Korean Oil Pollution Regulations (June 1999) - Table 1

Class of vessel Equipment/materials Quantity needed Oil tanker of 10,000GT or greater. Oil Booms (type B or C)
Dispersent & Sorbent or Oil Gel 1½ x vessel length or 200m, whichever greater.
40X + 100Y + 30Z = U Oil tanker of 1,000 to 10,000GT restricted
to coastal regions Oil Booms (type B or C)
Dispersent & Sorbent or Oil Gel 2 x vessel length or 150m, whichever greater
20X + 50Y + 15Z = U Oil tanker of 1,000 to 10,000GT unrestricted Oil Booms (type B or C)
Dispersent & Sorbent or Oil Gel 1½ x vessel length or 100m, whichever greater
40X + 100Y + 30Z = U Oil tanker of 100 to 1,000GT restricted
to coastal regions Oil Booms (type A or B)
Dispersent & Sorbent or Oil Gel 2 x vessel length or 100m, whichever greater
20X + 50Y + 15Z = U Oil tanker of 100 to 1,000GT unrestricted Oil Booms (type A or B)
Dispersent & Sorbent or Oil Gel 1½ x vessel length or 60m, whichever greater
40X + 100Y + 15Z = U Non-oil tanker of  10,000GT or greater,
equipped with propulsion Oil Booms (type B or C)
Dispersent & Sorbent or Oil Gel 1½ x vessel length
40X + 100Y + 30Z = W

Notes

Oil Boom Type Height above waterline Depth below waterline A 20 ~ 30cm 30 ~ 40cm B 30 ~ 60cm 40 ~ 90cm C over 60cm over 90cm

X = quantity of dispersent in kilolitres.
Y = quantity of sorbent in tonnes.
Z = quantity of oil gel in kilolitres.

GT of vessel "U" 100 ~ 200 10 200 ~ 500 15 500 ~ 1,000 20 1,000 ~ 5,000 30 5,000 ~ 10,000 70 10,000 ~ 50,000 100 50,000 ~ 100,000 230 Over 100,000 320

 

GT of vessel "W" 10,000 ~ 20,000 30 20,000 ~ 50,000 45 50,000 ~ 100,000 60 100,000 ~ 200,000 80 Over 200,000 100

N.B.

When calculating the quantity of dispersent, sorbent and oil gel required by a particular vessel, it is impossible to rely simply on the equations provided, e. g. 20X + 50Y + 15Z = U as they contain three variables.

The Korean Marine Police suggest that the regulations can be satisfied by assuming that the equations signify alternatives rather than additions, i.e. in the abovementioned case, the vessel can satisfy the regulations by using 20X = U or 50Y = U or 15Z = U.

The KMPRC suggest that the "Z" value can be completely ignored and that the vessel should carry equal quantities of dispersents and sorbents, i. e. in the abovementioned case 70(X + Y) = U and thus X = U/35 and Y = U/35.

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