2nd Edition Revised November 2009 A Guide for correct entries in the Oil Record Book (Part I – Machinery space operations) 2nd Edition Revised November 2009 International Association of Independent Tanker Owners www.intertanko.com All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any material form (including photocopying or storing it in any medium by electronic means and whether or not transiently or incidentally to some other use of this publication) without the written permission of the copyright owner. Applications for the copyright owner’s written permission to reproduce any part of this publication should be addressed to the publisher. © INTERTANKO 2009 Whilst every effort has been made to ensure that the information contained in this publication is correct, neither the authors nor INTERTANKO can accept any responsibility for any errors or omissions or any consequences resulting therefrom. No reliance should be placed on the information contained in this publication without independent verification. First edition published May 2004 and revised February 2006 Second edition published April 2009 and revised November 2009 Compiled by 4INTERTANKO – A Guide for correct entries in the Oil Record Book (Part I – Machinery space operations) Revised 2nd Edition, November 2009 CONTENTSpage 1.FOREWORD6 2.PREFACE7 2.1Scope of the Guide7 2.2Objectives of the Guide7 2.3Introduction to operational procedures7 2.4Responsibilities for shore and shipboard personnel9 3.ITEMS TO BE RECORDED10 3.1Introductory notes10 3.2List of items to be recorded, interpretations and clarifications10 4.FREQUENTLY FOUND FAILURES15 4.1IOPP Certificate15 4.2Sludge collection – pumping – incineration15 4.3Bilge water discharge overboard16 4.4Discrepancies between deck log and ORB16 4.5Prior to arrival in port17 5.DETAILED EXAMPLES FOR RELATED OPERATIONS18 5.1Fuel Bunkering 19 5.2Bunkering of lubricating oil in bulk19 5.3Engine room bilges discharge overboard through the 15 ppm bilge water separator 20 5.4Bilge water from bilge water holding tank discharge overboard through the 15 ppm bilge water separator21 5.5Bilge water collection in bilge water holding tanks21 5.6Delivery of bilge water from bilge water holding tank to shore facilities22 5.7Oil residue (sludge) collection23 5INTERTANKO – A Guide for correct entries in the Oil Record Book (Part I – Machinery space operations) Revised 2nd Edition, November 2009 CONTENTS continuedpage 5.8Sludge transfer from purifiers sludge tank to main sludge tank24 5.9Sludge disposal to shore facilities24 5.10Used oils transfer to sludge tank25 5.11Bilge separator / oil content meter failure25 5.12Sludge incineration26 5.13Sludge transfer (disposal) from sludge tank to slops tank26 5.14Draining water from one sludge tank into another sludge tank27 5.15Bilge water automatic discharge overboard27 5.16Heating of oil residue (sludge) as a method of reducing its volume by evaporation27 6.AUTHORS’ REFERENCES28 7.FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS29 8.APPENDIX34 Extracts from MARPOL 73/78 Annex I – Regulations 1, 12, 15, 17 and the Supplement to the IOPP Certificate Forms A and B as amended by Resolution MEPC.187(59) and the IMO publication ‘MARPOL, Consolidated Edition 2006’. ABBREVIATIONS: DODiesel Oil HFOHeavy Fuel Oil IOPPInternational Oil Pollution Prevention Certificate LOLube Oil MARPOLInternational Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships 73/Protocol 78, as amended ORBOil Record Book (Part I – Machinery space operations) ROBRetained on board/Remaining on board INTERTANKO London St Clare House 30-33 Minories London EC3N 1DD United Kingdom Tel:+44 20 7977 7010 Fax:+44 20 7977 7011 london@intertanko.com INTERTANKO Oslo Nedre Vollgate 4 5th floor PO Box 761 Sentrum N-0106 Oslo Norway Tel:+47 22 12 26 40 Fax:+47 22 12 26 41 oslo@intertanko.com INTERTANKO Asia 5 Temasek Boulevard, #12-07 Suntec City Tower 5 Singapore 038985 Tel:+65 6333 4007 Fax:+65 6333 5004 singapore@intertanko.com INTERTANKO North America 801 North Quincy Street – Suite 200 Arlington, VA 22203 USA Tel:+1 703 373 2269 Fax:+1 703 841 0389 washington@intertanko.com INTERTANKO Brussels Rue du Congrès 37-41 B-1000 Brussels Belgium Tel: +32 2 609 54 40 Fax: +32 2 609 54 49 brussels@intertanko.com www.intertanko.com Design: mark@theclubb.co.uk