Decision ID: 002750

In October 2000 the 1992 Fund Assembly endorsed the conclusion of the second intersessional Working Group as regards the circumstances in which an unladen tanker would fall within the definition of ‘ship’ under the 1992 Conventions, namely that any unladen tanker should have residues of a previous carriage of persistent oil cargo at the time of the incident, the burden of proof that there were no such residues normally falling on the shipowner.