(within the understanding of MARPOL) and tanker operations (gas and chemical)

Administration the Government of the State under whose authority the ship is operating.

Associated piping the pipeline from the suction point in a cargo tank to the shore connection used for unloading the cargo and includes all the ship's piping, pumps and filters which are in open connection with the cargo unloading line.

Bulk Chemical Code the Code for the Construction and Equipment of Ships Carrying Dangerous Chemicals in Bulk (ships must have a Certificate of Fitness for the carriage of dangerous chemicals).

Cargo area that part of a ship which contains cargo spaces, slop tanks and pump rooms, cofferdams, ballast and void spaces adjacent to cargo tanks and also deck areas throughout the length and breadth of the part of the ship over such spaces.

Centre tank any tank inboard of a longitudinal bulkhead.

Chemical tanker a ship constructed or adapted primarily to carry a cargo of noxious liquid substances (NLS) in bulk and includes an oil tanker as defined by Annex 1 of MARPOL, when carrying a cargo or part cargo of NLS in bulk (see also Tanker).

Clean ballast ballast carried in a tank which, since it was last used to carry cargo containing a substance in Category A, B, C or D, has been thoroughly cleaned and the residues resulting therefrom have been discharged and the tank emptied...