Company: TEN-PE
Filing Date: 2025-04-11
Form Type: 20-F
Source: 0001193125-25-079101
Chunk: 63

Company: TSAKOS ENERGY NAVIGATION LTD
Filing Date: 2025-04-11
Form: 20-F
Item: Item 4
Chunk 63
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 to FAL that entered into force on January 1, 2025. The amendments affect the Recommended Practice 7.11 and focus on addressing the need to combat illegal activities in national facilitation programs.

  International Convention on the Control of Harmful Anti-fouling Systems on Ships (the "Anti-fouling Convention")  

In 2001, the IMO adopted the International Convention on the Control of Harmful Anti-fouling Systems on Ships (the “ Anti-fouling Convention”) which prohibits the use of organotin compound coatings to prevent the attachment of mollusks and other sea life to the hulls of vessels. The Anti-fouling Convention came into force on September 17, 2008 and applies to vessels constructed prior to January 1, 2003 that have not been in dry-dock since that date. Since January 1, 2008, under the Anti-fouling Convention, exteriors of vessels have had to be either free of the prohibited compounds or have had coatings applied that act as a barrier to the leaching of the prohibited compounds. Vessels of over 400 gross tons engaged in international voyages must obtain an International Anti-fouling System Certificate and must undergo a survey before the vessel is put into service or when the anti-fouling systems are altered or replaced. Draft amendments to the Anti-fouling Convention were approved by the MEPC in November 2020 and adopted at its 76thsession in June 2021, which prohibits anti-fouling systems containing cybutryne (also known as Irgarol-1051) from January 1, 2023, or for ships which already have such an anti-fouling system, at the next scheduled renewal of the anti-fouling system after January 1, 2023, but no later than 60 months following the last application of the ship of such an anti-fouling system. We fully comply with the provisions of the “ Anti-fouling Convention” and we do not believe that we will have an adverse financial impact on the operation of our vessels.

  vi.      International Code for the Construction and Equipment of Ships carrying Liquefied Gases in Bulk (“ ICG Code”) and others  

In addition, our LNG carriers meet IMO requirements for liquefied gas carriers including those contained in the International Code for the Construction and Equipment of Ships carrying Liquefied Gases in Bulk (“ ICG Code”), the Existing Ships Carrying Lique