VOL. XLV

No 51/52

23/30-December-2002

GENERAL

EU Issues Blacklist Of Single-Hull Vessels And Proposes 2010 Ban On Aging Tankers

The European Commission announced on 6 December an immediate ban on single-hull tankers carrying heavy crude, heavy fuel oil, tar or bitumen from entering EU ports. Moreover, the EU is proposing a law to ban from EU waters as of 2010 all single-hull tankers more than 15 years old and all tankers more than 23 years old. For now, shipments of other types of crudes will...