Learn about the regulations and practices that prevent oil pollution from ships and tankers in this free online course. This free online course guides you through the rules governing oil tankers and highlights the protocols and pollution prevention equipment that check the activities of oil tankers at sea. These regulations and practices combine to keep oil tankers sailing safely and prevent the kind of spill that can devastate our oceans. This course suits those interested in the legal and technical measures that protect our fragile marine environments.
| Course Type | Online Learning |
| Course Qualification | CPD Certificate |
| Course Duration | 4-5 hours |
| Course Fee | Free |
| Entry Requirements | Like all courses on the Alison Free Learning platform this is a free, CPD-accredited course. A Graduate can choose to buy a certificate or diploma upon successful completion of a course, but this is not required or necessary. At Alison we believe that free education, more than anything, has the power to break through boundaries and transform lives. Alison is the world’s largest free online empowerment platform for education and skills training, offering over 5000 CPD accredited courses and a range of impactful career development tools. It is a for-profit social enterprise dedicated to making it possible for anyone, to study anything, anywhere, at any time, for free online, at any subject level. Through our mission, we are a catalyst for positive social change, creating opportunity, prosperity, and equality for everyone. |
| Career Path | What You Will Learn In This Free Course • Discuss the Port State Control (PSC ) inspections of machinery space as laid out in MARPOL Annex I • List the equipment involved for discharge monitoring during cargo operations • Analyze the shipboard oil pollution emergency plan (SOPEP) • Explain the importance of the SOPEP for pollution prevention • Outline the arrangements required for the reception of sludge on shore • Identify the spill/pollution combating equipment that is available onboard |
| Course Code | 3026 |

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