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3.12.3 POLLUTION BY NOXIOUS LIQUID SUBSTANCES CARRIED IN BULK – CHEMICALS

Due to the often catastrophic effects of pollution by noxious liquid substances in bulk – chemicals – any activity which deals with containing pollution and clean-up should be left to the local authorities unless national law requires the Company to instruct contractors to carry out these operations – as the case may be in some countries, e.g. USA. Monitoring of such operations will usually be carried out by experts appointed by the P&I insurers.