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Project: A2953 Client: East Anglia Offshore Wind Limited Title:
7.11 Ship to Ship Transfers
66. The north Suffolk coast between Southwold and Lowestoft has been designated by the UK government as the preferred location within UK territorial waters for ship-to-ship oil transfers.
67. The Merchant Shipping (Ship-to-Ship Transfers) Regulations (2010) proposed to limit ship-to-ship oil transfers to licensed harbour authority areas and to this single designated area within the UK Territorial Sea, between Southwold and Lowestoft. The Regulations also require vessels undertaking ship-to-ship oil transfers to obtain a permit from the MCA (2012).