Maritime Progress: SOPEP – Shipboard Oil Pollution Emergency Plan

Complies with MARPOL 73/78, Annex 1, Regulation 37 requiring every oil tanker of 150 tons gross and above, and every ship of 400 tons gross and above to carry a SOPEP, approved by the Administration. This manual satisfies the above MARPOL regulations once basic ship specific information has been inserted by ships staff. It also contains useful check lists covering various oil spill and pollution scenarios.