substances report (POLREP)—oil (AMSA 197)

List of material referenced in this marine order:

• 2011 Guidelines and specifications for add-on equipment for upgrading resolution MEPC.60(33) – compliant oil filtering equipment, IMO resolution MEPC.205(62)
• Guidelines and specifications for oil discharge monitoring and control systems for oil tankers, IMO Resolution A.496(XII)
• Guidelines for the development of shipboard oil pollution emergency plans, IMO resolution MEPC.54(32) as amended by MEPC.86(44)
• International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers, 1978 (STCW Convention)
• International conventions
• Recommendation on international performance and test specifications for oily-water separating equipment and oil content metres, IMO Resolution A.393(X) amended by MEPC.24(22)
• Revised guidelines and specifications for oil discharge monitoring and control systems for oil tankers, IMO resolution MEPC.108(49) amended by MEPC.240(65)
• Revised guidelines and specifications for pollution prevention equipment for machinery space bilges of ships, IMO resolution MEPC.107(49)
• Revised specifications for the design, operation and control of crude oil washing systems, IMO resolution A.446(XI) amended by A.497(XII), A897(21)
• Standard format for the crude oil washing operation and equipment manual, IMO resolution MEPC.3(XII) amended by MEPC.81(43)
• Unified interpretations of Annex I, IMO circular MEPC.1/Circ.754 (register)
• Guidelines for the use of electronic record books under MARPOL (MEPC.312(74))

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