Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1928Show full title

Article 2 U.K. Definitions

For the purpose of this Regulation, the following definitions shall apply:

(1)

‘Oil tanker’ means a ship constructed or adapted primarily to carry crude oil or petroleum products in bulk in its cargo spaces, other than combination carriers, noxious liquid substances (NLS) tankers or gas tankers;

(2)

‘Chemical tanker’ means a ship constructed or adapted for the carriage in bulk of any liquid product listed in Chapter 17 of the International Code for the Construction and Equipment of Ships carrying Dangerous Chemicals in Bulk(1) or a ship constructed or adapted to carry a cargo of NLS in bulk;

(3)

‘LNG carrier’ means a tanker for the bulk carriage of liquefied natural gas (LNG) (primarily methane) in independent insulated tanks;

(4)

‘Gas carrier’ means a tanker for the bulk carriage of liquefied gases other than LNG;

(5)

‘Bulk carrier’ means a ship which is intended primarily to carry dry cargo in bulk, including types such as ore carriers as defined in Regulation 1 of Chapter XII of the 1998 International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (the SOLAS Convention), but excluding combination carriers;

(6)

‘General cargo ship’ means a ship with a multi-deck or single-deck hull designed primarily for the carriage of general cargo excluding specialised dry cargo ships, which are not included in the calculation of reference lines for general cargo ships, namely livestock carrier, barge carrier, heavy load carrier, yacht carrier, nuclear fuel carrier;

(7)

‘Refrigerated cargo ship’ means a ship designed exclusively for the carriage of refrigerated cargoes in holds;

(8)

‘Vehicle carrier’ means a multi-deck roll-on-roll-off cargo ship designed for the carriage of empty cars and trucks;

(9)

‘Combination carrier’ means a ship designed to load 100 % deadweight with both liquid and dry cargo in bulk;

(10)

‘Ro-pax ship’ means a ship, which carries more than 12 passengers and which has roll-on/roll-off cargo space on board;

(11)

‘Container/ro-ro cargo ship’ means a hybrid of a container ship and a ro-ro cargo ship in independent sections;

(12)

‘Deadweight carried’ means, in metric tonnes, the measured volume displacement of a ship at a load draught condition multiplied by the relative water density at departure reduced by the ship's lightweight and by the weight of the fuel on board determined at the departure of the laden voyage concerned;

(13)

‘Measured volume displacement’ means, in cubic meters, the volume of the moulded displacement of the ship, excluding appendages, in a ship with a metal shell, and means the volume of displacement to the outer surface of the hull in a ship with a shell of any other material;

(14)

‘Lightweight’ means, in metric tonnes, the actual weight of the ship with no fuel, passengers, cargo, water and other consumables on board.

(1)

As amended by MEPC.225(64) and MSC.340(91).