31 Jul 2015 / Italy, Trieste

Change to rules for tanker re-admittance

The S.I.O.T. Marine Oil Terminal in Trieste has advised that the re-admittance procedure for tankers in the WARNING or REFUSAL list will be modified from 1 August. Ships in WARNING (list): To be submitted before calling S.I.O.T. Terminal to an S.I.R.E. inspection, with positive result, by an independent OCIMF recognized inspector under S.I.O.T supervision. Ships in REFUSAL (list): a) Will be not accepted for a "Trial Voyage" unless submitted with positive result to an S.I.R.E. inspection and her Company assessed positively by an OCIMF TMSA framework or equivalent AUDIT. The process to be performed by an independent OCIMF recognized inspector under supervision of SIOT. b) If the reason for the refusal can be ascribed to the Ship's Company, she has 3 months to accomplish positively to a COMPANY AUDIT. If not, after this time, the entire Company's fleet will be banned. (For information about operations in Italy, contact the GAC UK Hub Agency Centre at [email protected]) Source: Ant.Topic S.r.l., Trieste � GAC agent

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