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Apr 23 - Increase in Gibraltar Ship to Ship Transfers Following Introduction of Restrictions

ship to ship Following the passing of a regulation last year, restricting ship-to-ship operations to port territorial waters, Minister Neil Costa today insisted that there has been no drop in transfers. He insisted that there had actually been an increase in transfers this year, with 9 being carried out last month.

Introducing the safe code of practice for ship-to-ship transfers, Captain of the Port Roy Stanbrook explained that he hopes the Port of Gibraltar’s regulation of ship-to-ship transfers will become an exemplar for all other port. The Captain noted that Gibraltar acts as an attractive destination for ship to ship transfers with it strong regulatory framework.

Regulation involves the ship-to-ship transfer superintendent, Mr. John Ghio, coming aboard ships carrying out transfers, to make sure they comply with the code of conduct and to carry out an audit.

Captain Stanbrook added that the Port was being very precautionary about the types of cargo allowed to be exchanged through transfers, due to the proximity to centres of population. ‘We’re generally talking about fuel and derivatives of fuel,’ the Capitan stated, in response to a question on what sort of transfers are carried out at the Gibraltar Port.

Operations at the Port allow for one designated ship-to-ship transfer slot, although depending on the uptake for bunkering slots, another transfer can be fitted in. The port allows for two transfers at any one time.