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1 Every oil tanker
of 150 gross tonnage and above shall be provided with an Oil Record
Book Part II (Cargo/Ballast Operations). The Oil Record Book Part
II, whether as a part of the ship's official log-book or otherwise,
shall be in the form specified in appendix III to this Annex.
2 The Oil Record Book
Part II shall be completed on each occasion, on a tank-to-tank basis
if appropriate, whenever any of the following cargo/ ballast operations
take place in the ship:
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loading of oil cargo; |
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internal transfer of oil cargo during voyage; |
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.3 |
unloading of oil cargo; |
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ballasting of cargo tanks and dedicated clean
ballast tanks; |
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cleaning of cargo tanks including crude oil
washing; |
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discharge of ballast except from segregated
ballast tanks; |
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discharge of water from slop tanks; |
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.8 |
closing of all applicable valves or similar
devices after slop tank discharge operations; |
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closing of valves necessary for isolation
of dedicated clean ballast tanks from cargo and stripping lines
after slop tank discharge operations; and |
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disposal of residues. |
3 For oil tankers
referred to in regulation 34.6 of this Annex,
the total quantity of oil and water used for washing and returned
to a storage tank shall be recorded in the Oil Record Book Part
II.
4 In the event of
such discharge of oil or oily mixture as is referred to in regulation
4 of this Annex or in the event of accidental
or other exceptional discharge of oil not excepted by that regulation,
a statement shall be made in the Oil Record Book Part II of the
circumstances of, and the reasons for, the discharge.
5 Each operation described
in paragraph 2 of this regulation shall be fully recorded without
delay in the Oil Record Book Part II so that all entries in the
book appropriate to that operation are completed. Each completed
operation shall be signed by the officer or officers in charge of
the operations concerned and each completed page shall be signed
by the master of ship. The entries in the Oil Record Book Part II
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 dispute or discrepancy.
6 Any failure of the
oil discharge monitoring and control system shall be noted in the
Oil Record Book Part II.
7 The Oil Record Book
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.
8 The competent authority
of the Government of a Party to the Convention may inspect the Oil
Record Book Part II on board any 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 ship's Oil Record Book Part II
shall be made admissible in any judicial proceedings as evidence
of the facts stated in the entry. The inspection of an Oil Record
Book Part II and the 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.
9 For oil tankers
of less than 150 gross tonnage operating in accordance with regulation
34.6 of this Annex, an appropriate Oil Record
Book should be developed by the Administration.
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