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Rights & Permissions Free Resources Display this book on your site! Related Titles Double-Hull Tanker Legislation:An Assessment of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 Tanker Spills:Prevention by Design Other Related Titles Effects of Double-Hull Requirements on Oil Spill Prevention: Interim Report (1996) Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems (CETS) Citation Manager Export the bibliographic data for this book in your chosen format Web Search Builder Use this book's key terms to search within this book, across our collection, or across the Web. Skim This Chapter Skim this chapter and use this chapter's key terms to search within this book. Reference Finder Paste in your own text to find books that relate to your topic. Citation Manager . "List of Acronyms." Effects of Double-Hull Requirements on Oil Spill Prevention: Interim Report. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 1996. Please select a format: Page 45   E-mail Share on facebook Facebook Share on delicious Delicious Share on stumbleupon Stumble Share on twitter Twitter More Sharing ServicesMore The following HTML text is provided to enhance online readability. Many aspects of typography translate only awkwardly to HTML. Please use the page image as the authoritative form to ensure accuracy. List of Acronyms 13F Regulation 13F of Annex I of MARPOL 73/78 13G Regulation 13G of Annex I of MARPOL 73/78 ABS American Bureau of Shipping AIMS American Institute of Merchant Shipping ASIS Association for Structural Improvement of Shipbuilding Industry DB double-bottom DS double-side DWT deadweight tons; a measure of the carrying capacity of a vessel IMO International Maritime Organization; the United Nations agency reponsible for maritime safety and environmental protection of the seas ISMC International Safety Management Code ISSC International Ship and Offshore Structures Congress JAMRI Japan Maritime Research Institute LNG liquified natural gas LOOP Louisiana Offshore Oil Port LPG liquified petroleum gas Page 45 Front Matter (R1-R10) Contents (R11-R14) Executive Summary (1-2) 1 Introduction (3-13) 2 Ship Safety and Protection of the Marine Environment (14-19) 3 Economic Viability of the Maritime Oil Transportation Industry (20-27) 4 Operational Makeup of the Maritime Oil Transportation Industry (28-32) 5 Data on the Design, Construction, Maintenance, and Operation of Double-Hull Vessels (33-42) References (43-44) List of Acronyms (45-46) Appendices (47-48) Appendix A: Biographies of Committee Members (49-53) Appendix B: Questionnaires (54-58) Appendix C: Presentations to the Committee (59-59) Appendix D: Information Sources (60-60) Bibliography (61-62)

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EFFECTS OF DOUBLE-HULL REQUIREMENTS ON OIL SPILL PREVENTION: Interim Report List of Acronyms 13F Regulation 13F of Annex I of MARPOL 73/78 13G Regulation 13G of Annex I of MARPOL 73/78 ABS American Bureau of Shipping AIMS American Institute of Merchant Shipping ASIS Association for Structural Improvement of Shipbuilding Industry DB double-bottom DS double-side DWT deadweight tons; a measure of the carrying capacity of a vessel IMO International Maritime Organization; the United Nations agency reponsible for maritime safety and environmental protection of the seas ISMC International Safety Management Code ISSC International Ship and Offshore Structures Congress JAMRI Japan Maritime Research Institute LNG liquified natural gas LOOP Louisiana Offshore Oil Port LPG liquified petroleum gas

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EFFECTS OF DOUBLE-HULL REQUIREMENTS ON OIL SPILL PREVENTION: Interim Report M/T millions of tons MARAD Maritime Administration, Department of Transportation MARIENV 95 International Conference on Technologies for Marine Environment Preservation, Tokyo, Japan, September 24–29, 1995 MARPOL, MARPOL 73/78 The International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, adopted in 1973 and amended in 1978 MB/D millions of barrels per day MEPC Marine Environmental Protection Committee of the International Maritime Organization MEPC30 the 30th session of the Marine Environmental Protection Committee MIT Massachusetts Institute of Tecnology MOU Memorandum of Understanding MSI Maritime Strategies International, London; a firm specializing in historical marine shipping fleet and economic data MT/Y millions of tons per year MT/D millions of tons per day NRC National Research Council OPA, OPA 90 Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (P.L. 101-380) PIRA PIRA Energy Group PL protectively located SBT segregated ballast tanks Section 4115 Section 4115 of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 SNAME Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers SOLAS Safety of Life at Sea STCW Convention for Standards for Training, Certification and Watchkeeping VLCC very large crude carrier; refers to vessels of more than 175,000 DWT

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