Environmental Regulation — Inland shipping ban on degassing

This stock contains the prohibition of degassing on water. This is a ban on the degassing of residual cargo vapour of benzene and certain benzene-containing hydrocarbons on a fairway from a cargo tank of an inland vessel. This connects to corresponding regulations of other provinces. The scheme presupposes a definitive regime for environmental hygiene aspects of degassing at international level. This part of the environmental regulation is therefore temporary and will expire with the establishment of an international regulation and resulting national legislation. This file was established by Provincial States on February 14, 2017.