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Appendix F
Pages 176-177

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... , the committee determined that the following assumptions formed a reasonable basis for its analysis of the international fleet: · Clarkson's existing and newbuilding tanker databases are accurate after adjustments based on input from Lloyd's, the American Bureau of Shipping, and Det Norske Veritas. (These adjustments were provided to Clarkson for incorporation into subsequent versions of its databases.)
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From page 177...
... MARPOL tankers are identified as those built from 1983 onward, plus those identified in Clarkson's database as having double sides or double bottoms, or having been built after 1979 and having segregated ballast tanks. All pre-MARPOL tankers will use hydrostatically balanced loading (HBL)
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