The following pages of this section show a comprehensive
list of items of cargo and ballast operations which are, when appropriate,
to be recorded in the Oil Record Book Part II in accordance with regulation 36 of Annex I of the
International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships,
1973, as modified by the Protocol of 1978 relating thereto (MARPOL 73/78). The items have been grouped into
operational section, each of which is denoted by a code letter.
When making entries in the Oil Record Book Part II, the date,
operational code and item number shall be inserted in the appropriate
columns and the required particulars shall be recorded chronologically
in the blank spaces.
Each completed operation shall be
signed for and dated by the officer or officers in charge. Each completed
page shall be countersigned by the master of the ship.
In respect of the oil tankers engaged in specific trades in accordance
with regulation 2.5 of Annex I of MARPOL 73/78, appropriate entry in
the Oil Record Book Part II shall be endorsed by the competent port State
authority.
The Oil Record Book Part II
contains many references to oil quantity. The limited accuracy of
tank measurement devices, temperature variations and clingage will
affect the accuracy of these readings. The entries in the Oil Record
Book Part II should be considered accordingly.
In the
event of accidental or other exceptional discharge of oil, a statement
shall be made in the Oil Record Book Part II of the circumstances
of, and the reasons for, the discharge.
Any failure of
the oil discharge monitoring and control system shall be noted in
the Oil Record Book Part II.
The entries in the Oil Record
Book Part II, for ships holding an IOPP Certificate, shall be at least
in English, French or Spanish. Where entries in an official language
of the State whose flag the ship is entitled to fly are also used,
this shall prevail in case of a dispute or discrepancy.
The
Oil Record Book Part II shall be kept in such a place as to be readily
available for inspection at all reasonable times and, except in the
case of unmanned Ships under tow, shall be kept on board the Ship.
It shall be preserved for a period of three years after the last entry
has been made.
The competent authority of the Government
of a Party to the Convention may inspect the Oil Record Book Part
II on board the Ship to which this Annex applies while the Ship is
in its port or offshore terminals and may make a copy of any entry
in that book and may require the master of the Ship to certify that
the copy is a true copy of such entry. Any copy so made which has
been certified by the master of the Ship as a true copy of an entry
in the Oil Record Book Part II shall be made admissible in any juridical
proceedings as evidence of the facts stated in the entry. The inspection
of an Oil Record Book Part II and taking of a certified copy by the
competent authority under this paragraph shall be performed as expeditiously
as possible without causing the ship to be unduly delayed.