Decisión nº: 003441

In June 1997 the 1971 Fund Executive Committee took the view that if were confirmed that the spilt oil was the same crude oil that was being loaded on to the vessel, then it would appear that the oil that escaped via a defective coupling in the ballast line had first been loaded into the cargo tanks, ie the oil was carried on board as cargo, and the incident would fall within the scope of the Conventions

Fecha: 31.05.1997
Categoría: Aplicación de los Convenios
Subject: Interpretación de 'transporte de hidrocarburos a granel como carga' en el artículo I.1 del Convenio de los Convenios de Responsabilidad Civil de 1969 y de 1992