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  1 The Marine Environment Protection Committee, at its fifty-ninth session (July 2009), approved Guidelines for the Development of a Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) Management Plan for tankers carrying crude oil (resolution MEPC.185(59)).

  2 MEPC 59, recognizing that additional information on vapour pressure control systems and their operation would assist the industry in the development of VOC management plans, agreed to the technical information on systems and operation to assist development of VOC management plans for tankers carrying crude oil, as set out in the annex to MEPC.1/Circ.680.

  3 MEPC 60 (22 to 26 March 2010) noted an additional technology to reduce the formation and emissions of VOC from crude oil tankers, which was not described in the annex to MEPC.1/Circ.680, and agreed to issue a separate circular on that technology, as set out in the annex to this circular.

  4 Member Governments are invited to bring this circular to the attention of their Administrations, relevant shipping organizations, recognized organizations, shipping companies and other stakeholders concerned.

Parent topic: MEPC.1/Circular.719 – Technical Information on a Vapour Pressure Control System in Order to Facilitate the Development and the Update of VOC Management Plans – (20 April 2010)
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