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PURPOSE AND

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SCOPE

This Guide makes recommendations for tanker and terminal personnel on the safe carriage and
handling of crude oil and petroleum products on tankers and at terminals. It was first published
in 1978 by combining the contents of the ‘Tanker Safety Guide (Petroleum)’ published by the
International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) and the ‘International Oil Tanker and Terminal Safety
Guide’ published on behalf of the Oil Companies International Marine Forum (OCIMF). In
producing this Fifth Edition, the content has again been reviewed by these organisations,
together with the International Association of Ports and Harbors (IAPH), to ensure that it
continues to reflect current best practice and legislation. Increasing the amount of information on
terminal safety systems and activities has extended the scope. This has been achieved, in part,
by incorporating information from the OCIMF publication ‘Guide on Marine Terminal Fire
Protection and Emergency Evacuation’.

This latest edition takes account of recent changes in recommended operating procedures,
particularly those prompted by the introduction of the International Safety Management (ISM)
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Code, which became mandatory for tankers on 1 July 1998. One of the purposes of the Guide
is to provide information that will assist companies in the development of a Safety Management
System to meet the requirements of the ISM Code.
The purpose of the Guide is also to provide operational advice to assist personnel directly
involved in tanker and terminal operations. It does not provide a definitive description of how
tanker and terminal operations are conducted. It does, however, provide guidance on, and
examples of, certain aspects of tanker and terminal operations and how they may be managed.
Effective management of risk demands processes and controls that can quickly adapt to change.
Therefore, the guidance given is, in many cases, intentionally non-prescriptive and alternative
procedures may be adopted by some operators in the management of their operations. These
alternative procedures may exceed the recommendations contained in this Guide.

When adopting alternative procedures, operators should follow a risk based management
process that incorporates systems for identifying and assessing the risks and for demonstrating
how they are managed. For shipboard operations, this course of action must satisfy the
requirements of the ISM Code.

It should be borne in mind that, in all cases, the advice given in the Guide is subject to any local
or national terminal regulations that may be applicable, and those concerned should ensure that
they are aware of any such requirements.

It is recommended that a copy of the Guide be kept and used on board every tanker and in
every terminal to provide advice on operational procedures and the shared responsibility for
operations at the ship/shore interface.

Certain subjects are dealt with in greater detail in other publications issued by IMO, ICS or
OCIMF or by other maritime industry organisations. Where this is the case, an appropriate
reference is made, and a list of these publications is given in the bibliography.

It is not the purpose of the Guide to make recommendations on design or construction of
tankers. Information on these matters may be obtained from national authorities and from
authorised bodies such as classification societies. Similarly, the Guide does not attempt to deal
with certain other safety related matters, e.g. navigation, helicopter operations and shipyard
safety, although some aspects are inevitably touched upon.

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