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All cargo vessels where
MARPOL The International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973 as modified by the Protocol of 1978, or "MARPOL 73/78" is one of the most important international marine environmental conventions. MARPOL 73/78, MARPOL is an amalg ...
Convention is applicable must have an oil record book in which the officer responsible will record all
oil An oil is any nonpolar chemical substance that is composed primarily of hydrocarbons and is hydrophobic (does not mix with water) & lipophilic (mixes with other oils). Oils are usually flammable and surface active. Most oils are unsaturated ...
or
sludge Sludge is a semi-solid slurry that can be produced from a range of industrial processes, from water treatment, wastewater treatment or on-site sanitation systems. For example, it can be produced as a settled suspension obtained from conventional ...
transfers and discharges within the vessel. This is necessary for authorities to be able to monitor if a vessel's crew has properly disposed of their oil discharges at sea. Each oil tanker of 150
gross tons Gross tonnage (GT, G.T. or gt) is a nonlinear measure of a ship's overall internal volume. Gross tonnage is different from gross register tonnage. Neither gross tonnage nor gross register tonnage should be confused with measures of mass or weig ...
and above, ship of 400
gross tons Gross tonnage (GT, G.T. or gt) is a nonlinear measure of a ship's overall internal volume. Gross tonnage is different from gross register tonnage. Neither gross tonnage nor gross register tonnage should be confused with measures of mass or weig ...
and above other than an oil tanker, and crewed fixed or floating drilling rig or other platform shall maintain an Oil Record Book Part I (Machinery Space Operations). An oil tanker of 150 gross tons and above or a non-oil tanker that carries 200 cubic meters or more of oil in bulk, shall also maintain an Oil Record Book Part II (Cargo/Ballast Operation).


Oil record book coding

In every entry the chief engineer must record tank number, location, type of oil, description of operation, and quantity. For every operation a combined numerical and letter coding is applied. MEPC.187(59) describes the codes applicable as from 1 January 2011. According with revised MEPC.1/Circ736/Rev.2, issued 06 October 2011, additional amendments to oil record book entries have been implemented by IMO. The first part of the oil record book deals with machinery space operations for all ships. The second part of the oil record book is for cargo/ballast operations and this part only needs to be filled out by crew members aboard oil
tankers Tanker may refer to: Transportation * Tanker, a tank crewman (US) * Tanker (ship), a ship designed to carry bulk liquids ** Chemical tanker, a type of tanker designed to transport chemicals in bulk ** Oil tanker, also known as a petroleum tank ...
.{{Cite web, url = http://www.brymar-consulting.com/wp-content/uploads/Misc/ORB_120700.pdf, title = Oil Record Book for Ships, date = , accessdate = July 20, 2015, website = Oil Record Book for Ships, publisher = U.S. Department of Homeland Security, last = , first = , archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150501055318/http://www.brymar-consulting.com/wp-content/uploads/Misc/ORB_120700.pdf, archive-date = May 1, 2015, url-status = dead Entries shall be made in the oil record book on each occasion, on a tank to tank basis if appropriate, whenever any of the following machinery space operations take place on any ship to which this section applies— #Ballasting or cleaning of fuel oil tanks; #Discharge of ballast containing an oily mixture or cleaning water from fuel oil tanks; #Disposal of oil residue; and #Discharge overboard or disposal otherwise of bilge water that has accumulated in machinery spaces. Entries shall be made in the oil record book on each occasion, on a tank to tank basis if appropriate, whenever any of the following cargo/ballast operations take place on any oil tanker to which this section applies— #Loading of oil cargo; #Internal transfer of oil cargo during voyage; #Unloading of oil cargo; #Ballasting of cargo tanks and dedicated clean ballast tanks; #Cleaning of cargo tanks including crude oil washing; #Discharge of ballast except from segregated ballast tanks; #Discharge of water from slop tanks; #Closing of all applicable valves or similar devices after slop tank discharge operations; #Closing of valves necessary for isolation of dedicated clean ballast tanks from cargo and stripping lines after slop tank discharge operations; and #Disposal of oil residue.


Electronic oil record book

An electronic alternative to handwritten oil record book is used on board vessels of all sizes. Marine electronic oil record books must meet the specific reporting requirements of IMO, SOLAS and flag states. Manually inserted information is normally combined with data recorded from the vessel's instruments and sensors, such as GPS data (time and position), flow-meters and tank gauges."proimio pro-ORB - e-ORB electronic Oil Record Book®"
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See also

* International Maritime Organization *
MARPOL 73/78 The International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973 as modified by the Protocol of 1978, or "MARPOL 73/78" is one of the most important international marine environmental conventions. MARPOL 73/78, MARPOL is an amalg ...
* Marpol Annex I * Oil Discharge Monitoring Equipment *
Oil Pollution Act of 1961 Oil Pollution Act of 1961, 33 U.S.C. Chapter 20 §§ 1001-1011, established judicial definitions and coastal prohibitions for the United States maritime industry. The Act invoked the accords of the International Convention for the Prevention of the ...
* Oil Pollution Act of 1973 *
Oil Content Meter An oil content meter (OCM) is an integral part of all oily water separator (OWS) systems. Oil content meters are also sometimes referred to as oil content monitors, bilge alarms, or bilge monitors. OCM technology The OCM continuously monitors ...
* Oily water separator (marine) * Oily Water Separators *
Port Reception Facilities Port reception facilities are a place that international shipping ports must provide to collect residues, oily mixtures, and garbage generated from an ocean-going vessel. contaminants generated by ships cannot be discharged directly to the ocean. A ...


References


External links


MEPC.187(59)


between older oil record book coding with MEPC.187(59) Shipping and the environment