Ship to Ship Transfer definition

Ship to Ship Transfer means the transfer of oils, fuel or lubricants between vessels including bunkering by ‘Bunker Vessels’ and road tankers, and also cargo consolidation operations.
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Ship to Ship Transfer means the transfer, other than a Dock-to-Dock Transfer, of Commodities or any other crude oil or petroleum products from one tankship to another tankship while one or more such tankships are berthed or moored at Berth I or Berth II.
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Examples of Ship to Ship Transfer in a sentence

  • Owners and Charterers warrant that any ship-to-ship operation and equipment shall be carried out in accordance with the procedures set out in the last revised edition of the International Chamber of Shipping Oil Companies International Marine Forum, Ship-to-Ship Transfer Guide for Petroleum.

  • Ship-to-Ship transfer operations should be performed only in ports or areas where vessel can continuously be safely afloat and permitted by relevant port authorities, and if in the US Gulf approved by U.S. Coast Guard/Port authorities to perform Ship-to-Ship Transfer.

  • Subject as above, the vessel shall be loaded and discharged at any places as Charterers may direct, provided that Charterers shall exercise due diligence to ensure that any ship-to-ship transfer operations shall conform to standards not less than those set out in the latest published edition of the ICS/OCIMF Ship-to-Ship Transfer Guide.

  • Charterer undertakes that the Transfer Vessel and its crew shall equally comply with the “ICS/OCIMF Ship-to-Ship Transfer Guide (Liquefied Gases)” and Charterer shall ensure that adequate fendering and hoses are provided, to the satisfaction of the Master.

  • As far as possible, such operations shall be in accordance with the provisions of the latest edition of the “ICS/OCIMF Ship-to-Ship Transfer Guide (Liquefied Gases)”, but in any case, lighterage/ transhipment operations shall always be at the discretion of the Master.

  • All expenses incurred for the Ship-to-Ship Transfer shall be for the Charterer's account, except insofar as Owner is otherwise obliged to bear such costs in accordance with this charter.

  • Such operation is to be carried out in conformity with the provisions of the “ICS Ship-to-Ship Transfer Guide”, but in any case lighterage operations are to be at the discretion of the master at all times, and if the master at any time considers that lighterage operations are, or are about to become unsafe, and have to be interrupted, vessel shall not be considered off hire.

  • Such ship-to-ship transfer operation shall always be carried out in conformity, with the provisions of the “OCIMF Ship-to-Ship Transfer Guide”, but ship-to-ship transfer operations shall always be at the Master’s discretion and if the Master at any time considers that ship-to-ship transfer operations are or should become unsafe and have to be interrupted, the vessel shall not be considered as off hire.

  • All expenses required for the Ship-to-Ship Transfer shall be provided by the Charterers at Charterers’ expense, except insofar as Owners are otherwise obliged to bear such costs in accordance with this Charter.

  • Charterers have the option to load and/or discharge and/or lighten the vessel via ship-to-ship transfer in accordance with the procedure set out in “OCIMF’S Ship-to-Ship Transfer Guide”, always to the Master’s satisfaction.