The purpose of this Guide is to assist staff and operators serving on board oil, chemical and gas tankers to prepare for a vessel's SIRE 2.0 ship inspection by providing a greater understanding of the requirements of the SIRE 2.0 questionnaire. This Guide should be used in conjunction with the latest OCIMF-SIRE 2.0 Question Libraries.

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The Tanker Safety Guide: Liquefied Gas, 4th Edition, is the definitive industry best practice guidance for gas carrier operators, and a carriage requirement under the national regulations of many flag States.

An authoritative examination of the 30-year period that covered significant changes in the history of British Petroleum Tanker Company. The Book of the Month - December 2023.

This publication describes the vetting of LNG carriers, incorporating the use of the SIRE 2.0 programme as a risk assessment tool. It provides an overview of LNG shipping business with recommendations on the technical aspects of LNG ships relevant to the vetting and clearance process.

This document provides guidance relating to the development and operation of floating LNG installations, which for the purposes of this document encompass floating storage units (FSUs), floating storage and regasification units (FSRUs) and LNG floating production, storage and offloading (LNG FPSO) units.