Background Panama Canal Agreement 13- Regulations on Navigation in Panama Canal Waters as amended by Agreement No’s 65 – 71 and 78 require that vessels that transit the Panama Canal with a 400 Metric Ton (MT) or more carrying capacity of oil as cargo and/ or fuel carry onboard a Panama Canal Shipboard oil Pollution Emergency response Plan (PC SOPEP) Furthermore existing Panama Canal Regulations require that: Implementation process will be effective on January 1, 2005 |  | Solutions IBS ensures compliance with Panama Canal Plan Requirements paragraph 1.3.5. IBS May provide the following in terms of complying with the above regulations: |
| Development of Stand Alone Panama Canal SOPEP |
| Provision of Authorised Person service in accordance with the PC SOPEP | Furthermore PC SOPEP Plans developed shall include the following information, as a minimum: |
| Oil pollution prevention measures for Panama Canal waters |
| Spill notification procedures in a prioritized sequence |
| Spill response procedures |
| Crew training program for the reaction to shipboard and shore spill incidents |
| Record of exercises |
| Identification of the Authorized Person and telephone and facsimile where they can be reached on a 24-hour basis. | | | BENEFITS | We ensure that the service provided shall : |
| Fully comply with National and International Requirements |
| Will be consistent with Client Document Control and training procedures |
| Integrate existing implementation and training requirements |
| Be of high value to the client as per our support policy |
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