The International Oil Pollution Compensation Funds (IOPC Funds) has offered its view on the collision between the Solong and Stena Immaculate off the north-east coast of the UK on March 10, saying:“Whilst
The International Oil Pollution Compensation Funds (IOPC Funds) has offered its view on the collision between the Solong and Stena Immaculate off the north-east coast of the UK on March 10, saying:
“Whilst the United Kingdom is a 1992 Fund Member State and the Stena Immaculate appears to be a ship, as defined in the 1992 Civil Liability and Fund Conventions, according to reports, the tanker was carrying jet fuel, which is a non-persistent oil. Therefore, any claims for compensation in the event of pollution damage resulting from this incident would not be covered by the 1992 Conventions. The IOPC Funds are therefore unable to intervene in this case.”
The Stena Immaculate was on charter to the US military and at anchor when the collision with the container ship Solong occurred off East Yorkshire. Both vessels caught fire and the size of the associated fuel spill is unclear at this stage.
The IOPC Funds provide financial compensation for oil pollution damage that occurs in Member States resulting from spills of persistent oil from tankers.
The incident would, however, have been covered by the pending 2010 HNS Convention had the Convention been in force. Unlike the 1992 Conventions, the HNS Convention
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