Expiry of tripartite agreements
LR issues Statutory Alert regarding Provisional assessment of bulk chemicals in the Chemical Codes and MARPOL Annex II – Expiry of tripartite agreements as follows:
The IMO’s Guidelines for the Provisional Assessment of Liquid Substances Transported in Bulk (MEPC.1/Circ 512) detail requirements for tripartite agreements.
Tripartite agreements for pure or technically pure products, which have not been classified by IMO, mixtures containing more than 1% of such products, or trade-named mixtures presenting safety hazards expire three years after their inclusion in the MEPC.2/Circular – Provisional Categorization of Liquid Substances.
Withdrawals due to the new Guidelines for the Carriage of Blends of Petroleum Oil and Bio-fuels
The following trade-name chemicals have been withdrawn by the flag authorities since they are now carried under the new IMO Guidelines for the Carriage of Blends of Petroleum Oil and Bio-fuels contained in
MEPC.1/Circ.76
- Bio-fuel blends of Diesel/gas oil and Alkanes (C10-C26), linear and branched with a flashpoint ≤60C containing 75% or more petroleum oil
- E85 VSS, made by Vertical
- E85 VWS, made by Vertical
- E90 (Fuelstreamers, Inc), made by Fuelstreamers, Inc
- E90 (Shell), made by Shell
- Etamax B (s), made by SEKAB BioFuels & Chemicals
- Etamax B (w), made by SEKAB BioFuels & Chemicals
- Gasoline Blending Component SG90, made by Sugden Biofuels
- SME B99, made by Shell Chemical
- Vertical Ethanol gasoline blends, made by Vertical.
Special attention is drawn to:
Alcoline, made by Greenergy Fuels Limited, which will be deleted by the Working Group in February 2012 unless information to clarify if it is covered by the Guidelines is supplied.
Expiries
The following tripartite chemicals which have not been fully assessed by the IMO ESPH Chemical Working Group (the last one took place from October 24-28, 2011) expired on December 17, 2011, and can no longer be
carried from that date:
- Nonylphenol (48-62%)/Phenol (42%-48%)/Dinonylphenol (1-10%) mixture.
The following trade-name products also expired on the same date:
- Interesterified Mixed Vegetable Fat IE-28, made by Southern Nisshin Bio-Tech
- Interesterified Mixed Vegetable Fat IE-34, made by Southern Nisshin Bio-Tech
- Interesterified Mixed Vegetable Fat IE-UT, made by Southern Nisshin Bio-Tech.
Full details of these expiries are available in Annexes 1 and 3 of MEPC2/Circ 16, dated December 17, 2010 .
The relevant sections are highlighted here. The next Chemical Working Group will take place from January 30 to February 3, 2012. If full data is submitted to the Group some of the above can be reinstated.
Withdrawals
The following tripartite trade-name chemicals have been withdrawn at the request of the producer:
OLOA 49813; made by Chevron Oronite SA
Exxal 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, and L9 in List 3, made by ExxonMobil (due to a change in the manufacturing process used in the US, these product entries are now in line with the List 2 entries for the “Exxal Alcohol” product range).
Souce: LR