Shipping Industry Alert: Condition Assessment Schemes and End-of-Life Plans Now Mandatory for Single-Hulled Oil Tankers Operating Beyond July 2026

The Director-General of Sea Transportation (“Director-General”) has issued Circular No. SE-DJPL 14 of 2026 on Guidelines for Condition Assessment Schemes (“CAS”) for Indonesian-Flagged Oil Tankers with Single-Bottomed and/or Single-Hulled Constructions Operating in Indonesian Waters (“Circular 14/2026”).

As its title suggests, Circular 14/2026, establishes a new set of temporary guidelines for the implementation of risk-based CAS, which will subsequently allow Indonesian-flagged single-hulled oil tankers to operate beyond the original 1 July 2026 deadline established under the framework of Regulation of the Minister of Transportation (“Minister”) No. 29 of 2014 on the Prevention of Maritime Environmental Pollution, as amended by Regulation of the Minister No. 24 of 2022 (collectively referred to as “Regulation 29/2014”).[1] Circular 14/2026 also mandates that rigorous technical inspections be undertaken by vessel classification bodies (badan klasifikasi kapal) and requires vessel owners to submit comprehensive implementation and so-called “end-of-life” plans in order to manage the transition toward decommissioning or structural upgrades.