General Rules for Tankers, Owned or Operating in the USA, 2018 Edition, is compiled from over 12,000 pages of regulations directly related to shipping, contained in the United States Code of Federal Regulations (CFR). These are the codification of the general and permanent rules of the U.S. Federal Government, which in their entirety number over 175,000 pages of information.

This publication contains information required to assess the condition of cargo oil and ballast water tanks. This edition includes guidance for the inspection of double hull oil tankers that enters in to force on the 1st January 2018.