Phase-out of single-hull tankers: impacts and implications

摘要

Lloyd's Register clarifies the latest changes to the regulations surrounding single-hull tankers and assesses the impact of these changes on the tanker market from both a commercial and a technical point of view. Since the sinking of the single-hull tanker Erika off the coast of France in December 1999 and the resultant oil pollution, tanker hull structures have been the focus of many heated debates, both within the industry and without, particularly the wider political realm encompassing the International Maritime Organisation and, most significantly, the European Union (EU).