http://blogs-it.cgaux.org/index.php/carsar/ en-US http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss <p><a href="http://www.pancanal.com/common/maritime/advisories/2011/a-17-2011.pdf">http://www.pancanal.com/common/maritime/advisories/2011/a-17-2011.pdf</a></p><p>Conscious of its responsibility to safeguard its waterway, the Panama Canal Authority (ACP) has determined that effective December 31, 2012, single hull (single side/single bottom, single side/double bottom, or double side/single bottom) oil tankers of 600 tons deadweight and over but below 5,000 tons deadweight will no longer be allowed to transit the Panama Canal if loaded with oil (as defined in MARPOL, Annex I).</p> <p>In the meantime, when aforementioned tankers arrive for transit loaded with oil, they will be assigned extraordinary tug assistance at all locks and through Culebra Cut at the vessel&#8217;s expense.</p><a id="more194" name="more194"></a><p class="bMore">Follow up:</p><div class="item_footer"><p><small><a href="http://blogs-it.cgaux.org/index.php/carsar/2011/08/19/deadlines-and-interim-procedures-for-the-definitive-phase-out-of-single-hull-oil-tankers-1">Original post</a> blogged on <a href="http://b2evolution.net/">b2evolution</a>.</small></p></div> http://blogs-it.cgaux.org/index.php/carsar/2011/08/19/deadlines-and-interim-procedures-for-the-definitive-phase-out-of-single-hull-oil-tankers-1