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4 Operational Makeup of the Maritime Oil Transportation Industry
Pages 28-32

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From page 28...
... ) has been affected by OPA 90 and the exemptions determine if vessels are being removed from service earlier than usual because of restrictions imposed by OPA 90 or IMO Rules 13F and 13G · evaluate changes in fleet composition resulting from OPA 90 and IMO regulations This analysis will be based on a comparison of two base years: 1990 (before the enactment of OPA 90)
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From page 29...
... This information, as well as data on ownership and the sale and purchase of vessels, will be compiled by the Institute of Shipping Analysis, Goteborg, Sweden; Fearnley Research, Oslo, Norway; United Tankers, Goteborg, Sweden; and Drewry Shipping Consultants, London. USE OF LIGHTERING AND OFFSHORE PORTS, 1990 VERSUS 1994 OPA 90 allows single-hull tank vessels, which would otherwise have been phased out, to continue to off-load cargo in the United States until January 1, 2015, by utilizing offshore deep-water ports and designated offshore lightering zones.t These exemptions may have the overall effect of increasing the volume of oil transported through deep-water port and lightering systems.
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From page 30...
... Department of Commerce for crude oil imports to the United States; data will be presented in the aggregate and also on a regional basis. The historic trend will be used to project future patterns in lightering and offshore port use, from which estimates of direct, lightered, and offshore port deliveries of imported crude will be made.
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From page 31...
... ,..................... Independent Government Oil Companies ~1 990 ~1 994 FIGURE 4-2 Change in the volume of oil shipped to the United States, 1990 and 1994.
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... This information will be separated into categories, such as oil company, independent, and government fleets, to determine significant trends in the operational makeup of the tanker industry. Similar data may be required for the oceangoing barge industry in the United States, and, if so, these data will be obtained from the U.S.
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