VOL. XLIV

No. 19

7-May-2001

GENERAL

IMO Brings Forward Phase-Out Of Single Hull Tankers

The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has accelerated the phasing out of single-hull tankers in the wake of the Erika tanker sinking in the English Channel in December 1999. IMOs Marine Environment Protection Committee met from 23-27 April and agreed a schedule that will see most single-hull oil tankers eliminated by 2015 or earlier. All oil tankers built since 1996 are required to have double hulls,...